One week old today!

Baby D turns one week old today (wish i knew what time). Yay for Baby D!

Today i should also hear from her caseworker. i'm not going to pretend i'm not scared to death. i am. But i certainly want to know. i never really thought of myself as a control freak before, but this lack of anything resembling control is far from easy, so maybe i am. Here are the questions i hope to have answered:

1. Has family been contacted? Are any interested in D?


2. Has/have the family/families who adopted D's older siblings been contacted? Are they interested in D?


3. When does D need to see the doctor and how does that get set up?


4. Has D's blood test come back yet? What were the results?


5. What direction is this case going? Are they going to attempt reunification, or are they moving toward TPR? (RU is most likely since there are only 2 older sibs)


6. What other details can you give me about her birth? (Time of birth, length and weight, etc) This is just my curiosity and wanting to start a scrapbook.
   

i'll probably add to that list, but right now i'm too worried to think.

i haven't updated you in a couple of days. D's still doing really well. We're trying to convince her that 1 1/2 ounces to eat is just as good if not better than 1 ounce, still every 2 hours. i'm petrified that when they weigh her, she'll weigh less than she did. i don't really think so, but i'm a worried mommy. She still hates being put down, but i found if i put her in her carseat on the stroller thing and put both of the sun shades most of the way up, she really likes that. i guess it's like a cocoon or a womb. So i've managed to snatch a half hour here or there.

Friday one of my coworkers brought a LOT of baby stuff. This woman was incredible! She gathered it from just 3 people, some neighbors and friends, and then she washed and sterilized EVERYTHING herself! And arranged it by size, too! Can you believe it? There's a ton of baby girl clothes (Sigh - i never was a fan of the color pink, and lavender is my world's least favorite color! But yellow i love, there just isn't enough of it...) from newborn to 6 or 9 months, mostly in the 0-3 range. Right now she's still in preemie but she'll get there (if the fear i mentioned above doesn't come true!). There's a summer bag and a winter bag, and the winter are mostly the bigger clothes. There's a Graco Snugride travel system, with the car seat and the stroller, which is awesome. So now we have one for each car. There's a huge stack of cloth diapers and flannel blankets. A changing pad and 2 covers. A hundred or so baby hangers. Quite a few toys. A big bag of toiletries. A bottle and pacifier and stuff like that. A grocery store seat cover thingie. i can't possibly remember what all! Oh, yeah, and a diaper genie! So here's some pictures for you to get your own peek (sorry, no baby).

And just so you know, right now she's sporting a very stylish yellow preemie outfit we got at BRU that says "i'm mommy's dream come true". Not a liar, my foster daughter, that's for sure!