Joshua's Journey

Friday, November 09, 2007
Greetings Family & Friends!!

I hope everyone is enjoying getting ready for the holidays!! We are; we have Gavyn's 2nd birthday and Joshua's baby shower this weekend and then Thanksgiving and Christmas will be here in NO TIME! Exciting times!!! There is a small chance we will be able to bring Joshua home before Thanksgiving, but if not, defiantly by Christmas!!! SO EXCITING!!!!!

A quick update on everything-
Joshua is doing excellent! Dr.'s are still very happy with his progress. He has been on formula feeds through a feeding tube since Monday and doing GREAT! He is weighing 4lbs 5oz now and is off of oxygen and all IV's!! PTL!! The dr. said he will probably remove the drain coming from his belly today or tomorrow! So, everything is going just as we want it to- we just need him to keep doing well on the feeds so he can come home!!!
The adoption is in process as we are waiting for our attorney's to tie some loose ends before we can go to court. We had our Home Study on Monday evening and that went SO GOOD and was easier than we thought- I think we passed with "flying colors!" Thanks to Mackenzie & Reggie Scott and my mom who have been SO GREAT watching Gavyn for us!!
The Birth Mom met with the attorney's yesterday and signed all the "Relinquishment Forms," which terminates her rights as the parent, and we now have temporary custody of Joshua until we go to court. YAY!!!
Michael & I are trying to get both of the boys rooms done before we can bring Joshua home. I was making all the baby bedding and decorating Joshua's room, and we could tell Gavyn was getting a little jealous, so we decided to re-decorate Gavyn's room as well(which was LONG overdue) for his birthday/& Christmas. I will have pictures coming soon!!!
It has been extremely busy around here, but Gavyn is doing great with it all and being very sweet about it all! The other day my mom & I were shopping for fabric, I had left him with her while I went to grab something and she said he started saying, "Mama where are you??" when she asked him where I was he said, "she's at the hospital."- He is SO smart and really understands that when I am not around I am probably at the hospital with Joshua. He already loves Joshua so MUCH and prays for him everyday! Even when someone else is praying he will remind them to pray for Joshua- SO CUTE!! I can't wait until Joshua comes home to see how Gavyn reacts to him, I think they will be best buds!