So, here is the rundown on the last 2 weeks. Derek was born on October 14th at 11 a.m. He was 5 lb 11 oz and 18 inches long. We recieved an email the night of the 14th that there was a baby boy in Florida that needed an adoptive family. We decided to throw our name in the hat. Friday morning we recieved a call that we had been chosen to adopt Derek. We were shocked, thrilled, excited, anxious...you name it!
Dereks birthmother had no medical care during her pregancy (it was her 11th child) guess she didn't feel like she needed it. Anyways, because there was no care, Derek was given a preventative 10 day run of antibiotics. We got to Miami when he was a week old and we spent the week visiting him at the hospital and running around Miami.
This is our first time meeting Derek in the NICU.
Derek was finally discharged last wednesday (2 weeks old). We have had a great time getting back into the schedule of a newborn. As an added bonus, we get to get used to this new schedule on vacation, not in our real world. We spend our days in our hotel room playing games, reading, watching tv, etc... and snuggling our new little boy.
We have to stay in Florida until Derek can get released from Florida and get accepted in Wyoming. We have been told this process takes 5 business days but we are hoping to speed up the process if at all possible. We are anxious to get our little family all together - Anna and JP are having a great time at Grandmas, but we miss them so much! They are both excited to meet Derek.
Derek is a great baby. He is a good eater and a pretty good sleeper. His nights and days are a little mixed up, but we are working on that. He loves to snuggle and we love to help him with that. It is fun getting acquainted with our new little guy.
Here are a few more pics of Derek for your viewing pleasure.
This pic is so you can see how tiny he is in his pac n play.
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