Doctor's Appointment and Nursery Planning

On Thursday, I called our pediatrician's office, hoping that we could get an appointment for that day, but we had to wait until today. We met with our pediatirican to discuss our referral info. Our pediatrican said that everything looked good and that she felt that our son's herniated belly button would resolve on its own. We went over things to take when we traveled and she stated that she would talk with a fellow collegue at Duke Medical Center and get him to review our son's paperwork as well. After the appointment, I called Mary and officially accepted our referral. She said that they would notify the in country representatives so they could begin working on a court date right away (any day next week sounds good to us:).



This evening we went to Lowe's and decided to pick out a paint color. Since we didn't specify a boy or a girl in our request, we haven't done anything as far as planning for, thinking about, or decorating the nursery. Now that we know that it is a boy, we headed for the blues. Within about 15 minutes, Sean and I had agreed on a color. Neither of us expected it to be that easy. Normally, we bring home a ton of swatches, tape them to the walls, and debate about the colors for a week or so. Of course, we explained what we were getting the paint for and Ciara was determined to help. We got home and Sean immediately began clearing out the room. I had to head upstairs to work some more due to those changes with USCIS. Every little bit, Ciara would come up there to tell me that we were going to paint baby brother's room. I finished up with work (very late) and found that Sean was still prepping the room. Ciara was 100% ready to begin painting. We had to tell her that we couldn't paint tonight and she just cried. She wanted to get baby brother's room ready so bad.



Ciara is already so in love with her baby brother. Tonight, while we were looking around in the room that will be baby brother's, Ciara announced that she wants to give Baby Brother her silkie (her very cherished blankie). Sean told her that she didn't have too. We told her that we would go to the store over the weekend and that we could all pick out a blankie for her to give him. Ciara just shook her head no. She said, "But I want to give him my silkie." Sean explained that it would be fine if she did, but that she could think about it awhile and change her mind later and it would be okay. We will just have to see if this lasts.