X=Siddha

Baby X is now Siddha since we saw her this last friday and all her tiny parts. I'll try to get the pictures up from the appointment so you may all behold the tiny person in the tummy. I'm excited a little bit more now that she actually looks like a human being and not some sort of giant alien tadpole. I was wanting a girl to have one of each, which appeals to my sense of symmetry and here she is. We had a breakfast celebrating the great unveiling with the girls and it was fun to gather around and eat food (our favorite form of thanksgiving) I've started talking to the Boy about being a big brother and his little sister in Auntie Leng's tummy laying the framework for the arrival of Siddha (early june).

For those of you who follow the blog you are well aware that I have yet to get the promised photos from Christmas up and for that I apologize. We got a new camera and for some reason I can't read the memory card from my iMac and it takes a little more effort to transfer images which involves Larry and his dreaded PC laptop. I've generated a trouble ticket for Tech Suuport (Billsers) to see if you can somehow fix this but we'll see. I do have some new photos on it of taking Tre bowling with a bunch of family/friends and he had a blast. He had no idea that bowling was something you could do in the real world as opposed to Wii Sports. Once this was discovered he made frequent daily requests to go bowling so as good indulgent fathers we complied. He had a blast and shrieked up a storm with the occasional yelps of joy. Our little howler monkey had a fantastic afternoon.

The Boy will have been with us for 6 months come the 28th and we're blown away how fast it went and that it was only 6 months. We received the paperwork to file as DeFacto Parents from the county and promptly filled them out in our ongoing effort to show the court our sincere intention to adopt Tre. I'm still unhappy with the push back to March but we did find out that his time with us will count towards the 6 months he needs to be with us before he can be adopted so we get something out of the delay at least (not counting him of course). We've settled into a pattern now with the county - every Wednesday therapy with Susan and then once a month Catherine (Tre's worker) visits to check in on him. 

Larry starts his last semester this month and then he'll have his Masters. We're all incredibly proud of him especially since he did the program in half the time (crazy I know). He's taking the summer off to bond with the baby then hits the job market come fall. He's ready to be done with school and get to actually working in his field. He has a definite need to bring in the bacon if you will. My dad says somehow I found two husbands who want to go out and work which is usually followed with a comment about snatching up more than my share of men. :)

We started going to the gym with a personal trainer named Tina and she is kicked our collective butts. I decided to spend the money in the hopes of being in better shape for when the new baby arrives and easing the strain on us for the first few months. We have gone to help out new parents several times and been greeted at the door by ragged and demoralized subhumans. My crazy plan is maybe with more energy/endurance we want devolve too far down the food chain when Siddha gets here. The 1st session was a brief sojourn into hell where a perky woman reached into my body and made pain blossom in places for the first time ever. Today was like a SM play-date with a friendly dominant who likes to know what we ate over the weekend. I am committed to course though and we're all sure it will have an impact. I got more out of the sessions than I have ever just going on my own and flailing on the machines so I am feeling proud of us for taking the steps to get healthier. :)

That's all for now and as always much love/thanks to everyone pulling for us and our new little family.