Two Month Check Up

(2 month check-up 4-22-08)

Kenna weighs 8 pounds 8 ounces & is 21 3/4 inches long! She is still our little peanut! She is not quite sleeping through the night, but she is giving us 6 hours straight most nights now. The doctor said she needs to be eating more than she is, so hopefully we can get her to eat more and sleep longer. She is a great little sleeper, but mommy and daddy are still tired all the time.

Kenna also has a great big sissy. Kayla loves having a sister. Her favorite part is to pick her up as you see from the picture. This was taken on Sat. April 19th. in our driveway. We were going to the Big Shanty Festival in Kennesaw!

Kenna's room...this only took us 5 days to complete! We still have a little bit to add, like pictures on the not polka-dotted wall. On the dot wall, we are going to paint Kenna's name in the pink stripe. We really love how it turned out!!

No News Yet

Kenna is a healthy 8 week old and is smiling and cooing all of the time! We are having so much fun having 2 little girls! Kayla is still an amazing big "sissy"! She loves to hold her and kiss on her!

As far as our ICWA case goes...we are still waiting. Our attorney has found another attorney that is able to present a case in the San Carlos Apache Court. So now we are just waiting to hear when the case can be heard.

We will post some pictures this week so you can see how much she has grown. She has her 2 month check up on Tuesday and I can't wait to see how much weight she has gained! but I'm not looking forward to her getting her shots!

Complicated Explained

OK, so we had our conference call with the lawyers and got the explanation we needed (notice I did not say wanted). We did not get terrible news, we basically got an explanation of what the different options are in the ICWA hearing. As with any adoption there is a risk.

The case is complicated because Cynthia (birth mom) is a N. Cheyenne member but lives on an Apache reservation. The Cheyenne historically are hard to deal with concerning adoption, they want to keep their babies in the tribe. Apache's are historically easy to work with. The lawyer is working on getting the case heard in the Apache court and not involve the Cheyenne. The birth mom is on our side, and hopefully that will matter a lot to the court. We know Kenna is going to end up wherever she needs to be, we just keep praying that is with us.

If you read the March 18 post you will notice that some of it does not make sense. Katrina entered this one while on medicine for strep throat, flu and nausea. It made her say and see strange things.

Complicated Case?

Well we got a voice mail today from our GA attny that said she spent and hour and a half on the phone with the ICWA attny and that we need to have a conference call on Tues to explain to us what is going on. She said our case is a very complicated case but failed to tell us if that is bad or just more paper. Please keep on praying for Kenna and of course the rest of us. We are definitely trusting God, but can't help but to feel a little nervous. Obviously no case is too complicated for Him!

Another Wait!

We called our ICWA attorney today to see if he would email us the results or call us since the timing was so later for us.(10pm our time) The paralegal said that the social worker and cynthia were not able to get their plans together (what that means??? I really don't know)

Peace through the storms
Jay McAurthory is our attorney and he will contact us once we get another court date! He has already requested one. We don't know any other information other that.
Handling Peer Pressure
Now one additional info from a nurse i over heard - (we were in a small location) She wanted to have Cynthia's child. A healthy girl is born and everyone wants him/her. But if Kenna has the smallest amont of problems, we wouldn't love her any less. These girls are our precious gifts from God.

One Hurdle Cleared!

OK, we made it past the birth mom hurdle! It was actually past Fri night @ midnight, but we were in Chattanooga without a good connection. Anyway, one step closer! We truly believe we have nothing to worry about, but please keep praying. We definitely feel your prayers and cherish each and every one of them.

Stay tuned for updates and check back next Tuesday to hear how the ICWA court date went.

Tick Tock, Tick Tock

That is the sound of the 10 days ticking away. We do have a peace that all will be well, but this 10 days is always a little tense.

We got the official word from the lawyer today that the 10 days will be over Friday @ midnight. To add a little more good news, if the birth mom wants Kenna back she has to do a little work. She either has to show up in person here in GA or she has to get the paperwork filled out and overnighted to the lawyer. The lawyer said it would have to be postmarked by tomorrow.

Thanks for your prayers, keep em coming. little Kenna, I mean tiny Kenna says she likes it here in GA. Specifically all the green trees and grass, sure beats the desert.

Specific prayer concerns:

1. 10 days over tomorrow at midnight
2. ICWA hearing, March 17th at 6pm our time.
3. Birth father's rights will be terminated at some point. Will also update this one when we get final word. The lawyer did say it will be over a month. For Kayla it was almost 2 months. This happens when the birth father cannot be found.