Just got the phone call!

[mk]

We're headed to the hospital to pick up a three week old boy!

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[mk]

We aren't ready to go live on face book yet, though.

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[2brides]

holy moly that was fast! Awesome and have fun!

[twotrue]

I'm so glad there are people like you who can give children love and comfort in a time of need! :-)

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[cymru]

Wow! Hope you have a smooth transition. Good luck!

[hensmum]

OMG!!! Enjoy that new baby smell

[kershnic]

EEEK!!! HOW EXCITING!!! I want to hear all about it!!

Just the other day I was telling B about how close you guys were to being licensed and ready to accept kids and she looked at me and said "You're jealous, aren't you?"

Now I totally am.

[llama]

How exciting! Good luck and enjoy the little one!

[ssg73]

awesome! So exciting!

[ct]

wow!! i hope he's okay! enjoy him and I cant wait to hear more.

[Deleted]

So exciting!

[tdm]

YAY!

[bluedaisyus]

I hope everything is going well!

[mk]

He's doing awesome, you guys! He's eating a ton and sleeping a lot. Except at night. :-) I totally love him. What if he leaves?

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[ct]

((hugs))

loving him is exactly what you are supposed to be doing right now. so glad to hear things are going well!!

if he leaves your heart gets broken. and then it will be put back together again with the next call.

no matter what happens, you can do this.

[mk]

Thanks, CT.

It looks like he's not ever going home with bio mom, but he has 3 sibs who have been adopted. I'm afraid he might get adopted by one of those families. so many questions for his social worker!

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[ct]

wouldnt they have been called first? I mean, i know things dont always happen as they should, but the fact that you were ever called seems to me like it would be a good indication they dont have capacity/desire to adopt another. But definitely get all the info on them that you can - keeping those sib bonds is important!

[mk]

I know! I just need to talk to his SW. Even if he doesn't go live with any of his sibs, I'd love to have visits with them. Waiting sucks!

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[ct]

totally

has he started visitation?

[mk]

Nope, mom has to pass drug tests before visitation starts. hopefully she can do that so she can see how chubby his cheeks are now! SW is coming over today, so perhaps we'll get some questions answered.

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[ct]

good luck! hope it goes well and you feel good about the info s/he is able to pass along!

[mk]

Good news is that he's almost certainly going to be up for adoption.

The bad news is that the sibs' families (3 siblings in 2 families) haven't been informed of his birth yet, and they definitely get priority on adopting him. But then she told us to get licensed for adoption just in case. We'll see!

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