Catch up

I know, its been for ever. Honestly, we haven't had a lot of adoption stuff to report. Every month we have a social worker visit. She spends 1-1.5hrs chatting with us, the boys and checking out Ellie. Its pretty painless. We will be heading to court soon to finalize, then the process is officially over. Of course, we still have pictures and letters each month until December and then yearly until she is 18. The legal stuff is almost done though. We will soon have court documents confirming she is ours, a birth certificate and a social security card. Its been a long journey and its so nice to see the light at the end of the tunnel. I think after court, I will close out this blog. All the daily stuff is being reported on our regular blog so you can keep up with Ellies progress there.

To tie up some loose ends: the bonding is better.....a lot better. I still have moments where I wonder if my reactions/feelings are a result of the adoption or just the fact that she is baby number 3 and I've become a bit more relaxed with each of them. I couldn't imagine not having her with us. Her sleep habits drive me crazy, but she makes me laugh and I love seeing how much the boys love her.

In pregnancy news, I'm finally feeling like myself again. I still take my nausea meds daily even though I haven't felt nauseous in a couple weeks. I'm afraid to stop them. It was so bad this time around, I was sure this baby was going to be a girl. We confirmed last week, that the Purdum tradition continues and we will be bringing home a baby boy in October (they moved up my due date from 11-5). Three pregnancies, three completely different experiences, 3 boys! I've been ordered to stop running through the end of the year, I have more pains than I remember having at this point with Ben and Sam, my back hurts and I definitely popped out faster this time around. I'm finally starting to get excited. I'm still nervous about how this is going to work--how I'm going to home school Ben, how we will manage to leave the house, how I will walk away with some sanity, but I'm excited that we will have another little boy to love. Ben desperately wanted a sister, but I think he's slowing getting excited too.

There you have it. Look for our final post next month and we'll see you on our regular blog. e mail me if you don't have the address.