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!!
25 comments:
Oh how wonderful! I am SO SO excited you for and she is just beautiful! That first picture of daddy and his daughter made me tear up, just absolutely precious. It sounds like you found a wonderful couple and the relationship you have formed sounds like one in a million. Yay!!!
AHhhhhhh!!! I've been dying waiting for an update from you.
THIS is the side of adoption that the fertiles who say "just adopt" don't get. The fear, the wait, the holy crap scariness of it all.
I'm so glad that she is here, she is healthy, and she is YOURS! She is beautiful!
Congrats! I have been constantly checking for updates and am so happy to see them. She is beautiful!
Yay! Congrats on the your beautiful daughter!
OMG,OMG, OMG, OMG, OMG!!!! Jessica I am crying tears of happiness for you and your hubby. This totally made my day, I'm so thrilled for you...
Congrats mama!!!
So happy for you! She is beautiful. Enjoy every minute.
Words cannot express how happy I am for you and your husband. Huge Congrats!!! She is perfect....Enjoy being a mommy it is the best thing on Earth and so worth all the crap that you have to go through sometimes to get where you are.:))))
She's absolutely beautiful!! CONGRATULATIONS!! I hope you are home and settled in soon!
This post made my day! I am crying tears of joy for you and your beautiful family. I love the name you chose for her!!!
Congrats!!! The pic of DH is just...wow.
I am glad she is here & perfect...and with you.
It had occurred to me I hadn't seen this update. What an INSANE wait! My goodness! That is such a long time to wait. I get the fear- even though there is no reason to fear... ha we are going to have some similar photos too. Welcome, Kendra.
Tears!!! Lots of them. I'm so happy for you. She's perfect!
OMgoodness I just cant believe this I am thrilled for you guys and how touching all these pictures are!!!!!!!
Oh hun, I am so happy for you.
I was getting worried when there no updates, but I guess I didn't know how long it would take after baby girl was born.
She is adorable!
Congrats!! Congrats!! Congrats!!!
I am crying my eyes out over here. I'm SO happy for you guys! Congratulations. Your daughter is simply beautiful. :)
I am so, so, so happy for you guys! She's beautiful!
I am so happy you! She is so cute. Congrats!!!
Wow what an ordeal! I cannot believe how awesome the BP's are! What a blessing. She is so adorable and I love her name! DH's pic is priceless. I don't think we always realize how much this journey affects our husbands. They are usually a lot less vocal then we are. I am crying tears of joy for you!!! What a journey it has been to brin this precious child home.
Ahhh!!! YAY!!!!! I am so over the moon excited for you and your now family of 3!!!! She is absolutely beautiful, of course! Many congrats to you both!!!
My heart is smiling so big!!!!!! Thank you Lord for hearing our prayers! For this child WE have prayed!!!!! :)))) absolutley beautiful!!! Congrats Mommy!!!!!! Love yap! Kacey
Holy crap I don't know how I missed this post!! I am SOOOO happy for you!!
Congratulations! She is so, so beautiful!
Simply amazing. So happy for you!
Was just thinking about you and wondering how you and your new family are doing. Happy first mother's day!
Post a Comment