It's A Girl

After an excruciatingly long wait, I can finally share the news of the birth of our daughter Kate. We were advised to wait to share our news until her adoption was final. Then we just waited until the holidays were over and today we were given the go ahead. I HATED not being able to shout it to the world!

I have a million things to say - I will try and post a little of our story every day so everyone can catch up.

I'll start with our first few days:
We began our journey in domestic adoption a year ago, actually applied with an agency one year ago today. Our paperwork and profile were submitted by Valentines Day and we started receiving calls the following week. We were called about Kate's birth mom in the end of April, a week later we accepted her and the next day she was born. She was 26 hours old when she was placed in my arms. She is a miracle.

HOPE:
Yes, we were given the approval to continue with our adoption of Hope. We NEVER intended to only adopt one child. I know of many people who are or have only children and they are perfectly happy. But our experience with our son growing up most of his childhood without a sibling was lonely, and we wanted Hope to have a sister and now our girls will have each other, an a big brother that is amazingly happy and proud to be called just that - brother.

SO VERY SORRY:
I want everyone to know that I realize that our good news might bring sadness to others. I understand. I waited 9 years 5 months. Watching family members, friends and neighbors give birth to child after child. I watched while those a year or more in line behind me, switched to SN or changed programs and were able to adopt. While I was truly always happy for them and wouldn't want their situation changed, it brought on the pain and loss of infertility each and every time. So I truly apologize, if my joy will bring sadness to anyone.