YAY, HERE COMES BABY #3!

Tailee,

I am starting this blog for you so that you will have a journal of your life when you are older. You are the third child in our family and the second girl. When we heard about the possibility of you coming to our family we were extatic. We had been trying to figure out how to add another child to our family and we were looking for a miracle and you definitely were a miracle. It all began with a conversation I had with a patient. She and I were talking about adoption. I told her that we were wanting to adopt but that we could not really afford our agency fee at the time because of other things we were paying for. The next day she called to tell me about a little girl that was due in October, whose birthmother was looking to place for adoption. Your daddy and I couldn't believe what we were hearing. She asked us if we were interested and we said definitely. She then put us in touch with your birthmom's mom. We spoke with her and sent pictures to her and then she talked with her daughter, your birthmom, Hannah. Hannah seem to like us from what she heard and from her pictures and so we flew her and your birthfather, Richard, out to our house to show them around. They were very nice and easy to talk to. It was a long day. They had a very long flight and then a very long drive. All day long I am sure they felt like all they had done was sit, but they were great and never complained. Hannah had brought me your first ultrasound pictures too. This ultrasound on this blog is you at about 26 weeks or so. After meeting us they agreed to go along with the adoption and so we started getting ready to bring you home. We still had four months to wait. Those four months seem to go by sooooooo slow. I couldn't wait to hold you in my arms and be your mom. Your daddy, and siblings, and I would pray every night that you would be safe and that your birthmom and birthfather would be comforted in their decision. Hannah and I both thought there was no way you were going to make it until your due date on November 9th, but sure enough you did even better than that and Hannah was induced on November 10th, 2009. I was at work that day because Hannah and Richard wanted us to wait and come until the day after your birth so we didn't leave until the 11th. I remember telling every patient that day that my baby was being born. I was so excited and Hannah was so good at keeping me involved and texted me all day long with updates. Finally, that evening I got a text that said you were hear. You were born on November 10th, 2009 at 5:23pm. You weighed 8lbs 3oz and you were 20 1/2 inches long. You had tons of hair. I was so excited to see that first picture. I had said that i didn't want to see any pictures so that I would be surprised but I couldn't wait to see what you looked like. I had already waited long enough.