Friday, October 19, 2007

Thursday, October 18, 2007

Home 4 days and miserable

It's Thursday. We arrived home on Monday. 4 days ago. And, here, home, is not where I want to be, not right now, not until my family is complete. We are going back! I can't stand it. I have to be with my babies. We leave on November 20th and will be in Guatemala for 7 days this time. I am thrilled to get back to my babies! Aaron will be 4 months old when we return. Just 4 weeks in between visits. I can handle that. I can wait 4 weeks. I look very forward to our return. This time we should be staying in a little town called Antigua. I will post more when we get ready to leave.

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

More Aaron Pictures


Here are some additional pictures from Saturday and Sunday in Guatemala with Aaron. I am missing him terribly. I can't post much about it right now but here are some pictures of my "beautiful, beautiful boy".









You can click on any of the photos in Lily or Aaron's blog for a larger image view.

Sunday, October 14, 2007

First Full Day with Aaron

Aaron was a great little baby today and he’s quite the eater. He always wants his bottle. We gave him a pacifier (not used in Guatemala from what I understand). He loves it and it really sooths him if he’s restless. We are having such a good time with him. The day passed though so fast. It is just a blur really. I guess 4hrs of napping will pass the day pretty quickly. We met one couple that is here for their pick up trip. They are first time parents and have been able to visit every month. I am seething with extreme jealousy. I’m already trying to image what it will be like when I hold the babies again in a few months. I’m sure they will change so much. They are both so tiny right now. It’s such a privilege to hold them and be with them at such a young age.

It rained all day (drizzled) and is a bit chilly, so we could not swim. After dinner tonight we did go for a short walk around the hotel and into the courtyards.


I am posting a few pictures of Aaron from our first full day together – Friday, October 12, 2007.




Friday, October 12, 2007

Emotional Overload-Meeting Aaron

My first son! Wow! It’s amazing. He was so late coming to the hotel. We had Lily for about an hour in the lobby before Aaron arrived. The FM was here but the translator that came for Aaron’s hand off could not find us. She just didn’t realize it was us because she saw us with another baby and didn’t realize we were getting 2 babies. Anyway, it worked out and we got Aaron about 7:30pm. The hand off was quicker than with Lily since it was late. We spent about 5 to 10 minutes with the FM. We got a few notes about his schedule and one picture then we were off to be a family of 6 for the weekend. It all happened seamlessly and easily. When we got back to the room I must admit I thought for a while we were certainly crazy. I thought somebody really should have shaken us up to reality before we accepted the referral of 2 babies. But as I looked at them and realized that meant we would have to give up one of these babies…I realized NEVER, never would we do that. And, I became so grateful that nobody brought us back to our senses. Sometimes the craziest things you ever did are the best things you ever did.

Aaron is about the same size as Lily, even though he is 11 weeks younger. He also has more hair. They both have big beautiful eyes and everything about both of them is completely perfect. Aaron had me wiped over with emotions. He was the 2nd to arrive, so my nerves were already calm and I was tired, very tired. I didn’t get to hold him at the hand off. Dale did as I had Lily and we forgot strollers and baby carriers. We were just ready to get to our room. It was all so quick, no real time to sink in. As the evening wore on my emotions started to grow more than I imagined and he has stolen my heart. The middle of the night feedings were fabulous! I loved every second of it. I laid him next to me in bed and we snuggled as I fed him. It was just beautiful to have a quiet room, dark, cozy and this little bitty baby next to me and to watch him stir awake and then to fade back off into his slumber sleep. He only has 2 nighttime feedings (2am and 5:30am). He woke up on target and the bottle was ready to go. He was only awake maybe 10 minutes each time and we both slept very soundly in between. I woke several times to look in on both babies but fell back to sleep easily and soundly. It was a terrific night.



(By the way, we finally get dinner about 8pm. We were able to rent strollers from the hotel before dinner. The babies were very good during dinner. The hotel has a Champions (bar-grill), which is the same restaurant at the Marriott in Tampa, which we have eaten at before. Everyone speaks English. It really just felt like we were at a hotel in the US. The Marriott is very comfortable and a wonderful place to be.)




Monday, October 8, 2007

Welcome



Welcome to Aaron's Photo Log.

We will soon be visiting our baby boy for the very first time. We will post pictures of our trip to the new photo log. We will also use this photo log to post any future visits and pictures of the final trip to bring home our baby boy. Don't forget to check out Aaron's Main Website for all other great Aaron Information.

We are also adopting a baby girl. Check out Lily Bug's web site and photo logs!

We have also provided a link to our family page, as we have 2 beautiful daughters already at home that have filled our life with so much joy!

Many Blessings,
Dawn


Aaron's Newborn Referral Photo - July 2007