The Good Stuff Week of January 22

[theatrepal]

How's it going adoption friends? What good things have happened in the last few weeks? 

QOTW: What is your favorite movie? 

[theatrepal]

1) I got to go watch college basketball in person last weekend. I LOVE college basketball.
2) Our new show team is working together really well and things are coming along nicely.

QOTW: 28 Days

[gnomesweetgnome]

It's going well! We had a visit with B's BM on Saturday and went to a park, which was a nice change from hanging out in her apartment. Also got word that BF's hearing is next Wednesday, so hopefully we will have even better news next week.

I can't pick a favorite, but I love Stranger Than Fiction, Dan In Real Life, and The Holiday.

[redandblue]

We have completed week two of our training and just scheduled the appointments for our home study to be completed! First appointment is February 10! Eek! Our SW told me today that she is hoping to have the home study completed by the end of March! That is so exciting! And scary and exciting! lol...This is about to get real! I can't believe it's happening so fast! I was expecting to wait about a year before approval.

QOTW: It's hard to chose a favourite, but a couple that come to mind are Crash, Love Actually and Remember the Titans. theatrepal I also loved 28 Days. For scary movies I did enjoy the Saw Trilogy, but felt they should have ended it at 3. DH and I notorious for picking the worst movies to watch! We just saw The Imitation Game, which was one of the first really good movies we have seen in a while!

[shemarie82]

Well, after months of waiting for us to receive our training documents, we finally got them last week. I am not sure if they don't hold many classes, or they are trying to cut cost, but it was HORRIBLE. It is video from 2009 that was taken of a training class. The quality was horrible, and I really didn't get much out of it, but it was done. I contacted our SW by fb (the only way I can be sure that she has read it and will respond) to see what else we have to do. Her response was that I could right the home study. While, that is not in any way a helpful answer, at least I know that is the point that we are at. She has not been to the house for the home inspection yet, but I think we are all set on what we need to do. So, we continue to not so patiently wait. But I am looking at it as a step forward!

QOTW: This is so difficult, but I will say that my favorite of all time would be As Good As it Gets. I will watch it every time that it is on... there are so many others, but I am going to commit to that for the moment.

[theholmanherd]

We are going to move soon, so I'm consumed by that, but I'm also making a list of the things we need to get before our home study. I will sign up for classes when we get to our new town.

Q: Memoirs of a Geisha. The cinematography, the story, the music...so amazing. I swoon over it every time.

[theatrepal]

My list of movies to watch is growing!

[spooko]

We found a medication that is working well for DS and he's been pretty good lately. He's been especially successful at wrestling lately and we have another tournament this weekend. Hopefully it'll be a big success!

[packerfan4life]

We had L's 4 month visit today and she's growing and developing right on track. Also other than post-shots tonight she's been sleeping a little better this past week which was much needed relief!

And to my huge relief I got a job! My current job ends in June and I was so stressed about what to do next but as of yesterday I now have a position lined up starting July!

Favorite Movie: Hmmm this is hard! For an oldie I really loved the movie Gattaca. I've also liked a lot of the movies based on books I love that have come out recently - The Giver, Hunger Games, If I Stay, Divergent, Ender's Game

[badgergirl66]

packerfan4life Congrats on the job!!

We are one of only 4 families in the online waiting family section. My husband checks the website often, which I find super cute. He informed me yesterday that 4 families were moved from waiting to matched. So, I guess we really need to start planning for a baby. I'm not getting my hopes up, but I also need to realize it might happen faster than I had in my mind.

We started brainstorming names and have a list of favorites started. How does anyone name a child? This seems impossible.

Nothing really new. Just waiting. Planning vacations to keep busy.

Favorite movie: I really love the Die Hard series. And I also really love "children's" movies like Despicable me, monsters inc.

[pinkie]

badgergirl - we had so much trouble with names. We waited until we were matched both times so we knew sex. I knew I didn't want a name that started with x or ended with x because it was too rhymey with our last name. Then both of us agreed we wanted somewhat strong traditional names but not anything in the most popular list. We scoured name lists and made a list of finalists. It's hard

[packerfan4life]

badgergirl66 - I love, love, love names. We had our boy/girl names picked out long before we started TTC. We went into meeting our daughter with a top 3 list (for both boys and girls). Luckily our top name seems to fit her well. I love the baby names board.

[carolinah]

Congrats on your job, Packerfan!

I think my excitement of the week is that we hung out with our closest couple friends SUnday and they are so excited about this potential baby. I don't know if it's my brain's coping mechanism to avoid going through that level of hurt again, but I feel very detached from this pregnancy. I already pushed back the U/S once and I refuse to believe it is happening until that first U/S next Monday. Even then I'm afraid it won't sink in. It's strange because I'm so happy with my adoption. I love our openness and honestly feel very little pain about it- most of the time I feel pride and joy. It feels good to have a friend gush over plans for this baby when I'm mostly incapable of doing so. I hope this isn't insensitive. I'm thankful for this pregnancy beyond words, but I just can't seem to accept it's real. 12 weeks tomorrow. Fake it till I make it, maybe?

[spooko]

Definitely fake it till you make it, carolinah. I haven't had the same birth/adoption experience with you, but even in my regular old pregnancy with DD, it just didn't really sink in a lot of the time. Heck, it even took a few days after she was out for me to really warm up to her. You can be thankful and love the baby and still not feel that connection like you do to an outside baby. I get it.

[badgergirl66]

Jan 26, 2015 23:18:21 GMT -5 packerfan4life said:

badgergirl66 - I love, love, love names. We had our boy/girl names picked out long before we started TTC. We went into meeting our daughter with a top 3 list (for both boys and girls). Luckily our top name seems to fit her well. I love the baby names board.

I started lurking there a little. If j get brave enough, I'll post our list there. A few names are a bit popular, but we both had popular names (Meghan/Jonathon) so we aren't sure that's a total deal breaker.

[badgergirl66]

Jan 27, 2015 21:45:33 GMT -5 carolinah said:

Congrats on your job, Packerfan!

I think my excitement of the week is that we hung out with our closest couple friends SUnday and they are so excited about this potential baby. I don't know if it's my brain's coping mechanism to avoid going through that level of hurt again, but I feel very detached from this pregnancy. I already pushed back the U/S once and I refuse to believe it is happening until that first U/S next Monday. Even then I'm afraid it won't sink in. It's strange because I'm so happy with my adoption. I love our openness and honestly feel very little pain about it- most of the time I feel pride and joy. It feels good to have a friend gush over plans for this baby when I'm mostly incapable of doing so. I hope this isn't insensitive. I'm thankful for this pregnancy beyond words, but I just can't seem to accept it's real. 12 weeks tomorrow. Fake it till I make it, maybe?

Be sure to update after the U/S. Absolutely fake it till you make it. If they are close friends though, don't be ashamed to tell them how you feel. Hugs.