True story: On Friday night our adoption agency contact emailed us with pics of K. I wrote back. “I love you. If you send me an email Monday morning telling me we have our <name of paperwork we’ve been waiting forever on> I will love you forever.” Monday she emailed me to say we had it and would have a scanned copy the next day.
I’m debating between flowers or chocolates to celebrate our undying love. I already owe her a statue of herself for something from Nat’s adoption process.
Update pictures are like finding an ice cold Fanta while you’re crawling your way across a desert floor. They keep you sane. Well, saneish. And this set was exceptionally great. Because my baby has chub. CHUB. His little legs actually have chub on them. I squealed when I saw them. His new formula is agreeing with him apparently. Not being in the hospital for a few months helps too I think.
This is the onesie he’s wearing. This one right here. The one I bought for him. The one I sent in a care package after carefully making note of the size. Which means I touched something that has touched my child. There are no words for how good that feels. This is the second time we’ve gotten a picture of him wearing a onesie I sent. The first time I cried. Adoption hormones are insane I tell you.
He’s such a serious little guy in his photos. We have one from very early on with a little half smile and an amazing 26 seconds of perfection on video where he’s with his foster mummy where he gives her a little half smile as well. But the rest are very serious. I love his eyes. His little face is filling in now so they don’t seem quite so big. But they are just as beautiful.
And in one of those “I’m going to paint this on my soul in happiness” moments he just happened to be wearing this one in the picture that went with the paperwork we got this week. You can’t see the words in the picture of course, but I recognized it and smiled when I saw it. We’re so ready for him to indeed be our family’s little brother. And by ready I mean excited. The actually preparedness could be debated. Among other things I have closet shelves to finish, clothes to hang up, and a coming home outfit to buy.
It’s a good feeling to see him in clothes I sent him. It will be an even better feeling to dress him in them myself.
oh this kind of made me choke up. the memory of those feelings is so real. I am thrilled for you that you have passed another milestone and I am so excited with you for Baby K to finally come home.
Having adopted in the U.S., I simply cannot imagine going weeks/months between the match and placement. As my wife once said: “There is no way I could sit here when my baby is all the way over there”. I admire your patience and strength as I would have been on the first flight after getting the pictures.
Part of me thinks we’re insane.
I remember after Nat came home feeling like I could breathe again. I literally did not realize how much stress we were under until then. But then again, I think infant US adoptions have their own set of stress that I can’t imagine!
How wonderful! So excited for you!
Thank you!