Exciting News

A birth mother in Maine contacted us last Friday to talk about placing her baby with our family. We are super excited and of course scared to death. It seems like we feel all the emotions involved in adoption, we are empathetic to emotions of birth parents who are placing their babies and keenly aware of the heartache involved, and at the same time feel all the excitement and anticipation of being expectant parents. It's hard to describe. I can tell you unequivocally that I love birth-mothers!! In my book they are unsung heros! I've hesitated to blog about this because it is so sacred to me and such a special thing for us.
The baby is due June 24 and the birth-mother has scheduled a c-section June 29th. We don't know the gender of the baby so that is exciting to wait and wonder. The birth-mother thinks it's a boy. She has asked us to be there for the birth. I keep referring to her as birth-mother to protect her and respect her privacy. It seems so formal though. It's fun to talk to her on the phone and learn about her life and family.
We are going to Maine Memorial Day weekend. We are anxious to meet and spend time with the whole family. We expect to have a terrific time. We told Benjamin that we are going to the coast and he said that he wants to ride a whale. (I have no idea where he got that.)
I went to a consignment shop last weekend and bought 6 girl outfits in the event that it's a girl. Little girl cloths are so cute.

We feel infinitely blessed and can't believe how lucky we have been. Benjamin is the very best and we love his birth family so much.
It's hard to believe we could be this happy.