Scary Weekend...

Let's just say I could do without another Sunday like we had this past weekend! Had a bit of a scare..David woke me about midnight to tell me he was having tightness in his chest, his heart was racing and tingling in his arm. OFF to the Emergency Room.. after several hours in the ER ..first blood tests came back negative. They admitted him and did all sorts of heart Stress tests and pictures.. and finally was released around 3:45pm on Sunday. His heart was fine! Whew. Given David's family history (his father died of his 3rd heart-attack) every person in the hospital said it was wise for him to come in. He saw our primary care dr today and he thinks it was the heavy excercise he did in the pool..and pulled the muscles that surround your ribs. They are actually pretty wimpy muscles and when they ache it can feel like chest pain.. that probably started a bit of an anxiety attack.. well you get the idea. I'm just sooo glad he is ok! whew!

Last night we had our interview with the Social Worker. It went really well. She is VERY easy to talk to and we realized there was nothing really to be worried about. She did say something that really put the whole Adoption thing in perspective for me. She called it the "Great Kidnap". And to not forget that. It will help you understand your child's fears and why she cries and all that. I mean you are taking them from all they've ever known and then to boot to another country. Wow.. heavy. Good to know! She also recommended Adoptive Families magazine which we already ordered last night! She and her husband adopted 2 girls from China and a little one from Guatamala.. so it was great to not only have her experience as a Social Worker.. but she has lived it... a few times! Neat person! So glad we have her. Ya know everyone, whether you are adopting or not, should see a Social Worker.. just that short time with her was great. And she said we can call her ANYTIME with questions, even if it's months after we have the baby home. How cool.. and very reasuring.

Paperwork.. well I think I mentioned that I had to fight Disney.. still haven't gotten those Employment Verificiations back yet. Got David's medical form.. so we are done there. Sooo freakin Disney is holding us up. As soon as we get those we are thinking of driving up to Tallahassee to get the 8 docs I think... certified at once. Then visit my folks! They only live an hour from the capitol.

I mailed my BC to the Chinese Consulate in NY.. they got it last Monday.. hope they send it to me soon. Argh.. maybe the Houston Consulate will be is faster?!?! I hope. Only my NY Doc had to go to the NY Consulate.. the rest of our stuff goes to Houston

Oh.. I was bad. I spent money on the baby. Well.. the original agreement was not to buy anything until our Dossier was in China.. I couldn't help it. I found the perfect quilt for the bedroom and also broke down and got a Chinese Barbie!! ain't she cool.

Well I hope everyone has a safe and fun Independance Day. David hates it when people say Happy 4th of July.. I agree with him...

Happy Independance Day!!! USA USA USA.. USA...

~Donna