When we met Bekah, our birthmom, she said that she wanted the first e-mail that she sent us to say..."You won adoption survivor!!". She started out with 100 couples, all couples with dogs. So, thankgoodness for our big dog Simba. :) From there she narrowed it down to 5 couples and then had a sweet spiritual confirmation that her baby boy belonged in our family. She is very similar to Ryder's birthmom. She is beautiful, funny, sweet, thoughtful, and easy to be around. Her 4 year old daughter is SO cute! We fell in love with her instantly and also had the opportunity to meet the birthfather who on the outside looks "very tough" but is just a giant teddy bear. This baby could be big as she is 5' 7 and he is 6'0! We have another Ryder!!
Things seem very solid. She asked Ryder if he was excited to have a baby brother and Ryder said "Yes! Yay!! I'll take care of him...not my mom or dad." It was very sweet. Of course Ryder won everyone's hearts as he always does.
We are so fortunate to have a place to stay while in Texas. We could be there for at least a couple weeks until all the paperwork clears. My cousin lives in Dallas and has two boys that Ryder LOVES! Thank you Saunder family for letting us move in...I can't imagine the hotel bill we would have had to pay. This is a huge blessing for us.
Bekah is scheduled to be induced Dec.2nd. We are praying that this little boy can wait until then because it sure makes planning for everyone alot easier and there are already so many emotions involved in adoption that the more surprises (babies coming early) the more emotions there are. She is having family fly in for the birth and is a very planned person so I hope things will go as she wants and he comes Dec.2 which is 2 weeks away!
I have started shopping for baby items and am cleaning my house like crazy! Tomorrow my goal is to wash the baby clothes and start packing and getting our car ready to go.
I will try my best to keep everyone posted. My next post will let you all know we are heading out to Texas!
I hope in two weeks you can re-title this Blog to something like One Failed and Two successful adoptions.
ReplyDeleteWOOHOO!!!! Keep us posted. I'm so excited for you. This situation sounds really great. I can't wait to see pics and to hear the details. We will have to get together in January sometime to see you and your little growing family!
ReplyDeleteYay! I've been so excited about this possibility and now it seems like it's really taking shape! How wonderful. It sounds like a much more ideal situation. We'll keep you in our prayers. Let us know how we can help, ok? Can't wait to get an update. Love you guys, Jes
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