Not Even a Snow Storm!

I am telling you this kid is a stuborn little bugger! We just knew that with the snow storm and everything he'd be born this weekend. But nada.... no baby yet. Birthmom and baby are doing fine, and that's the latest word.

Not in Labor Yet

We are almost a week past the due date and still nothing as far as we know. Our agency has been calling us letting us know that nothing has happened yet. So we continue to wait.

In the meantime. With the recent events of the adoption case in Florida, people have been questioning me about birth parent rights and my concerns about the birth parents wanting their child back. Laws vary from state to state, but with adoption there are a lot of risks. In the case in Florida with little Evan. His adoption was not finalized and his birthfathers parental rights were not terminated. Prayerfully everything will be in order with the adoption of our child and as far as we know so far both birthfather and birthmother have agreed to terminate their rights (in the state we are adopting from this can not be done until the baby is 3 days old).
To get a better understanding of the case in Florida and how it relates to adoption in general, click on the link and visit one of my FAVORITE blogs, chookooloonks Karen has explained it way better than I can.
http://chookooloonks.typepad.com/chookooloonks/2005/01/remember_panic_.html

Christmas in January

Today is the due date of our potential birthmother. We are well aware that most babies are born way after their projected arrival date. But I couldn't help but feel anxious today anyway. We are about to start gettin ready for a holiday party thrown by my husband's job. Yes, you read corectly it is January 15th and we are getting ready for Christmas party. Even though the company has it's party in January every year Cle and I do feel a little bit like Christmas. We are like two little kids waiting for Santa to bring us our present! But when I got home this afternoon it really hit me and I thought "wow! This could be the last time that we will be able to have a nice evening out together without the hassle of getting a babysitter. Our lives are really going to change! We are excited and ready for all the new changes and challenges. We know it won't be easy, dealing with the reality that it wont be easy is half the battle. We are not venturing into parenthood with stars in our eyes thinking it's going to be a breeze by any means but have I mentioned that we are still VERY Very excited?!

Stay Tuned....

There isn't any new news on this end yet. I promise to keep everyone out there posted when things start happening. Thanks for all of your support it has been greatly appreciated.

If Everything Goes According to Plan.....

We got a call from our social worker the other day and she said that a potential birthmother chose our profile! Oh and by the way it's a boy, and he is due on January 15th!!! Yes Everybody NEXT SATURDAY!!

Cle and I are so excited we don't know what to do. But we are proceeding with caution, as you recall a birthmother has 3 days after the baby's birth to change her mind. So we are only telling some of our family and friends. We are telling our family and friends and prefacing it with "If everything goes according to plan......."

Although we haven't had a chance to meet the potential birthmother, we do have information from her and some of her medical background. She had a list of questions for us that she sent through our social worker. We answered them for her and she seems happy with the responses. We are very happy with the information that we have received through the agency about her. We don't want to go into specifics about why she is placing or anything about her. Not that there is anything bad, we just feel that we want to respect her privacy just as we would like her to respect ours. We are comfortable with everything that we know and that is what's important. She has been receiving prenatal care so as far as we can know the baby is doing fine.

Whatever happens we know that the child that God has for us, is for us. We already have a place for our children in our hearts . We have been just grinning and smiling every since we found out! I am just in awe of how my whole life is about to change drastically! The emotions are on overload, I am excited and nervous about the future all at the same time! Will she decide to place? Are we going to be good parents? Am I ready to be sleep deprived? Questions, Questions Questions!

So keep us in your prayers everyone, however this situation works out, we are going to need it!