If Plan "A" didn't work....the alphabet has 25 more letters!
Let me start out by saying.....this has been quite a week! Actually, quite the 10 days! Whew!
As you remember, we made the decision to not proceed with the adoption in Ohio. As soon as the dust settled from that and all the phone calls were made, Greg and I had a chance to mourn a child we never knew. Mourn the what ifs and what could have beens. We took a day to ourselves and just mourned. That is what we needed. It is amazing how broken our hearts were and still are for a baby we never knew. We want only the best for the baby in Ohio (PS...we were going to name him Oscar). I do still keep in contact with Sarah. She is still pregnant and she is doing as best as can be expected. I do send her little text every now and then just to help her keep her spirits up and she text me every once in a while, also. I still want to help her if I can.
Adoption is such a roller coaster ride...and not a fun one!
Of course, we have been in the process of planning a trip to see Tre'. On Tuesday (1/28) I was on the internet looking for airline tickets and my phone rang. It was our client liaison from the agency, Carol. She calls every once in a while to check in on us and see how things are going. Well, I was getting a good deal on the plane tickets and didn't want to lose them, so I asked her right away if I could call her back! I hung up with her and my computer froze...! So I called Carol back. Much to my surprise, she had ANOTHER adoption opportunity for us! She was just "checking" to see if we were ready and were willing to take a call from an Adoption Advisor. I took down the bare minimum information and told her I would call her back. I needed to talk to Greg! Both Greg and I were a little hesitate to tell her we would take the call....it was the reality that we were really NOT getting little Oscar. And we were sad. But, we decided we would like to hear the details of this other opportunity. I truly believe things happen for a reason, so let's see!
We took the call on 1/28/14 at 7:00 pm. We have a new Adoption Advisor, her name is Tammy. She had a 24 year old African American mom who chose us. She is due March 31, 2014. She is from Tampa, FL and the birth dad is willing to sign his rights away as soon as we accept. With the laws in Florida, he can. We listened and took notes and asked MANY questions and asked her if we could call her the next day. We talked to each other and talked to the kids, googled Florida's laws, talked to people we didn't even know, called the pediatrician, called my OBGYN and then called the agency and said YES!!!! We haven't quite got to the "excited" part yet. We are very cautious this time around. We are still very nervous! I even spent my lunch hour returning clothes we had already bought. This new baby is a boy, so we had clothes, but I didn't want to HAVE any here. (Plus, they would have been out of season!)
We "met" our birth mother today and she is so much different than Sarah. Sarah was so quiet and reserved and Aysoni is NOT! I like Aysoni so much. She has two other children - a 5 year old and 2 year old. She told us she has been reading a book to her 5 year old about his little brother's "new family". The little kids are ADORABLE and the 5 year old has already asked us to come over and spend the night. He already told his mom "I love my little brother's new family". Melted my heart!
We think, if everything works out, that this is going to be a wonderful opportunity. I would still have to stay in Florida for a couple weeks after the birth, just like Cincinnati, but I can handle Florida for that long! :-) We are so lucky that we will be able to move anywhere in the state during that couple of weeks IF this opportunity goes through, so we will move from Tampa to Orlando during that time, probably. Tre' is there, my sister is there and Greg's cousins are close by. I also have a friend there. So those two weeks should fly by until we can all be back in Lincoln together! So, this just seems like a better opportunity!
That is enough information for now! We would love to ask for prayers or positive vibes for us for this new journey, for Sarah as she faces the unknown, for little Oscar that he knows how much we love him, for Aysoni and her boys (including the new one) to make these next 8 weeks run smoothly.
And..for those wondering....I never did get the plane tickets for our Disney trip! Coincidence???
