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Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Today was a very STRESSFUL day for us. Woke up and BJ seemed weak. She refused her morning bottle again. She was up several times in the night so sleep was off for all of us & it was GOTCHA DAY for Jacob. It was pouring rain & Zach has a cough starting up. We tried to give him a nubulizer treatment just to make sure it doesnt get any worse. The nebulizer started smoking even with an adaptor. Ugghh.... nebulizer gone. Next, Art literally ran in pouring rain to the superstore about 1 mile away to buy every bottle type we could find so we can figure out what is going to work for BJ. She screamed for an hour while he was gone. He got back. We were able to find the one that worked best with the right heat for her. 5 minutes later we got the call that Jacob was here in the lobby & ready for GOTCHA DAY. Whoa. You can see Art in the pictures is still pretty wet. What a stressful time. We were really stressed that BJ may be dehydrated. We are so thankful to those of you who are praying for her eating. She did take a bottle tonight again. Please continue to pray. SHe is very little & weak. It is a little scary at times. Thank you so much. Jacob is doing well. His foster Grandma must be a very special lady. SHe sent some new clothes, his favorite snacks, and pictures for him. That means so much to us & surely will mean so much to him someday. For now...he was looking at the pics and kissing them tonight. Please pray for his heart and for hers. We are mindful this is a loss for both of them. We are so blessed to be his parents & we are thanking God for the privilege tonight. Enjoy the pics. We ordered dinner downstairs tonight, but it wasnt going to be ready for a while so they offered to bring it upstairs to our room. It worked out great. We let Jacob look at the menu & point to what he wanted. He ordered seafood & noodles- mussels on the shell, crab, big chunks of fish with veggies & noodles. Amazing to see this little boy eat this dinner. I have some major cooking lessons ahead. We dont normally eat those types of dishes at our house! :) Wow.

6 comments:

  1. what a day! loved seeing some of your photos - almost cried seeing all of you together! i know it's been a long journey that isn't over yet - what an awesome thing you are doing! you'll be in my prayers :) ~gail

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  2. What a day you guys had! Can you say perseverance?? I'm so thankful that BJ took a bottle. Praying for her strength and continued ability to eat. The slideshow is just amazing. What a beautiful picture of God's grace and mercy. The pics of Jacob with his Daddy and brother just melt my heart. Press on, dear friends! God is holding you near.

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  3. Dear friends...I finally figured out how to comment...technology, ugh! :) LOVE YOU ALL!! Words cannot express the JOY we all feel knowing your precious children are FINALLY with their family!! Thank you for sharing your adventures and allowing us to pray alongside of you! We miss you all and love you! Give those babies a hug from us! Love, The Rosales'

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  4. Sorry to hear such a stressful day....it will get better. You can try a sucker with your little girl (watch her with it so she doesn't choke)...it may stimulate her appetite. She may be used to eating sweets, so she may enjoy that. Exhausting, isn't it?......but so worth every second! Praying for you all.

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  5. We just watched the Jacob's slideshow with the kids. So neat to see the photos of you all together. Ethaniel says "Love it" Maya says "I wish you good luck for your new family" Aunt Kristi says "stay strong all-you will be home soon and the normal routines will begin."We send hugs to Allie and Zach and can't wait to hear about all your adventures.

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  6. So glad that you now have all of your family together. Praying that BJ will get her eating regulated and settled in to the family quickly. I am sure that Jacob will find things that you all are familiar with eating too. Just takes a while. :) Looking forward to seeing Jacob and BJ when you all get home. Higs and love being sent to you all.

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