attempting to get back to life

Caleb is doing very well, wrestling with daddy and watching football at the moment! He is feeling great and now just has to get over the "king of the world" syndrome he developed in the hospital. He got very used to being helped doing everything, the pain made it difficult for him to even get up and down on his own. He also got used to not sharing toys and complaining of pain. We are now having to remind him that things don't hurt anymore. He tends to think he can't open his mouth big enough to get bites of veggies in but then when the cookies come around he says, "look mommy, my mouth is all better, I can open it this big" what a character. We are glad to have him home and healthy again. Just 8 more days of antibiotics every 8 hours and then we should be done with this ordeal!

okay, where were we before all the adventures of this week happened? oh yeah, we are adopting a little girl from Guatemala :o) jk so here are the updates we promised...

Here are a few details from Aimee (our caseworker) visit with Juliet (foster mother) and Micaiah:
*She is a ton of black hair.
*The foster mother is very sweet. She had 3 sons and 2 daughters ages 15, 13, 12, 8 and 6. She proudly showed me a framed picture of her family.
*Micaiah wakes 3 times/night for her bottle.
*She loves to be held and hugged a lot. The foster mother said that her children enjoy cuddling the baby.
*She is beginning to coo and make baby sounds.
*She has been switched to soy formula due to upset tummy.

Zulma (our attorney) has attempted each day this week to file the case at the embassy and retrieve DNA authorization. The lines are very long at the embassy right now, and the embassy is limiting the number of attorneys seen. When the embassy gets busy like this the attorneys will often spend a significant amount of their day attempting to file cases at the embassy and often times hire someone to go stand in line for them beginning in the middle of the night. Zulma will continue to go to the embassy until she has the case filed.

and here is another update concerning our case:

11/10
Your case has entered family court. Upon entering family court the file is randomly assigned to one of the courts. A social worker will interview the birth mother and foster mother, observe the baby and read over your home study. She will then write her report and submit it to the family court judge for his signature. The length of time spent in family court wholly depends on how quickly the social worker completes her interviews, writes the report, submits it to the judge, and the judge signs off.

Zulma is still attempting to file at the embassy and get DNA authorization. The embassy is closed tomorrow for Veteran's Day so Zulma will be back at the embassy bright and early Monday morning.