Today, we had our last post placement visit. It was easy and painless. Thank you, Lori! :)
It was another reminder that this part of our journey is coming to a close. Soon, N will officially be ours forever. Once the post placement visit paperwork goes to our attorney, our attorney will file paperwork with the court. Once that is completed, it's just a matter of us getting a court date and going before a judge to make everything official. While he has been ours since we first saw his ultrasound picture, it will be nice to have this part of the journey finished.
We started working with Lori in September. Here we are, 9 months later, with a 3 month old beautiful, I mean handsome, baby boy. We are so blessed and so lucky. So many couples wait and wait to be matched with a birthmother and some that are matched have birthmothers that change their mind.
Our situation has been nothing but positive. We were matched quickly, our birthmother was easy to get long with, she did exactly as she had promised, and we now have a son. We are still in contact with her and I speak with her through texting about once a week. She loves N and loves us and is so happy for us. Sometimes, her texts bring tears of joy to my eyes. Not only do I get to show her love by loving the little man, but I can show her the love of Jesus by loving her, too. She has a special place in my heart and she always will. I have nothing but respect and love for her.
Knowing that we are getting closer to having everything finalized has gotten me thinking about all of the emotions I have been through in the past 9 months. Here are some of my words from a blog that I posted on December 19, 2009 (just one month before we were matched).
It's the most wonderful time of the year, right? Or at least it is supposed to be.
Yes, it is a hard time of year for us. We are still on our journey. We don't have answers. We don't have an end in sight. We still wonder why we have to go through this. We thought we'd have a little one traveling home with us to Virginia for Christmas.
Yes, it is hard, I'm not going to lie, but this year, I have hope. I know that I don't have a "match" yet and I don't have a baby in my arms this year for Christmas, but I do have hope.
Hope that someday, hopefully before next Christmas, that we will be a family of three instead of a family of two.
Hope that this year is the last year that I have to send out a Christmas cards with only the two of us and our puppies.
Hope that instead of just seeing the baby's first Christmas ornaments in the stores, that I will actually be able to purchase one for a VBK baby.
Hope that there will be three stockings to hang instead of two (and one for the pups, of course.)
Hope that Brennen (our nephew being born in the spring) will have someone to play with and grow up with.
Hope that God will get the glory and honor from all that happens. I can't wait to sit back years from now, or even months from now, and be able to say, "I can see how God had this planned from the very beginning."
As Melody, Dave's cousin in Michigan, wrote in her Christmas card to us this year: May 2010 be a year to remember! :)
Well, Melody...You were right!!!! 2010 will be a year that I never forgot.
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Time Flies
Time flies when you're having fun. On Monday morning, Grandma and Grandpa had to leave and go back to Virginia. We were so sad to see them leave and I know that they are already missing the little man. I think they kinda like him.
Baby Dedication
Not only was Sunday a special day for us due to Dave having his first Father's Day, but it was also N's baby dedication at our church. Our church doesn't believe in infant baptism since we believe that each person has to make their own decision when they are old enough to decide for themselves. A baby dedication is a time where we can stand up in front of the congregation and make a public commitment to raise N in a Godly home and to do our best to help him learn to love God. It's also a time for the church family to commit to loving N and to being a good example for him. It was even more special because Dave's parents got to be there for it. I think I might have been emotional for it, but N started to cry, just like I knew that he would, so it made me want to laugh.
For years, I've watched lots of other couples stand before the church with their tiny little babies and wonder when our day would could. It was finally our turn and it felt wonderful. :)
Happy Father's Day 2010
Three generations of VBK men!
Grandpa, Daddy, and N on Father's Day 2010
The five of us on this very special day.
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