One Year ago today, my hubby and I were approved to adopt! We went through the home study process and waited for “the call!” The same day that we received this call that we were approved, we also were asked if we would like our profile shown to an expectant mother. Of course we said yes! She was due the following week…the same week as Thanksgiving, and was pregnant with a girl. I, of course, got very excited and was set to be Solstad, house of girls!
Things didn’t work out quit like I had expected. We found on on Friday that she had chose another family. I felt sad and wondered if it was because we already had three kiddos. I felt sorry for myself for two weeks. Then “the call” came! It was a Thursday afternoon and I was on the phone with my friend talking PTA stuff. I heard the beep and looked at caller ID, and knew I needed to switch over quickly. Little did I know that I would be hearing about our son for the first time! It wasn’t the call I expected. I thought the caseworker was going to tell me she wanted to show our profile to an expectant mother and wanted our approval. This wasn’t the type of call at all. She told me that he was already born and that we were chosen for this little guy! I could not believe my ears! It was surreal!
I don’t remember much of the details of the call, but knew that she said to call her back ASAP after I talked with Steve. I tried to reach him and couldn’t! He was in a meeting and his phone was not near him! I tried calling my grandma, she didn’t answer, I tried calling my BFF, she didn’t answer! I could not believe this! No one was answering! Finally about 10 minutes later I reached someone and couldn’t wait to scream “We got the call about a baby…and it’s a boy!”
Needless to say, Steve was on Cloud 9 with me and came home as quickly as possible! We had SO much to get done! So much to buy! We didn’t want to tell the girls until after we had taken placement, and that was a tough decision to make. We wanted to protect them, just in case something didn’t go as planned!
The following day, we stopped at Chickfila and grabbed breakfast, hugged our favorite hostess and headed to the hospital! Within a few hours we laid eyes on the most beautiful baby boy and waited while the nurses gathered up all of their paperwork to discharge him.
This past year has been full of joy and we have grown so much as a family! It’s been such a joy watching the girls fall in love with their baby brother! It’s been so sweet to watch Steve with him and I feel like it’s renewed so much joy in my own heart to have him in our home! Adoption is both painful and joyous. Not one day goes by that I don’t think about his birth parents and their selfless decision to make an adoption plan for their son. I pray for them daily and hope that one day we can meet.
