The baby was due on August 2nd and was a boy. We were asked to meet the birth mother in Texas on July 3rd. We absolutely agreed and cancelled a vacation to Colorado we had planned to attend my cousin's wedding. Of course, my family completely understood and knew we had to adjust our vacation to go and meet the birth mother of our child. We decided after the meeting we would drive on to Galveston, Texas and have a week's vacation on the beach. Everything always works out.
We met Rogan's birth mother at a restaurant near Dallas, Texas. We immediately had a much better feeling about this meeting than the one in January. This time the birth mother had her family's support and they were there with her. They chose not to sit in on the meeting but were close by if she needed them. The meeting went well, her family liked us and she liked us too. We posed for pictures before we left and said we would see each other in about a month. We walked away feeling excited and certain this baby was meant to be ours.
July 7, 2008 we took Brice to the Schletterbahn water park in Galveston. We had been on vacation since the meeting in Dallas and having a great time. We wanted Brice to really enjoy his last vacation as an only child. While we were sitting near the pool at the water park, we decided to check our voice mail messages on our cell phone. Brice was napping and Brian and I were enjoying the sun and pool side. As Brian was listening to the messages he turned to me, his eyes bulging and he mouthed the word "l-a-b-o-r". I immediately started gathering our things.
Rogan's birth mother had gone into labor a month early and was on a med flight to Dallas to deliver. We threw our suit cases together and checked out of the hotel a day early. We had a nerve racking five hour drive ahead of us. Brice was unhappy about leaving the water park and had jumped into the half full bath tub fully clothed before we checked out of the hotel. He was protesting the end of his vacation.
While in route, we received several phone calls from the birth family and Adoption Affiliates. Her labor had been stopped for now and we would know more in 24 hours. July 8, 2008 labor was progressing and they felt the baby would be born today. We spent all day at the hospital. Labor continued the entire day with little progress and no baby. My parents drove all day non-stop from Colorado to the hospital. They picked up Brice late in the afternoon and took him to their home nearby. We were thankful to have them so close.
July 9, 2008 after waiting through labor all day the day before we received a call about 5:30 a.m., we needed to get to the hospital immediately, the baby was coming. My parents live about an hour away. We made the drive in record time and Brian dropped me off at the front door. I ran to the delivery room and our baby was born at 6:37 a.m. I made it by mere minutes to see my youngest son enter the world.
July 9th, 2008
Rogan was only minutes old
4 comments:
Yay:) Love it!! Do you guys want to adopt again?
We have talked about it and we would love to, but it just costs too darn much. I don't think financially we would be able to afford another adoption.
Such a lovely story. So happy it all worked out for you. Adoption is such a beautiful thing. :-D
I've enjoyed reading "The Calls". Thank you for sharing!! I had tears with every post!!
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