Due dates

So, the deployment is dragging along as slowly as possible. Meanwhile, Elizabeth's arrival is speeding ever closer. And this pregnancy is already knocking me down, day after day. I just don't feel right!
However, another due date just popped up into our lives (and no, not THAT one, which is Nov. 7). My realtor just swung by to have me sign an offer for MORE than our asking price with a closing date of Apr. 13! I'm so excited. This young couple is just like what we wanted for the house, and she is totally in love with it and ready to start painting. We accepted their offer immediately, because it was fair and generous, and now we just have to get through the repair phase, which got us into trouble last time. However, we're now making more money than I had planned on off the house, and may be able to already take a nice chunk out of our adoption debt!
I'm so excited I might actually have this house sold before Brian comes home, making me the most awesome wife ever, having sold a home all by herself! And adopted a baby, all by herself! Go me!
On a more troubling note, Brian and I just got to talk to Sarah again today via a conference call, which was weird and awkward, but good. It looks like Sarah's post-pregnancy story will not end with her walking off into the sunset, but having to be separated from her husband and back off to college on the west coast. I feel so bad that she won't get to ever really be a newly wed, and I worry that she will struggle and feel alone with little support. It's a lot to lose a baby forever and a husband to deployment and overseas assignments. Please keep her in your prayers.
Also, after a lot of thought and not enough prayer, I've decided to go with the interim care after Elizabeth is born. It will give Sarah uninterrupted time with Elizabeth, and it will spare everyone, including Sam, from a staggering loss. I don't think my pregnancy needs that right now, and I don't want to traumatize Sam. It will be a VERY hard week for me, but I think in the end it will be easier. It will be very nice to meet her for the first time knowing I get to keep her.
Thanks for all your prayers, we REALLY need them. Keep the guys and their wives in your prayers, too, because we are all stressing these last few weeks. We are so ready for this to be OVER!