Inroducing..... Charlie

Here is our bundle of joy that we have waited so long to love.

Down, way down

Well, here we go again. The birthmother has decided she needs more time. I can understand her feelings. She has had this baby for two months. It has to be hard, but I keep telling myself that she considered adoption, so there must be no way for her to keep him. Otherwise, she would have never considered adoption. I may be lying to myself, but it gets me through the day. Anyway, if she gives up the baby we will get him. The only question now is will she do the right thing? I don't know how I will handle it if we don't get him. A friend was saying this is like a miscarriage. Although I didn't feel him inside me, I was, am already in love with him. The baby things we have became his things. I bought him a baby's first Halloween outfit. God, I hope he gets to wear it. I will continue to post. Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers.

SHE PICKED US!!!!!

We are going to be the parents of a two month old baby boy. The birthmom picked our scrapbook. We are so excited we can hardly wait. We will meet him tomorrow (Thur) and then hopefully bring him home on Friday if the paperwork is done. At the latest we will have him on Monday. I can't believe we have waited so long and suddenly it is here. Wow!! Now the real need for prayer starts. I would also like to ask all of you to pray for the birthmom. She is making the most difficult decision in her life. I can't imagine being in her shoes.
We are beginning the most important phase of our married lives. Nothing will ever be the same. I am the luckiest person in the world to have been blessed with a great husband and now a baby. What a ride!

Emotional Rollercoaster!

Well, I am going crazy with all the ups and downs of this insane process. We have not heard anything from the agency about the baby girl born on Sept. 11th except that it will be a minimum of 30 days before they narrow down the family pool. What the hell is taking so long??!! I was so excited, but now we wait... up... down... up... down. I am a basket case!

Currently we are on an "up" because a birthmother has called the agency and she will be looking at a few families, including us, to give her two month old baby boy to. The boy was born on Aug. 18, he is half Caucasian half African American, and he is in good health, according to mom. Apparently she considered adoption at birth, but decided to take him home. It has proved to be too much for her with two other kids at home already and no father to help. She will view our scrapbook on Tuesday (10/24). I assume she will only be looking at 5 or 6 families because the case worker will be visiting the woman at home and carrying scrapbooks to her. Who knows, though. She may load up a dolly and cart 40 books over. I hope we do not have to wait much longer. I am liable to make myself sick.
I will keep you posted on the next "up" or "down". Keep us in your prayers.