As most of you know Paul and I have adopted a baby girl! Her name is Ava Reagan Black. She was born on May 2, 2010 and weighed 7 lb 7 oz and was 22.2 in long. She has been such a wonderful blessing in our lives and has brought so much joy to us.
A little of the story on how she came to be with us.
Paul and I received a call from another case worker on Wednesday, April 28th in the evening letting us know that she had a girl that was interested in meeting with us, oh and by the way she is due in a week and a half (What????). We were shocked, scared and nervous that it could be that quick but we said "OK" we would love to meet with her. We met with the birth mother and her mom on Friday, April 30th and hit it off. We had a lot in common and it just felt right. The birth mother was not in a good place in her life at that moment and felt that the right thing to do was to place her baby for adoption. We left that night feeling really good about the situation and only hoped that she did too. We sat around the phone the next day waiting for a call to see if she had chosen us. We got a call that night on Saturday and found out that she had chosen us!!!!! Paul and I were so excited and scared about the situation but we still felt that it was right. The the next sentence was that she was in labor. Another shock hit us. We thought that we would have a few days to prepare for this new baby that was going to be coming into our lives but we were so excited that it was going to be soon. Paul and I were at Wal-Mart that night at 9:30 going through the baby isles saying, "I think we will need that". I knew we would need diapers and wipes so we bought some of those. The birth mother had Ava the next day; Sunday the 2nd. It all happened in a total of 5 days. Ava had a lot of visitors at the hospital with family and friends visiting which meant so much to us.
We are so proud of the decision that the birth mother made to place her baby with us. She is such a sweet person and we love her very much for the decision that she made.
Paul and I wanted to thank all of you for your prays and your words of encouragement during this time. It meant so much to us.
4 comments:
Congratulations Darla. She is so beautiful and you look beautiful together! It is a wonderful thing to see such happiness.
The pictures are adorable. Glad to hear you are adjusting well to your new role as a parents. This is sooo exciting. Congratulations again!
Wow what an amazing story I got the chills the whole time I was reading. Ava is just beautiful. I love the pictures every single one is so sweet. Congratulations! I can't wait to meet her some day, what a special and lucky girl to have you as a mother.
I am SOOOOOOOOO happy for you!!!!
Congratulations! She is just beautiful.
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