4 Months Old

Aidan is now four months old and is changing from an infant to a baby. We received several updates last week.

Case Update: The good news is we are out of family court. The bad news is we can't enter PGN until we receive our pre-approval from the U.S. Embassy. Hopefully that won't be too much longer. We have been waiting for it for 41 days now and most people get theirs from 40-65 days.

Medical update: Sounds like he is doing well. He is now 12 lbs., 14 oz. and 59 cm long. He seems to be developing well and according to the doctor, "is an alert and active little boy who shows interest in all that goes on around him, will turn to sound and likes to listen to music, he is quite vocal himself and will make some cooing noises of his own". I especially like the music part and we certainly know that being "quite vocal himself" can help him survive in this house.

Emotional update: This one is about us. It's starting to get harder to wait. The first picture we saw of Emmy was taken when she was about 5 months old, so I think that is my "baby age". Newborn pictures are sweet but my mothering feeling seems to really kick in for babies when they hit that 5-6 month old range because that is when my motherhood started. So now that Aidan is hitting that age, it really seems to have shifted something in me. I feel a lot more anxious about him and have officially begun the worry-phase of the wait. He's just wonderful and I want him with us. Can't think of any other way to explain it.