2 weeks old

We didn't give you the gift of life, life gave us the gift of you.

 

A quick update to let you now how we are doing! 

 

Kyson is great!  Actually, life is pretty great right now!  And we are not even bothered that we aren't getting any sleep! (wink)  He had his 2 week appointment today!  He has grown 1/2" and now weighs 8.8lbs!  And I was worried he wasn't gaining any weight!

 

 

Tre' flew home to meet his new brother!  It was so great to have ALL my boys home together! 

 

Kyson has already met so many of his family!  Cousin Ashlin has been here all week helping this tired mommy and daddy out.  Of course, he has met Grandma and Grandpa Fought and Aunt Catherine!  He was able to meet Meemo and Rick (pictures to come!). 

 

We've had a pretty blessed 2 weeks so far!



He's OURS!!!!!!

He is mine in a way he will never be hers, yet he is hers in a way he will never be mine.  And so together, we are motherhood.

 

Our Baby Boy is HOME!!!!

We are pleased to share with you our son

 

Kyson Allen Fought

Born May 12, 2014

Forever ours May 15, 2014

7 lbs 12 oz

20 1/2 inches

8:01am

 

To the woman to who gave us the greatest gift of all:
    You didn't have to be strong and find him another home.  You didn't have to seek out someone for him to call "mom and dad".  To be honest, you didn't have to have him at all.  But you did.  It is because you did that we hold the most precious and perfect being!  It is because of you that Greg will get to celebrate his first father's day.  It is because of you that Bob and Beth have their 1st grandchild and it is because of you that my mom and Rick have another grandchild!
   It occurred to me that during one of the most trying times in your life you had the ability to think of Kyson rather than yourself.  You fought to insure he'd be loved and cared for and to me that showed the epitome of strength.
   We want you to know that he is loved beyond anything imaginable. 
   If you are ever down, we need you to know that you made a beautifully selfless decision. We want you to know that Kyson will never grow up not knowing he once came from somewhere else but he had a mom that loved him enough to let him go. 
  We promise to take care of the little boy you trusted us to love.  We could never repay you, but we need to thank you.  You are our hero.
Love you more than you know,
Greg and Jami



I have followers!

FAITH.....it does not make things easy, it makes things possible!

 

 

Let me just start out by saying I'm impressed I actually have people that follow my blog!  (Besides the people that HAVE to...Greg, Tre', Ashlin, my mom....).  I started writing this blog as kind of a "therapy" for myself, to get things out and off my chest and to have our journey documented.  I never imagined I would have so many people that cared about our journey enough to follow my blog and try to read what I write...even though it doesn't make sense half the time!  In the last 2 days, 5 different people have asked me why I haven't updated my blog!  So, thank you for following it and I am sorry I haven't updated in almost a month!  (I will try to do better!)

 

With that being said, no news is good news, right!?

 

As my friend Maridee said today, "Can you believe in the next 7 days you will have gone to Disney World and possibly have a baby?"  Yep, that is how we operate!  If you remember, in January, we planned a trip to Disney World to vacation with the kids on May 8-11.  We are still planning on going on vacation and leaving on Thursday.  We will fly down to Florida early Thursday morning and we get back about supper time on Sunday!  We are so excited to spend time with Tre' and Taylen can't wait to see him as they haven't seen each other since Tre' left in January.

 

This adoption is significantly different than the previous.  There is very little communication and the birth mom's mom (let's call her grandma) is really pushing for this adoption.  Up until this week, I really haven't let myself think much about it....which could explain the lack of blog post!  Now that we are 7 days from birth and we are going to be gone 4 of those days, I am starting to think of all these questions and needing to have some sort of plan. 

 

Monday, May 12th, is baby day!  She is scheduled for a c-section that day.  With that being said, we are unsure when we will get to meet the baby.  Nebraska laws don't allow her to sign her rights away anytime before 48 hours.  With it being a c-section, it may be longer.  Also under Nebraska law, the birth mom can't be on any pain medications when she signs.  So, we may know more Wednesday or Thursday of next week.

 

Now, my feelings are this.....I don't have great feelings about it!  "Grandma" is very much "for" this adoption and so I am not sure if this is birth mom's idea or "Grandmas".  Only time will tell, I guess.  Again, Maridee says I need a better, more positive attitude....she may be right! :-)

 

So, we are off to Disney and hopefully off to the hospital all within the next 7 days!  Stay tuned....