Ooohhhh, so exciting!!!!
pennquaker09|1307338650|2938754 said:
We will probably leave this weekend if she hasn't gone in by then. I'd really like to get up there early if possible.
Hope that you get the call soon!!! ) so, I am offering my job several leave options to address my responsibilities abroad. They won't like any of them, but hopefully they'll at least realize that I am trying to be as accomodating as possible.
I am normally pretty chill about work things. I work hard, excel at my job and career, and want to move up, but family comes first and there's always another job out there somewhere. But...since DH is currently unemployed and I am going to continue being the only source of income for our family for at least the next year and probably much longer (he'll be applying to med school then) I am much more stressed about jeopardizing things at my work.
Bella_mezzo|1307390268|2939167 said:I just keep telling myself that I am entitled to this measly 12 weeks of unpaid leave and if I went into pre-term labor or had a family emergency, I would have to leave on even shorter notice...
This. Don't feel guilty Bella. You are entitled to those 12 measly weeks so they will just have to get over it. You are giving them notice and options and they should be thankful.
I, too, wish we had better options for mat leave in the U.S. Since I can't get short term disability since I'm not giving birth, all I'm getting is 2 lousy weeks paid and the rest unpaid...boo.
Let us know how the meeting goes Bella.
Such a relief I'm sure! What an exciting flight that will be!
How very exciting and I'm sure work and your test are the last things on your mind.
I am glad that you work took it well and that they are going to work with you. Right now, just enjoy that about to be a mommy feeling, and please keep us updated as you get closer to leaving for Russia and then Ethiopia! 
diamondseeker2006|1306265538|2929287 said:
AGBF|1307618359|2941499 said:pennquaker09|1307612215|2941459 said:
Color scheme? I'm sure it's somewhere in the thread, but I assume you don't mind repeating it!
Deb
The walls are a pale lime green and a darker lime green (2 walls of each) with white and charcoal grey accents (and his quilt has those colors plus a variety of teal and turquoise). I think it looks great. We'll take pics this weekend and post
pennquaker09|1307628853|2941605 said:AGBF|1307618359|2941499 said:pennquaker09|1307612215|2941459 said:
Color scheme? I'm sure it's somewhere in the thread, but I assume you don't mind repeating it!
Deb
No, I never mentioned it because I was very behind when it came to getting his room ready. Well, I guess you could say I'm still behind.
I decided on a yellow, navy, and gray palette.
Bella_mezzo|1307630387|2941623 said:We finished B's room this weekend
So cannot wait to hear all about B, and how everything happens when you go to meet him. I am teary just thinking about it. YAY.
AGBF|1307598394|2941412 said:diamondseeker2006|1306265538|2929287 said:
My daughter, Whitney, has been keeping up quite a correspondence via e-mail and regular mail with her birthmother in Colombia since she established contact with her about a year ago. It is very late here now (about 20 to 2 AM) but I will try to share the latest that came from her birthmother tomorrow.
So far most of the contact has been between Whitney and her birthmother, by Whitney's desire, not because I am not full of gratitude towards her birthmother. (Early on she and I had some contact, but it has been mostly she and Whitney who have "talked".)
But on Mother's Day she (the birthmother) sent me the most beautiful Mother's Day card (also the only Mother's Day card anyone gave me although my brother and sister-in-law, knowing I am going through a divorce, sent me a beautiful vase of yellow roses!). I will tell you all about it. She thanked me for raising Whitney!!!!
Deb/AGBF
diamondseeker2006|1308022075|2945286 said:Bella! Wow, you are SO close!!!
And I wonder if IG has her baby right now since she hasn't posted lately!
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