Part 1 of MG's story - We have a baby

Dec 8

I got an email from our adoption caseworker saying that she needed to ask me a question and wanted to know what time would be best to call me. I told her after school would be fine. I picked up IV from school, we ran a couple of errands and I told him if I hadn't heard from her by the time we finished our last errand I would call her. We were anxious!

We finished our last stop and I called her and I remember exactly where I was on Brandon Ave when she told me that we had been chosen.  I told her I would call Jay and conference him in so we can hear the details together. He didn't answer.  I proceeded to get all the details I could about the birth family, due date, etc.

In that moment, I realized I never really got to tell Jay that I was pregnant because of infertility, doctors appointments, etc.  I'd never had the opportunity to surprise him. 

So that's what IV and I did.

When we got home, I found one of the outfits of IV's that he wore as a baby and I wrapped it up as a present.  When Jay got home. We sat him down and gave a gift.

This is one my personal favorite moments of our story.

Jay's reaction: https://youtu.be/FxpDMXmnpyg

"WE HAVE A BABY!!!"

As you may know, our reaction can only be as joyous as our caution of the reality of our past.  We have been chosen before.  We have been joyous before.  We have named a child we thought would be ours before.  We had met a birth mom before and she loved us but then changed her mind before.  We knew our being chosen was just the first step of many step to have a child added to our family.  

Our joy was HUGE but our caution was just as huge. 

So the next few days, we told family and close friends with the sole purpose of prayer.

DISCLAIMER:  Right now I'm focusing on getting the information out of my head and on the blog.  All the emotions and side comments will come later.