Dan, Aranne and Blake U. After what seemed like forever... We were placed with our little guy in November 2009. We could not believe it.
We actually have a little bit of a traditional type story with not knowing much about the birthmother, knowing nothing about the birthfather, never meeting either of them and it being a closed adoption; yet we have a different story because we knew that Blake had been born even before our caseworker!
We have a NICU nurse in our ward and she is always trying to help us out whenever she can (thanks!). She has called us a few times in the past asking for our caseworker's number, but really just trying to help birthmother's get connected with LDS Family Services. This was the case on Saturday, November 7th. She called us saying there was a baby that had been born and they were trying to go through the process of adoption and she wanted to contact LDS Family Services. So, we knew OF a baby.. but had no idea that come Tuesday afternoon that baby would be ours!
So...after a series of events...our caseworker ended up working with that birthmother and things progressed. Well...Monday morning we got a call and were told of this baby that had been born (which secretly we already knew about) and that we were to be the parents. We of course discussed it, very quickly, and returned the call with an excited "YES"! That was Monday at 11:00am and we picked up a baby boy on Tuesday at 1:30pm.
Our lives have completely turned upside down and we love it. We had a long journey and while some people say that you forget the waiting once you are placed I will disagree. We have not forgotten the waiting time or process but we have an appreciation for it and we have realized even stronger that the wait is worth it in the end and that you are definitely waiting for YOUR child to come. We are thankful for all that have helped in this process including those in FSA who have encouraged us and given us hope and support and we are loving every minute of this great adventure.
We actually have a little bit of a traditional type story with not knowing much about the birthmother, knowing nothing about the birthfather, never meeting either of them and it being a closed adoption; yet we have a different story because we knew that Blake had been born even before our caseworker!
We have a NICU nurse in our ward and she is always trying to help us out whenever she can (thanks!). She has called us a few times in the past asking for our caseworker's number, but really just trying to help birthmother's get connected with LDS Family Services. This was the case on Saturday, November 7th. She called us saying there was a baby that had been born and they were trying to go through the process of adoption and she wanted to contact LDS Family Services. So, we knew OF a baby.. but had no idea that come Tuesday afternoon that baby would be ours!
So...after a series of events...our caseworker ended up working with that birthmother and things progressed. Well...Monday morning we got a call and were told of this baby that had been born (which secretly we already knew about) and that we were to be the parents. We of course discussed it, very quickly, and returned the call with an excited "YES"! That was Monday at 11:00am and we picked up a baby boy on Tuesday at 1:30pm.
Our lives have completely turned upside down and we love it. We had a long journey and while some people say that you forget the waiting once you are placed I will disagree. We have not forgotten the waiting time or process but we have an appreciation for it and we have realized even stronger that the wait is worth it in the end and that you are definitely waiting for YOUR child to come. We are thankful for all that have helped in this process including those in FSA who have encouraged us and given us hope and support and we are loving every minute of this great adventure.
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