Marshall received lots of gifts this week.
And is now the recipient of a “superhero” cape to match his “superpowers” made especially for him by his Auntie C.

We have nine days until he can model this himself but here’s a preview:

I, of course, cried. There’s been a lot of that in the past few days.

Yesterday was full of surprises.

Michael and I both received really good work related news. So we (in an eternally grateful way) have one less worry on our minds as we help Marshall meet the challenges he is facing.  This news made me cry, too.

To the point that I was late for a follow up with Dr K yesterday. They fortunately forgave me and the appointment led to this:

Marshall cooperated for the entire non-stress test (SURPRISE! there’s no room left to hide, little man!).
My blood pressure is up a little.
and I was having mild contractions at 3 minutes or so apart (the look of near terror in Michael’s eyes later as I relayed this and a little background information was priceless.  I assured him to only worry if it’s so bad I can do nothing but lament about how bad it is 😉 ).

I’m not a betting woman but if you’d like, place your bets: will Marshall be here before when he scheduled to arrive on January 9???  Either way, we’ll be (mostly) ready to bring him HOME and have all of our boys together.

I’m absolutely dreading the separation to the point that I can’t even think about it right now. So I don’t.

Onto the good news: we picked up Marshall’s crib last night compliments of a family member! It’s not new but it’ll do.

And we’ve “booked” accommodations for the night of January 8.   Michael’s friends are taking us in. And I’m sooo looking forward to meeting them.  They offered to purchase Marshall’s car seat because we “never had a baby party.”  So sweet!

I think it is completely safe to say that Michael and I are entirely blown away by the overwhelming kindnesses bestowed upon us by so many people – even strangers.

We can’t thank you all enough.

Especially when, as a writer, I haven’t the right words to express the sheer power of generosity and vast gratitude I feel.

My goodness, THANK YOU SO MUCH<3