Baby doing well

Well after wondering what the heck we got ourselves into after spending the 1st night home to a crying screaming baby and 1 hour of sleep, she finally settled down. I don't know how she can sleep and not wake up for anything during the day, but as soon as the lights go out look out!!
Usually we give her last bottle between 10-11PM and she will give us 4-5 hours of sleep. We even had to wake her up once or twice for feedings. I hope this last.
I'll try to post pics as soon as we can. We hear it was hard for them but the birthparents signed off on paperwork and now we wait until Aug 7th. 30 days we'll be on pins and needles hoping they won't change there minds.
Arianna had her 1st Doctors appt today and she's doing great!!1 Upto 7 lbs butdidn't grow yet still 19 and 3/4 inches. Doc will see her again in 7 weeks
Well its 11PM on a friday night and I'm headed to bed, But not until I give Arianna a kiss good night. WE Love her so much. WE spent the 4th of July sitting alone in a hospital room with her and it was the best day of our lives!!! ALL The the fireworks in the world don't compare to her.
Thanks for all the wonderful comments

Brian Sandy and Arianna

Dreams do come true!!1

1st Night with Baby

Just a quick post while baby finally sleeps. She was up all night with mom and dad and after a 6AM feeding shes been out like a light sleeping for the last 4 hours.
Busy day lots of Appts and Nurse to visit the house within the hour.
We did everything in 29 days so its been really crazy. June 4th we were asked if we were still interested in adopting. Two weeks ago we met the Birth Parents. Only 1 week ago today Sandy called me at work and told me the Mothers Loved us from the moment she met us. Wed. we went to her Appt. Saturday she called us at a July 4th party and said she was having pains. 6 PM she called back and asked us to meet her at the hospital and 3 hours later our little girl was born.
Well that the short and sweet version. When we have time I'll post the long version.
Our lives have took a huge change. Sandy spit up on and I got my 1st hand full of poop. And you know what I love every second of it.

Time for a feeding
Thank you all for the support over all these years. Pray that the adoption will go thru.

WE ARE PARENTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Arianna Danielle Kelley Born July 3 2010 at 9:06 PM 6 lbs 13 oz 19 inches
FINALLY AFTER 15 YEARS OF HEARTBREAK WE ARE FINALLY ADOPTIVE PARENTS I'M HEADED BACK TO THE HOSPITAL NOW AND WILL POST IN THE COMING DAYS HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

UPDATING

Updated homestudy Wed. night, just waiting for our child abuse clearances and going to update physicals in 1/2 hour. Its going to be a wild ride the next few weeks!! Stay tuned folks :-)

"Dreams do come true, if we only wish hard enough, You can have anything in life if you will sacrifice everything else for it." --Sir James M. Barrie ...

Deja Vu

Feels like we been here before!!! New fingerprinting, updating paperwork and Homestudy change / updating this is all happening so fast and came up at the last minute. Stay tuned folks and pray for us!! I'll post updates

We're Back!!

NEW HOPE

Sara Paddison, The Hidden Power of the Heart
When the heart is enlivened again, it feels like the sun coming out after a week of rainy days. There is hope in the heart that chases the clouds away. Hope is a higher heart frequency and as you begin to reconnect with your heart, hope is waiting to show you new possibilities and arrest the downward spiral of grief and loneliness. It becomes a matter of how soon you want the sun to shine. Listening to the still, small voice in your heart will make hope into a reality.


We have HOPE

A New Hope

Wow its been a long time since we've posted!!!
But it has also been a long time since anything have happened adoption related.
We had pretty much had all but given up on adopting until today. Its still a long shot and we have a LONG LONG Ways to go and I'll post more if anything becomes of this.
Keep your fingers crossed and those Prayers coming.

Brian and Sandy


Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.
William Feather