Our Adoption Story Part 1

We are currently in the air, did I mention that I love flying! Actually I am trying to pretend I am not flying and that I am safely on the ground! I have a fear of flying but considering we are heading to meet our baby girl, I have faced my fears once again!

So here is the first part of our story......We got up yesterday morning and was heading to the Ministers Conference in Pigeon Forge, Tn. We were both excited about the conference, plus it was a little get-away for us. We were about an hour from home when our Adoption Consultant called me to share the shocking news that a baby girl had been born on Saturday and the Birth Mother was wanting to speak with us right away!  We pulled off the exit, stopped, and waited for her to call us, we had an amazing conversation with the Birth Mother and she expressed to us that she wanted us parent this precious baby girl, we were in total shock. We immediately headed back home, we needed to get to Utah as soon as possible. In the mean time the Birth Mother started wavering with her decision so we had no idea which way it was going to go (these Birth Mothers make a huge sacrifice in giving up these babies in hopes that they will be given the life that the Mothers dream of, we thank her for choosing life) We got home and got word that she was planning to sign in the afternoon, we rushed around and re-grouped the best we could and booked a flight out of Nashville at 6:25 pm, we left our house at about 3:20, the drive to the airport is approximately 2 1/2 hours, so you can do the calculations! We were making great time when we received the call that she didn't sign but was hopefully going to the next morning (today) so we canceled our flight, stopped, and waited again to get the go ahead to re-book a flight for this morning. We decided to drive on into Nashville to eat and wait and see what we needed to do. My Dad, Brother and Nephew had came with us so they could drop us off at the airport. I believe everyone enjoyed their supper except me, I won't even mention what I ate or have not ate in the last 24 hours, my appetite is gone! We got the go ahead to book a flight around noon with the understanding that we may need to cancel it. We have no baby items ready, we had no idea this was going to happen so fast, we knew it could but did not anticipate it. I did not want a house full of baby girl clothes and a pink room until I knew we had a baby. I had one baby outfit I had stuck in my computer bag (I had purchased that in faith, literally,) so we all went to "Babies R Us" and picked up a car seat, a couple sleepers, blankets and socks, we had several good laughs and it was great to have my Dad, Brother and Nephew along, we never dreamed we would be in Nashville together on a Monday night at "Babies R Us" buying baby items! We went and got us a Hotel and I had an extremely restless night filled with anxiety of what was to come today. I knew we would either be heading to Utah to meet our baby, or we would be heading home with no baby. My anxiety levels were out the roof, I was a nervous wreck! I wanted the perfect will of God for the baby and for the Birth Mother, I knew she needed peace and direction from God. We went ahead and had them drop us off at the airport around 10:30am, our flight was scheduled to depart at 12:05. We did not check our luggage in we wanted to wait until the very last minute we could to see if we would hear before we went ahead with our plans. We received the call at 10:55 that she had signed and we were cleared to head to Utah to meet our precious daughter! The last 24 hours have been some of the most intense times that I have experienced in a long time, we have actually never experienced anything like this before! We are so excited to meet our little girl tonight!