Finally Arrived

Our baby's due date was December 24th. We really thought we had a good 4 weeks of preparing before our little lady would decide to make her grand entrance into this world. I worked full time at my job up until December 16th. Still I was thinking I had at least another week to get everything perfect. So you can imagine our surprise to get the most important phone call we had ever gotten just two days later on Sunday December 18 2005.

We had just gotten home from church when my cell phone rang. It was our Birth Mother's Mom letting us know "we're in labor." Tears immediately started rushing down my cheeks, I was so overcome with emotion I could hardly speak. After hanging up the phone there was a moment of silence...then panic! What do we do now?? It took awhile but we finally gained composure...well as much composure you can gain after hearing the most wonderful news. At nine o'clock that night our phone rang again.

"She's here!" Our baby was finally here. All 7lbs 2 ounces, 20 3/4 inches of her, born at 6:34pm on Sunday December 18, 2005.

We were anxious to leave right away but we were stuck in the middle of an ice storm. So we decided to spend the rest of the night packing up everything any one baby could ever need. After all Our daughter was born one state away and we had no idea how long the state would make us stay there until we got the all clear to be able to go home. The next morning we ventured out on our five hour drive. Finally we arrived at our destination and our Birth Mother's case worker called us. He informed us that our Birth mother wanted us to come see the baby...that night. We quickly headed straight out the door. Stopping only to buy a bouquet of flowers. Upon arriving at the hospital we met the caseworker and proceeded up to the maternity unit, stopping at the door of our Birth Mother's hospital room. I was not prepared for the emotions I would feel after walking through that door. I don't think anyone could ever be prepared for that.

The first person I saw after walking into that room was our Birth Mother's Mom. We embraced for a long time and wept. I then headed straight for our Birth Mom and hugged her....by this time I was sobbing. I didn't even notice the tiny bundle next to the hospital bed until someone said "would you like to hold your daughter." My husband and I picked up our baby girl and just starred at this precious wonder. We were able to take our babe into a room where just the three of us could spend some time together.

Never had I seen a baby more beautiful than she.

After a couple hours we felt it was time to let our Birthmother be with the baby. We wrapped her up, gave her a kiss, and said good bye. We would be back tomorrow for placement but leaving our little girl was so hard. We had waited a long time for this. Not as long as most couples but when you yearn for something for so long, any amount of waiting can seem like forever. Thankfully, in a matter of hours we would be united again...this time forever.