We have dates!

My phone pre-screen is scheduled for September 4th (next week!) and we were given a choice of Sept. 12, 25, or 26 for the all day screening in NJ. As tempting as it was to take the 12th, I thought it'd be better to go later in the month, because I don't want to miss any of Jimmy's first week of preschool. We still don't know his exact start day, but we do know it will be the week that the 12th falls on. I'd rather us all be into a routine (Mikayla with her school and Jimmy with his) before James and I have to leave.

Anyways... I'm SO excited to finally have some dates and know that things are really going to be happening!!! :) I can't wait to meet my IP's!!!!

I'm still working out about 4 times a week, and I'm feeling great! :)

Waitin and hopin and hopin and waitin

There sure is a lot of waiting in this whole process and I imagine it has to be a hundred times worse for my IP's. Still no phone pre-screens but I just got word from my IM that the clinic has received my medical records and they are going over them now.

Summer seems to be d r a g g i n g on forever. I'm ready for the hustle and bustle of school (mine and the kids) and appointments and things to fill up the day. Don't get me wrong, I like sitting at home with the kids, but when it's day after day after day after day..... well, I get stir crazy!

I'm really looking forward to fall. It's my favorite season and it's right around the corner. =D

I've been doing really good with working out. Averaging 5 times a week, doing The Firm cardio and The Firm body sculpting. On the days I don't do those workouts the kids and I go for a long walk. I love the feeling of accomplishing a workout and noticing that I can do more reps or use more weight. I'm noticing that my arms are getting defined as well as my abs. I just wish my butt and thighs would start to notice that I've been working out! LOL! Those have always been my trouble spots. I'm really looking forward to doing this surrogacy with a nice healthy, fit body. It'll be interesting to see the difference from my last pregnancies, in which I gained a lot of weight and sort of dragged about.

Well, that's about it for now.. I'll come back to update when I get word about the pre-sreening phone calls.

Ahhhhhhhhhh

All my medical records are officially MAILED! Finally!! It only took about ohhhhh 4 hours to copy them all yesterday. A boring update, but an important one nonetheless because once they recieve and review my records we can move forward and on to the phone pre-screenings and then the trip to NY shortly after that. =D

Update

I had a mini interview with someone from my IP's agency a few nights ago. That went well. I had another Dr. appt last Wednesday (needed a form filled out for the agency) and I also picked up my medical records while I was there. Unfortunately when I got home and looked over my records I saw that my birth records weren't in there! (I figured they would be since they were hombirths and it's not like the records would be at a hospital or something). So... I have to wait till NEXT Weds. to get the birth records from Jimmy and Samara's births. I did pick up the records from Mikayla's birth (hospital) today.

I talked to someone from the clinic that my IP's are using. She explained everything for me and gave me a sort of timeline of when things would happen. Once she has all of my medical records I'll have 2 phone pre-screenings, medical and psychological. Then after those, about a week or two later is when James and I will have to go to NJ for the all day screening. So... that could be really soon!

I've been working out, which I'm really REALLY going to try to keep up so as to be nice and fit for the pregnancy.

Today I asked my mom if she and my grandma had talked any more about the surrogacy. (Last I heard my mom said that my grandma didn't like the whole idea...same as my mom). My grandma and grandpa were the ones I was the MOST worried about telling. They are very important to me and I would never want to do anything to disappoint them or make them think anything bad about me. They were over yesterday and I wanted SO badly to say something about the surrogacy to them, but I didn't feel it was the right time. Well, turns out that my mom and grandma talked again and my grandma was under the impression that this baby would be mine and James' genetic baby!!! WOW! No wonder she didn't like the idea. Once she found out how it works, and that the baby would be of someone elses' genetics she was totally ok with it and even said she'd do it too! LOL! So, HUGE weight lifted from my shoulders.