In good times and bad...

It is so great for us to have all the support that we do! My friends and family have gotten together and supplied us with weeks worth of dinners. It was a very thoughtful gesture and we appreciate it! It is nice to see whatever is going on, good or bad, we are never alone to handle it all. We are enjoying all the visits to meet Chylar. Thank you!!

by the way... if you were unable to open the link below, it is also on youtube. Chylar wanted to come into the world as topical as possible : ) This link doesn't have music and they spelled her name wrong (she will probably have to get used to it). Oh well! I've lived with that same problem. At least you will get to see her first photo shoot. We didn't realize we would be in the pics, so ignore us!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPG_29xAXbw


Thank you!!

Pictures

They don't do mug shot baby pictures at the hospital anymore : ) Here is a link to the photo montage from the hospital... yes we were suckers and bought it.

http://pitterpatterpix.com/chylar.html

Good night!!

Firsts!

I always hear about baby firsts (first word, tooth etc..), but I am experiencing mommy firsts : )

1. First time trying to get ready and be somewhere at a certain time, with a baby!! (Dr appt)



2. First time going to Target to buy stuff for my baby (and I really am a mom).



3. First family dinner with her next to us!!



4. First family TV night. Before we watched TV, we read her some adoption children's' books. I've always seen them online, but I didn't know the whole stories (cute!!).



5. First time leaving her with Dad (Target). He did a great job.



6. First call to the Dr office. Something we would have figured out if we would just read the many reference books we have. Natural new parent thing : )



7. First time I had to hang up with a friend because MY child needed ME. Usually it is them that have to hang up.

I'm sure there are plenty more to come...

These pics are already sooo outdated. Her face changes so much everyday!!

I was explaining American Idol to Chylar today and we couldn't wait to watch it together for the FIRST time, but it wasn't on. So, tomorrow will be that FIRST.

Where do I start????

Gordon and I are parents!!! We have a happy, healthy, darling baby girl!

We were connected a few weeks ago with our birth mother (F). I didn't say anything to anyone because we were nurturing the relationship and the details. We wanted more information before we shared with everyone, since we weren't sure of a due date. F had a dr appt on Wednesday and I was expecting to get this information then. Well, due to other health issues, they admitted her for an induction. I got a call Thursday morning from F's attny and they said she was in the hospital and wanted us to go there. I called Gordon and we were off! She was in labor most of Thursday and what a trooper she was. NO EPIDURAL!!! She is one tough cookie. Once she was dilated the birth was quick. We were in the room and she wanted Gordon to cut the cord and me to hold the baby first. Everything happen sooo fast, that the Dr cut the cord... Oh well, the moment was beautiful and I did get to hold her, once they were done with her. We didn't know it was a girl, but were pleasantly surprised!!

We came home from the hospital today. Consent signing was at 6PM. I had family over to meet her as we all waited for the call that everything went smooth. We got the call. Her attorney called and said there was no hesitation and congratulated us. There was an overwhelming feeling of relief and happiness. We tried to call F tonight and thank her for changing our lives! This is a change we have wanted and worked so hard at and we are soo thankful for this tiny baby girl. Our lives are already enhanced and it has only been 3 days. She has changed so much in the 3 days. We can't take our eyes off of her or we may miss something! More to come, but I need to go to bed. I just didn't want to keep you guys hanging anymore!!!

Thanks cousin Lisa for keeping your ears open for us! She is so beautiful, I can't wait for you to meet her! Love you!!

Chylar Marie (pronouced like the boys name Kyle with an "r" at the end)

5lbs 10oz

19 1/4 inches

Pictures pending, sorry, unless you can log onto walgreens.. http://photo2.walgreens.com/share/p=449221237783668374/l=25999645/g=4556445/cobrandOid=1009/otsc=SYE/otsi=SALB

I'll try to put some on the blog tomorrow!!

Night!!