Ok, so here are the details of receiving our great news. Dusty and I were on the phone last Thursday morning (I was being less than cordial as I had felt like another week was passing by with no call) for some reason we had it in our heads that if it hadn't happened by Wednesday - it wasn't going to happen that week. In the middle of our conversation my phone beeped and it was Kimberly our social worker and friend. We had emailed back and forth that night before (yes, I was pouting to her) and even though she said she wouldn't call unless it was "the call" I was still thinking she might be just checking up on me. I told Dusty "it's Kimberly", he said "shut up!", me "noI'llcallyoubackbye" (that was me saying it really fast - ha). The first thing I asked her was "are you just checking on me?" and her response was "you know I wouldn't do that!".
I was so excited. She told me about this little boy born on April 26th and my heart was racing! A few minutes later there was an email in my inbox that said "referral". What a happy moment. I immediately called Dusty back and just said "it's a boy"! He came straight home and I somehow managed to not look at it until he got home. We read through all of the information on this sweet baby. We sent the paperwork to an IAC (International Adoption Clinic)and they looked over his medical history, etc. and sent back a great report Friday afternoon. Around 4:00 on Friday we called Kimberly and Jan at our agency to tell them this little guy was our son! They were so excited for us and I was totally freaking out at the realization that I was the mom of 2 (well 3 if you count Dusty - ha) adorable little boys.
When Cole woke up from his nap at about 4:30 we had the video camera out and told Cole we had a big surprise for him. I said "You have a brother" I told him his name was Jae and he said "yes". We showed him a picture of Jae on the computer and he leaned into it and said "HI!" and "my brother!". It was SO priceless - what a sweetheart. He will be a great big brother. We made him a shirt that says "Meet my little brother" and has Jae's pic on it and when people ask him who it is he says "Jae! My brother".
About seeing Jae's picture for the first time all we can say is absolute love at first sight!
I will post later about the fun of telling our family and friends.
6 comments:
Seriously, I have to stop stalking you!! :)
I had to know all the details. Love it! Cole is so sweet as is his little bro'. It is hilarious how Dusty said "shutup" and you said "illcallyoubackbye" ha.
Awesome. Love the details.
SOOOO Excited for you guys! He is just precious! And so is Cole!!! Thanks for sharing the details!
CourtneyJ
SO excited for your family! I wish our youngest had been as excited as Cole about getting a brother! Both of your boys are adorable!
What a wonderful story!!! I love all the details! Thanks for sharing it with us! :)
EmilyJ (From Dillon Board)
The picture of the FOUR of you is priceless!!! I'm so excited for you all!!! YAY for Cole...Big Brother Extraordinare!!!!
Hello! My name is Mandy. I was in a bible study with Melissa (I'm also from Ada) and praying for you back when you were traveling to bring Cole home so she sent me your blog address. For some reason, God had laid you on my heart today so I checked the blog again. I'm SO happy for you! A new baby boy! I have a 3 year old daughter as well as a baby boy born just 2 days earlier than Jae so I can't wait to pray for you on this journey as well! Good luck with everything!
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