::cue the song from Mary Poppins::
Because, I imagine that this word popped into Mary's head when she was at a loss for words, she couldn't figure out exactly how to explain things with all of her excitement. So, yeah....supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
Here's our attempt to provide you with an update...without going over the allotted character count that the blog allows:
Jan 1st 2012:
We flew from Raleigh, NC to Sacramento, CA (by way of Charlotte and Phoenix); and US Airways very graciously bumped us up to First Class - at no charge! And, we didn't even have to slip the customer service rep a $50 or anything. Imagine that. We arrived in CA around 3:30pm (Pacific Time) and headed to the car rental place. We ended up at the condo around 5:00pm..just in time to get introduced to the owners and get the quick tour - before they headed out for their ritual of dinner at the parents. (Romer & Ed are the owners)Jan 2nd 2012:
We both were still on 'East Coast' time...so we woke up around 7:00am (which would have been 10am Eastern) and started to get ready for the day - we wanted to take a quick drive around the area, get to know where some places were, etc. Rachel turned to Adam (around 9:30am) and mentioned that we should contact our CA attorney to let her know we arrived and to see if she needed anything from us...right then (mid-sentence) Rachel's cell phone rang and it was Jan (CA Attorney). She tells us that the birth mom was at the hospital last night and has given birth!! I'm sorry... whaaaatttt!?!? Can you repeat that, please? We were both pretty stunned, shocked, and immediately hurled into panic mode. We didn't have anything ready, prepared, researched..hell, we didn't even have the directions to the hospital printed out yet - I mean we weren't supposed to need those for another week. Needless to say we headed right down to the hospital. Hands shaking, hearts pounding, minds racing and emotions flooding.
There was a small hiccup when we arrived at the hospital and we had to sit in the lobby for what seemed like HOURS. In all seriousness, it might have been 45 minutes. Apparently the birth mom (and our paperwork identifying us as the adoptive parents) was supposed to deliver at another local hospital - but instead found herself closer to this one...Sutter Medical Center. So, we had to wait until the social worker faxed everything from the original hospital over to this one.
We rode up to the 3rd floor, preparing to meet both our daughter and her birth mother in person! Talk about 2 for the price of 1. We stop by the nurse's desk and ask to be brought to the birth mother's room; escorted down the hallway, sweat glands in check, we see her room and here comes the moment we've been waiting for...
Birth mom is sitting up on the side of her bed...we knew she was a petite girl (woman, she is 28 after all) but she barely looked pregnant - just tired. And, then...there she was...sleeping so soundly in the hospital bassinet just out of arms reach - we caught a peripheral glance. We chatted with the birth mom for several minutes. Asked her how the delivery went, how she was feeling, gave her the flowers we brought...and then she asked us if we wanted to hold her. She asked us. Happily obliging he scooped her up in our arms - we instantly fell in love. At this point, the birth mom stepped out; one of the nurses came in and introduced herself and she asked if we were Baby Girl's parents....why, yes. As a matter of fact, we are. Now that had a nice ring to it. She went over a couple of items with us and also gave us the pertinent information that every parent (and waiting family member/friends) are eager to get...her birth stats!
In case you haven't already received this information from us - here it is again:
Date: 01-02-2012
Time: 12:46 AM
Weight: 5lbs, 7oz
Length: 16.9 in
Once birth mom came back into the room she asked if we had picked out a name...well, to be honest...we hadn't 100% decided on her name - I mean, we were supposed to have another week (or so), remember? We both looked at each other and said, "Yes, her name is Daphne."
There was little time to chat with the birth mom, as she was tired (rightfully so) and wanted some privacy...so we were relegated to a 'teaching' room; which basically is a small room with a couple of sofas, harsh over-head fluorescent lighting and a phone to the newborn nursery - should we need it. But, that was our little sanctuary...and it was all ours, whenever we wanted, for as long as we wanted...to enjoy our sweet baby girl.
It is such a strange feeling to finally have something so precious that you've wanted so badly for so long. And honestly, I don't think I have room to ever complain about anything ever again.
Life is full; thank you Jesus.
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