The Month of Do

It's been about a month and a half since my last post but so much has gone on since then I felt like I needed to keep my mouth shut and focus on dealing with the goings on of the moment and moving to the next step in the process.  Most of all, I literally didn't have time to put too much thought to everything let alone blog about it.  Ha!  But hey, I'm getting back on track.

Well for starters, February turned out to be the "Month of Do," because that's when the fire under our tail end seemed to be the hottest and everything we did was motivated by bringing our kiddo home the soonest.  Bobby took an entire weeks vacation at the beginning of February so that he could get his physical and FBI fingerprinting done. That may not seem like a big deal, but Bobby had been dreading facing what the doctor might say for a long time and this was his time to face the music!  Just to give you a little insight, for a little while now Bob has had some weird symptoms and we always joked about him having diabetes or something (yes we sort of have a sick sense of humor...lol) but he never really had the courage to go to the doc and get tested. When we decided to go through with the adoption journey and we found out that both of us would have to get a physical/doc would have to sign off on a document proclaiming he was a healthy individual, he immediately got nervous.  Well when it came time to get his blood test results, lo and behold, the doc diagnosed him with Type 2 Diabetes and that's when it all began.  The good thing about what his doc said was that he hadn't had it for very long and that if he got his weight/eating habits under control, he most likely be able to get rid of it.  She also made it very clear that she would not fill out the adoption form until all his levels were within a normal range and from that point on, I got to witness just how determined he was and any question I had within me about his willingness to become a father was completely eliminated.

The first week after his diagnosis was really hard for him as he was emotional and on edge and it was really difficult to cope with this new lifestyle he was plunged into etc but he pressed forward anyway.  On top of that, his medicine has some horrible side effects that he had to acclimate to but he made it through just fine. I hated that he had to go through all that but all I could do was support him as best I could and be there when he needed to talk about his frustrations.  Since then, Bobby and I did a little bit of research and found out the things he can/shouldn't eat and he has stuck to it like a trooper.  What was amazing was by the time he went back for a follow up visit, which was less than two weeks later, he had already lost 15lbs and his blood sugar was actually UNDER the goal she had for him!  PRAISE GOD!  Haha!  Boy I never saw him so happy as that day when he came home to tell me those results and that she had filled out the paperwork and faxed it to Gladney!  His doc actually put on his form, "Lost 15lbs in two weeks, I've never seen someone so motivated to get healthier for this process and he will make a great father!" I am so thankful to have such a good husband/future father of my children.  Though one of us was given a healthy report and the other was diagnosed, when we look back on all of it, Bobby and I are thankful that everything is finally out in the open and it is being taken care of.  Both of us have said that if everything falls through with the adoption (God forbid of course), at least it helped him to get real with himself. All in all, February brought a lot of different emotions; sadness, disappointment, frustration, anxiety, but above that, it brought more joy, happiness and relief. What a blessing!

So as of right now, we have completed everything we needed except for the fire/environmental inspections and also sending pics of our house/property.  The only thing standing in the way of us doing those things is a few renovations we have to make on the house. Our nephew/roommate Austen is moving out on the 15th of this month and that's when we will start "nesting."  (Weird to put it that way but it's the truth!) We are putting new carpet in our home and renovating the bedroom to make it fit for our son.  After that, we will schedule our Home Study and will be considered WAITING PARENTS!!  Omg, so close I can feel it!!! It makes my stomach so nervous just thinking about it.  By this time next year we should have a little someone hanging on our legs and turning our lives upside down.  Hahaha!  I CAN'T WAIT!!  Please keep us in your prayers, we will need all the prayers we can get to make it through the next couple of months.

Love always;

Hannah