Cydney and her mother both talked to me yesterday on Mother's Day and wished me a happy first Mother's Day. They are seriously the sweetest people you will ever find!
We have our first OBGYN appointment with Cydney (the birth mom) on May 21st!!!! We are so excited, we get to hear the heart beat for the first time. AHH! I already know I will cry, go figure - but I cannot wait to see Matthew's face when he hears her for the first time. I have always read that women become mothers when they find out they are pregnant (or in our case find a birth mother) and men become fathers when they see their baby for the first time. I know this is true for me. I already love her to pieces and am dying to meet her and hold her and love all over her. Matthew is too, but I am just so excited to see him with her. They both completely hold my heart and I already know I will be a wreck when I get to see them together for the first time!
Then there is the Henry Larson Family Reunion on June 27th and 28th. This will be my second one and WOW - they are so fun! I never had that growing up. A big family that is interested in me and my life. A big family period! I love it and I love them! There are games and a spoons tournament which, make no mistake, is VERY serious business. We are talking broken chairs, bloody knuckles, real trophies and bragging rights! It's the real deal! There is great food, amazing people, and so much laughter! I don't think they all realize the love that I have for them! I absolutely LOVE being a Larson!! It is one of the greatest blessings of my life and thankfully my eternity!
Next up, we have the BaByQ which is seriously going to be so much fun! To my 2 readers - you are all invited! It is a co-ed baby shower since Matthew and I are not having a baby traditionally either, we thought a BaByQ where Matthew and I get to celebrate together would be the right fit! I am so excited! There will be tons of lawn games and yummy food, lots of friends and family, and of course Cydney - who will seriously be so cute and super pregnant by that time!
And then of course, the day we have all been waiting for - September 7th!! It can not come soon enough! Cydney had a tour of the hospital last week and got everything straightened out for Matthew and I to be present at the birth. Cydney asked that we be there and we of course said yes yes yes! When Abigail is born Cydney will be the first to hold her, then Matthew and I (mostly me though because I'm not letting go!). After she is weighed, checked out and all that fun stuff, Matthew and I are heading to the nursery with Abigail to give her her first bath while Cydney re-coops. We are so thankful that Cydney wants us there and it is a real answer to our prayers. Seriously, if I sat down and wrote all the amazing small little miracles that Heavenly Father has put in this path for us....I'm not sure if I would ever finish the list. Cydney found us and chose us to be Abigail's parents, both her and her mother are amazing and fit with us so well, she lives close so we get to meet and spend time with her, she wants us to go to doctors appointments, she wants us at the birth, she is in such a healthy place with the pregnancy and adoption that we are all moving forward full steam ahead with no worries or doubts, it is just....a miracle. I really don't know how else to describe it. It is EVERYTHING Matthew and I wanted and prayed for. It's just...perfect. I can't believe the power of the Lord. Just wow, you know?!
We have so many other small things that we are working on and pushing through! Least of all, Matthew will be finishing another semester in the middle of July! Yay! One step closer to being done - and I know Matthew is excited about that! Camping trips with some friends so we can enjoy our last few months as just us. Tons of work - it never ends. TONS of projects that I am keeping myself busy with! We REALLY need a house with a shop or garage or something. I'm not sure how much more my poor living room can take. One project that Matthew and I just finished that we had so much fun doing together - and got a little high on fumes - is a lawn game for the baby shower. Have you ever heard of the game corn hole? It's basically a bean bag toss, but better! We built everything ourselves and I came up with the design and we painted and stained together. It was a lot of fun and we decided we should build more projects together.
Here is a really crappy picture of one of the boards that we built. It's a dark picture, but there is a hole in the top that you throw the bean bags through. It will be a super fun game at the baby shower. The stain and colors all match the nursery. The colors are mint green, chocolate brown, and cream. I promise we are having a nursery photo shoot and I will post everything as soon as I have them up! I am so excited to show it off, Matthew and I love it!
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