April 15th - Approved to be a waiting family
May 5th - Jenny got the call that we were matched with a birthmom
May 9th - Match meeting with birthmom and her parents
May 11th - Tai born
May 13th - Placement paperwork signed, Tai brought home
Seriously that is crazy fast. And he was born in the Houston area so it meant travel for us. If all of that doesn't convince you that God wanted Tai to be our son, here is a picture of Tai next to a picture of Abigail when she was just a few days old.
Just amazing that they are completely biologically unrelated but look very similar. A big difference thou is that Tai's fingers and toes are super long, his toes are almost longer than Abigail's are right now. Chances are he will be on the taller side.So here are his stats: Born on 5/11/11 at 11:21am, 6 lbs 7 ozs, 18 in.
Abigail is adjusting more an more everyday to having a little brother. She regressed just a little bit with her pacifier but I'm sure it is hard to understand, especially since we barely had any notice to try and figure out how to give her any notice. She does love her little brother thou, she's already incorporated the need to give him a hug before she goes to bed. And if you ask where her little brother is she points right to Tai.
She is going to be a great help to Jenny as Tai gets older. Oh, and don't tell Abigail this, but the birthmother picked our family for Tai because she saw Abigail's picture and saw how happy she is with us as parents.
Now we have to get to work on his room, we were planning on doing that this summer because we didn't think he was coming until at the earliest October. But God had a different plan, which is fine by us. Hopefully I'll post more pics this weekend, as you can imagine it has been a little busy around our house this past week.
Trust in Christ,
Jerry
so happy we got to be the first to meet him! can't wait to see him in Luke's clothes (they will probably start fitting him when he is 6 mths- LOL)!
ReplyDeleteYou won't remember me, but you guys spoke at my husband and I's orientation at Generations in January 2010. We brought home a little girl in October last year, and just finalized a couple of weeks ago. I have followed your blog for awhile, and noticed you guys were back on the list. What a whirlwind of excitement for you guys! He is beautiful, and so is Miss Abigail. Congrats!
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