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Happy Wednesday!

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9 Weeks…Where have the days gone

Little Miss M is growing and changing every day. I can’t believe she is already 9 weeks old, and I have to say her smile is the best thing in the world.

We have been living in the world of colic for the last few weeks…poor Miss M’s tummy just gives her fits. We think (aka hoping) we are beginning to see the light as she heads toward the 12 week mark! For a few weeks, life was a blur and some nights are still long, but we are getting a little more sleep these days. She is definitely growing. At her two month appointment she was almost 24 inches long and 11.9 pounds…long and lean. Her 0-3 month clothes are getting to short, but her 3-6 month clothes are too big around. What’s a girl to do?

She is so ready to sit up and move. She loves it when we prop her up in her boppy pillow. She can roll over halfway now and gets so frustrated when she gets stuck. It is quite the game we play. Once she figures out how to crawl, I don’t think we will ever sit down. She also gives life a running commentary of coos, ahhs and other sounds. I wish I knew what she was saying and she loves it when you sit down and just talk to her. Who needs toys when you can have a conversation. She just laughs and coos right along with you…it is so cute!

Sorry for my delays in post…hopefully I am back on the blog wagon now!!

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Miss M

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Discharged!

Miss M. was discharged from the hospital today so the new Berg family of 3 is now in their home away from home at the hotel!  Praise the Lord for this answered prayer.  They are waiting to hear back from lawyers, etc. about travel arrangements but hope that they will be headed back to Arkansas by the end of the week.  Kate said she’d be back to the blog in the next few days.

(elizabeth)

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Please pray

Kate has called in a prayer request.  They were hopeful that today would be the day they would be released from the hospital but it looks like that will not happen until tomorrow so they are asking for prayer that all the discharge details will be worked out quickly and efficiently.  Please pray God’s peace that passes all understanding to wrap them up right now.  Pray that their hearts would know of God’s control right now just as much as their heads do.

On a good, light note, Miss M. loves to eat, loves her pacifier, loves snuggling, and is already trying to sort out her days and nights 🙂

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Little Miss M has arrived!

We got word that Miss M was welcomed into the world today at 1:42 pm (ET), weighing 8 lbs 7 oz, 21 inches long.  Kate says “she is amazing”.  Everyone is doing well.  All praise goes to the Lord for answering Bob and Kate’s prayers of having a room to share with her at the hospital.   I know your prayers and sweet thoughts are dear to Bob and Kate right now.

(elizabeth)

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Tomorrow

This will be my last post for a few days, but no worries my friend Elizabeth will keep you updated on all of the action.

I have got to be honest I really don’t know what to write. So I ask for your prayers and leave you with the what God has spoken to me over and over again during our journey:

 “This day I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live and that you may love the LORD your God, listen to his voice, and hold fast to him. For the LORD is your life, and he will give you many years in the land he swore to give to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.” Deuteronomy 30:19-20

If I do not teach my daughter but one thing, it must be to choose life by loving God, listening to his voice and holding fast to Him.

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Meeting and Settling

We met the birthparents yesterday face to face for the first time and it was so natural and relaxed. We thank everyone for the prayers…lunch was truly another answered prayer. We are excited to go with them to the last doctor’s appt tomorrow before the scheduled c-section on Friday. We will get to hear Miss M’s heartbeat. Please continue to prayer for everyone’s health and our time at the hospital as there are many unknowns and lots of details to work out.

Also, we are finding that it is all more emotionally and physically draining than we expected. Yesterday just involved a 2 hour lunch but by the time we got back to the hotel we were exhausted like we had worked a full day. Please pray for minds, bodies and souls to get plenty of rest the next few days before the delivery on Friday.

Today, we checked into the Homewood Suites we will be staying at for the next few weeks. I immediately set to unpacking. I really hate living out of a suitcase. I was also excited to see that we have a two burner stove in the kitchenette with pots and pans so we have already made a trip to Wal-Mart. Between the hotel’s breakfast and weeknight dinners and the kitchenette we will only have to eat out when we chose to which is a huge bonus. I love eating out but it gets less exciting when you have to do it every meal.

On our way to the hotel, we made another stop at a Food Network, Man vs Food, Travel Channel highlighted resturant…Chaps. I got their classic Pit Beef Sandwich and it was good. Bob got “The Raven” with beef, turkey and corned beef. It was excellent. If you can’t tell, we are very much foodies and the Food Network is almost always on one of our TVs. I have another food story about Sunday, but I keep that for tomorrow.

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21 hours later…

After 21 hours and 1,277 miles, we are in Maryland!!

The road trip was great. We left at 4:20 a.m. Friday and made it to Sevierville. The highlight of Friday was our stop in Nashville at Las Paletas for a popsicle. Bob had seen it on Food Network, and it did not disappoint. Bob had a chocolate with peppers pop as well as a coffee pop. I had a lime pop and a rose petal pop. The rose petal pop was amazing. It actually had little pieces of rose petal in it. I could have eaten a whole box of the rose petal…so, so yummy!

The trip up 81 and around the Washington Beltway was crazy with traffic, but Bob did great while I closed my eyes. Yesterday’s highlight was dinner last night. We wanted somewhere close and didn’t even care what kind of food it was or if it was even that good. We were just tired and hungry. The front desk suggested this restaurant call G&M Resturant so away we went.

Oh my gosh…it was amazing. Driving to it, we thought they had sent us on a wild goose chase as it is down this back road, but when we pulled up in the parking lot we got the last parking spot so we decided it was worth a shot. Walking to our table, we saw the biggest shrimp we have ever seen and the most amazing looking crab cakes. We split an appetizer of crab cakes and then the seafood linguine. The crab cakes were all crab with no filler and this amazing sauce. The seafood linguine had amazing shrimp, scallops and crab meat. Even splitting it, we still left almost 1/3 of linguine. Have I mentioned the restaurant’s other speciality is homemade New York Cheesecake?? So we had to get a piece to go. It was the perfect bedtime snack!!

Here is Bob looking sadly at his last bite of crabcake (excuse the picture quality…I took it with his phone)

Please also remember my granddad. He had a small heart attack on Friday evening, but the doctor was able to get him into surgery as it was happening. He is stable and back in a regular room with minimum damage.

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As we go…

This time tomorrow our physical journey of adoption begins. I am excited, nervous, overwhelmed and amazed. But we go confidently knowing that this is God’s journey for us and we have a whole army of prayer warriors behind us. As we travel and start this journey, would you pray for:

1. Our trip up to Maryland.

2. Our first meeting with the birth parents on Monday. Both sides are super nervous. Please pray that everyone will feel comfortable and that conversation will flow.

3. Our birthmother as she is very anxious about the delivery.

4. Everyone’s health especially our birthmother and Miss M.

5. Our time in the hospital together especially for the birth parents as we leave the hospital.

6. For God’s peace that passing understanding to be amidst this journey.

Lots of love-Kate

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