We're in Georgia

It has been a long two days on not-so-pleasant roads, but we have arrived safely in Augusta, Georgia, the birthplace of our son! And in 12 hours we expect to be holding him in our arms. But who's counting!

So, it's 2 am, and I managed to sleep a sound 3 hours, better than the last few nights, and I anticipate, better than the next several nights as well! What a great time to fill in our blog readers with a few more details.



But first, one more picture - Bryan's favorite:
Poor little boy wearing pink jammies!

Brett's birth mother, Ms. April, did not have an adoption plan in place when she gave birth. What that means is, she had not contacted an adoption agency to get any resources or to choose a family for her baby. At the hospital, she made them aware that her wishes were to place her child with an adoptive family. The hospital randomly contacted An Open Door Adoption Agency. Believe it or not, even though Bryan and I had only been waiting for 6 weeks, we were the family that had been waiting for a boy the longest at our agency, and since Ms. April did not wish to choose a family for her baby, Brett became our son! We did not know about him until Ms. April had signed and the 10 day period for her to change her mind was up.

And that is why on Wednesday I was blogging about our Christmas traditions and on Friday I was posting pictures of Brett! On Thursday, An Open Door called and left a message, and we were not able to return the call until Friday morning at 8 am. I instantly knew the baby Debbie was describing was our son, and called Bryan at work to tell him he was a daddy. Pictures and reports were sent via email and by 9 we officially accepted the baby as ours, and by 10 am, I had grandmas screaming in 3 states!

What comes next? Today at 2 pm we are scheduled to meet Brett, his foster mom, and our case worker. We will sign some papers, and though it is just the beginning of more paperwork, we get to take placement of our son at that time! We will hang out in Georgia for a week or so while paperwork is being filed with the state of Georgia and then the state of Minnesota. We are hoping to be home by Christmas, but there is a possibility the paperwork will take longer than that.

I'm still pinching myself.