KENDRA ROSE
Born 3-6-12
6 lbs. 13 oz.
19 in.
Perfectly healthy!!!
Our 1st family photo
Sorry to keep you in suspense but I waited to post this because the papers were JUST now signed.....26 DAYS after birth! We were originally told that the birth pare.nts could sign the TPR after 72 hours (3 days). Well we didn't find out till we got here that the signing has to be done if front of a judge. The state we are in is small and they don't have court everyday. The lawyers have also slowed the process down because they are idiots. Anyway it has been scary to have this amazing little girl in our custody for the last 4 weeks but know in the back of our head she could be taken from us. We are angry that this has gone down this way but we aren't letting it take away from our experience. We just kept reminding ourselves that we have waited 4 years for her and we would rather be stuck in a different state WITH her than at home WITHOUT her.
DH very emotional as he held his daughter for the 1st time
Thankfully we are very close with the BP's and knew they weren't going to change their mind. We have been with our daughter from the moment she was born, and we got to take her home from the hospital 30 hours after she was born. The BP's come over and visit with us and spend time with our little one. They made us a home cooked meal the day after we were released from the hospital. They are AMAZING people and we love them like our family. The birth mo.ther said she felt like our surrogate. She always thought of this as our daughter. She loves seeing us be parents and half jokingly said she wants to give us another baby in a few years!!!
ICPC had been cleared by the state we are in but we have to wait till Monday to get the OK from our home state. We should be home sometime this week. We will be sad to leave the the birth pa.rents BUT we are so ready to leave this state and get home! It has been such a great time for just the 3 of us to bond but we have lots of people dying to me our daughter. We love our little girl more than life......she was definitely worth the wait!
I wanna go home!!
