When we decided to adopt from Texas we knew we would have an extended stay in the state of Texas while paperwork was filed and approved before we could bring Bennett all the way home even though we only live 20 miles from the state line. We planned to barrow Chris's dads camper and stay with a little more room for much less money then a hotel. I cleaned and packed the trailer in advance and we had a plan for friends to bring it to Texas and set it up for us while we were in the hospital.
But before we were released from the hospital our adoption worker told us it would only be 24 hours before we were approved. We didn't want to haul the trailer for that short of a stay so we spent night number one out of the hospital in the lovely Holiday Inn Express in Shamrock, Texas. A mere 40 miles from our house. We waited around the entire next day with no approval. We finally heard from our caseworker and she said it looked like we would indeed need to stay a while (up to three weeks!) We were so disappointed! Initially, we were fine with staying, but once we heard it wouldn't be long and then that changed we struggled to be positive about the stay.
My Mom was bringing Tucker out to us anyway so she stopped in Sayre and got the trailer and brought it to us. Chris had to set everything up in the dark and we struggled through the first night with no heat. It was rough till we got some of the kinks worked out!
We did manage though. All in all we spent 12 days in Texas, 9 of those days in the trailer. It was cramped to say the least. We had lots of guests and keeping a two year old entertained in that little of a space was a challenge, but we were grateful for the space we had.
I didn't leave the trailer except to go eat two or three times so I was really ready to be home! We also were not able to see our doctor during that time and Bennett got really constipated -- I got really worried. But we were released to come home just in time! The pediatrician and chiropractor were our first Oklahoma stops! It's just hard not to be home with a newborn.
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| First we met Granna |
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| And Big Brother |
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| Then Papa Phil came to check on us and meet his newest Grandson |
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| Later that same night Aunt Sassie and Emrie came to love on us. |
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| Aunt Chelsie had to make the journey out too! |
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| We played with water beads...in Bennett's bath tub. |
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| We read books and played games on Granna's Kindle. |
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| Cuddled with Big Cousin |
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| And we swatted a LOT of flies!!! |
This short stay made us thankful for our house, family and friends! Man, was it good to get to come home!
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