Kira's Christmas

Our family had a wonderful Christmas season. Santa was very good to Kira, even though she isn't born yet! In December, Kira's room was finished, and her pink stocking hung on the mantle with the rest of the family's stockings. Ian took great pride in emptying Kira's stocking in her absence. Inside, he found:

1. A pacifier

2. A pacifier keeper (holder that keeps the pacifier from falling to the ground)

3. 3 pink onesies

4. Newborn diapers

Ian was so excited to see Kira's goodies. He helped us place her gifts in her room.

J & D were also bearers of gifts for Kira. On Christmas Day, J & D brought over a cute stuffed Siamese cat and a VERY SOFT white bear. They also brought over my favorite toy from when I was a little girl: a "My Little Pony" play set. We placed the pony set on top of Kira's armoire, and we placed the two stuffed animals in Kira's crib. They look so sweet sitting there, waiting for her arrival.

On Friday, December 28th, Kira gave us all a scare. D had to be admitted to the hospital because Kira wasn't moving about as she should. For a little while, we were all afraid that Kira would make her grand appearance 5 weeks early! Thankfully, when D was hooked up to the monitors at the hospital, Kira woke up and started doing her normal circus routine of flips and sommersaults. The doctors proclaimed her completely healthy and sent D (&J) home.

As a result of that scare, Jim and I realized that there are SO many things that we haven't done yet! We decided to make a list and to work on it every single day. Here is the list:

1. Call our new insurance company and the hospital and try to find out how we will be able to add Kira to our insurance, and how we will be able to discharge her from the hospital. We have to get the "on-call" pediatrician at the hospital approved by our insurance company prior to Kira's arrival.

2. Make room in our cabinets for Kira's bottles. Clean and sterilize the bottles.

3. Go through all of Ian's old clothes and pick out gender neutral outfits that Kira would be able to wear from 0 - 3 months.

4. Pack our bags for the hospital. If we are going to be staying in a room with Kira after she arrives, then Jim and I will need a bag packed for our stay in the hospital. Ian will need his bags packed for a stay with a family member. Kira will need her own bag packed with outfits, diapers, pacifiers, etc. We should probably keep these bags with us in the car. (We'll need to keep the camera and the camcorder handy as well!)

5. Get lesson plans for our substitute teachers finalized. When Jim and I are out on adoption leave, our substitutes will need directions to follow!

6. Buy more diapers and wipes! We have some, but not nearly enough!

Whew! That's not TOO bad, but we do have a lot to do! We are getting REALLY excited about Kira coming into our home now. We tell Ian everyday now how many days there are until Kira's due date.

How many are there now?

26!

We have LESS than four weeks now!!! WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!