Baby Mama!

Aaron, Me, and Lavinia (Our Babys Birth Mom)

Wow! What an emotional weekend! But it was great! Aaron and I went to Utah to have a face to face meeting with the birth mom of our baby and it was such a wonderful meeting! We were so nervous. What would we say? Should I hug her or shake her hand when I meet her? Ahhh! Well when I first saw her there was an immediate connection we gave each other a big hug. We were so worried about what to say and it turned our Lavinia (birth mom) loves to talk (an answer to my prayers). A case worker From LDSFS was there and she help facilitate the meeting and we even found out that the caseworkers husband (elder christensen) served part of his mission in laramie-somewhere between 2002-2004. Small world. We saw a picture and I totally remembered him. Anyway-back to the meeting- Lavinia showed us lots of pictures and we gave her pictures of our family. We found out a little bit about the birth father and even saw a picture (he has really blue eyes- if you have seen the new james bond movie- his eyes are the same blue as James bond- Very pretty blue). He is also very musically talented. Lavinia told us how she searched through over 3000 profiles and half way through she stopped on us and Knew that we were the couple, but thought she should look through the rest of the profiles. She kept coming back to our profile. WoW! All I can say is that prayers work and everyone has to promise to keep on praying for this adoption to go through this time. I cannot even express how much love I feel from my family and friends. And also my second family-my ward (church) family. It has truly been a blessing to be in this ward, because most of you know what we have gone through and I know that you will be there for us no matter what happens. Thank you! okay I am off track again. Lets see.....We all decided that we will get a phone call from Lavinia when she goes into labor. She has fast deliverys and the baby will probabbly be born before we get there. But we will go directly to the hospital to spend a few hours with Lavinia and the baby and then off to my sisters house to anxiously await the next twenty four hours. This is the time she gets with just her and the baby and by law 24 hours has to be given before she can sign any papers. Stressful. Maybe I will just have the drs. just give me something that will knock me out for the next 24 hours. lol! My sister and her husband have so graciously offered their basement as a place of residence while this whole thing is going through. We actually have to stay in utah for 5 to 10 days until all the paperwork get approved.

Well anyway we stayed with our wonderful friends Mike and Lanae (we stayed up way too late). It was great to joke around and visit. I also got to visit with my sister and her husband and adorible little Abi! We went to dinner at a restaurant-that a very unusual name (lol), and then when to look at the new house they are buying. It was so great to just spend time with them. I miss them all so much. And my niece-who couldnt love her? She is just so darn cute. I just always hope she knows how special she is to me. I think that when you dont have kids, Heavenly father puts special children in your lives, that you can love and take care of (and spoil). I have been really lucky to have so many nieces and nephews to love. anyway i did find out that i may be kind of a paranoid mother. When shanna and justin where showing us the house Abi kept wanting to go down the stairs (and she can do a pretty good job by herself) and the whole time I was nervous that she would lose her balance and fall. paranoid or normal??? lol! That may be the question of my life! Abi is also so cute when she gets mad (I am sure mom and dad dont think it is cute all of the time) . Being close to two and not have all the right words to describe frustration is difficult for any little one. But she makes me laugh when makes fists, scrunches up her face, shakes a little, and yells in frustration. LOL! I wish i had a video of it!