So I forgot about this blog with all the news! We got our phone call April 1st from Diane at Lifetime that we were chosen as a family to talk to about a baby. The birthmom, Kayla, called me April 2nd and said she wants us to raise her baby!!!! Oh wow! She is due June 26, 2011.
Jake and I have been playing the "name game" for years and hadn't really been thinking of names lately. Because Connor was already named and wwe agreed to keep his name, we weren't expecting to name this baby. I asked Kayla if she had any names she liked and she said no. After I told her a few of our names, she started to become interested and after much texting back and forth, we came up with a name of Cassidy Nicole. Cassidy is a name we chose a long time ago, and Kayla liked how Nicole fits with it.
Kayla also wants us to be out there for the labor and delivery. I booked my flight for June 11th, and will stay in Cleveland that night with Jake's second cousins. Then I will take the rental car and drive to Toledo to meet her. I will be staying in an extended stay hotel until she goes into the hospital. After that, we are going to stay in the Ronald McDonald house. Jake will fly out when she starts labor and hopefully the flights work out to where he can be there to cut the cord.
Her room is done, Connor's excited to be a big brother, and we feel ready to parent another infant! Now we just need to be patient and wait. It's weird having the time to order a car seat to be delivered, book hotels and a car, etc. LOL. Who knew how much planning there is for an adoption?
