Meeting Baby Jay!
Where to start?
We met the birth mom, Martine, yesterday and the most beautiful baby boy in the world. She was incredibly sweet, poised and loving. When we walked into the hospital room, she gave us both big hugs!
We picked up the baby a few minutes later and he is an absolute dream. I could have stayed there all afternoon just looking at him. What a site! I didn’t want to let him go.
The night before Nadia and I had a little tiff over the baby’s name because I didn’t want to be presumptuous and pick out a name before Martine surrendered him to us. Nadia, on the other hand, thought that it would be important for our bonding to pick out a name. So we did, though I was a little pissy about it.
And I’m so glad we did.
Martine let us name the baby for the official birth certificate. From now on, I will call him Baby Jay! We gave him a first and last name. Martine will get the official birth certificate with his first and second names as well as her last name and then we will have a new one reissued in 3 to 6 months with our last names.
How exciting!
We asked Martine how she was feeling. She looked great for someone who had just had a c-section 2 days ago. I had some pictures to show her of our family and she showed me a picture of her three year old daughter, who is absolutely gorgeous!
She asked us if we felt we were ready for this and we kind of stammered through that answer.
Nadia said, “Well, um, we wanted to be parents for many years but…”
Martine, ” Well, I hope I am not causing too much trouble…”
”Not at all, ” I piped in, “we are very excited! We just have a lot to learn.”
And she smiled warmly.
If all goes well today, we will bring him home later this afternoon. I can’t believe it!
In preparation for the arrival of our little miracle, I compiled a list of your suggestions and we visited Tar.get last night. When we got to the baby section, I thought my head would explode(!) so we just bought the basics. There is a lot to learn. Especially for me. I’ve fantasized about being a mom for several years, but I’ve had no ‘real time’ to plan. Needless to say, it’s all overwhelming yet very welcome!
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR HELP!
How exciting! Congratulations!!!
1Congratulations!
2WOW! This is amazing!
3Congratulations. Enjoy every single second.
How amazing! wow wow wow!
4I am crying tears of happiness into my cereal for what you are about to go through. Best to you!
5Amazing! Wonderful! Joy! Joy! Joy!
6Holy cow! I go away for a day and you already have a baby! Congrats! I’m so excited for you and Nadia. Best wishes!
7This is the best news! I’m so so happy for you both. It may seem scary now, and oh so overwhelming but you two will make great Mamas! I couldn’t imagine jumping in unprepared, but wow you two just roll with it! Congratulations! Email if you need anything or have questions, I’m happy to help
8I’m over here crying at work. I’m so thrilled for you!!!!!!!
Please don’t hesitate to ask for help if you need it. You will especially need adult time for an hour or so
9Oh my goodness!!!!!!! A million congratulations, mamas!!!!!!
10Please let us know if you need anything. Lots of kisses to Baby Jay.
Congratulations, mamas!
11congratulations!!!!!!!!
I’m so exctied for you both! the wife emailed me at work to tell me about it and i had to shoot over here right now!!
wow, this is awesome!
12WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
13It seems so sudden but this was a LONG time in the making. Your baby is here! HE’S HERE! Congratulations mommas. My eyes are all welled up… so happy for you and Baby Jay.
14This is unbelievable!! Martine sounds like a gen of a birthmother too. What a story. So happy for you all.
15Oh my god congratulations!! I shrieked when I read the last post and had to explain my excitement to my girlfriend and our roommate. They are happy for you too, by the way
Can’t wait to hear more!
16Holy whatever!!! What an amazing few days you’ve had. Congratulations. Best to you, Martine and Baby Jay.
17So happy your little one has found you. I’m still in the process of learning, everyday brings something new. You are going to be great mamas!!
18Wow!! Amazing that adoption process can flip so quickly from seeking to having a baby. All the baby gear is overwhelming at first, but I’m sure you will get the hang of quickly. Congrats on this wonderful news.
19OMG OMG OMG. You met your son. This whole story made me cry. So amazingly wonderful. There must have been a part of you that felt as though this day would never come but here it is. For real now!! And his bio mom does sound incredible. Big hugs to all of you.
20Amazing! Congratulations!
21Congratulations!
Holy cow, weren’t you just considering agencies and whether you chose the right one and maybe you would consider another one?? What a switch.
22SO happy for you both! I am sure you will both be excellent Mothers’ and be in the groove in no time flat!
23yay ya ya yayyyyy!!! i am so happy for you! i cannot WAIT for that moment for me — it will be in late July and it seems so far away! I am so glad to see someone get a happy ending out of the hell of this TTC/adoption roller coaster…
24WOW! fabulous… i am SO happy for you three!!! hope it is all going smoothly.
25I’m so excited for you, and hope that everything goes well. Martine sounds like a wonderful birthmom and a wonderful person. I’ll be thinking good thoughts for all of you today.
26I am so happy for you. I hope that you are readier than you think, and coping well.
27OMG!!! *wiping my tears away*This brings me to tears! I hope all goes smooth and you three will have your first weekend together tomorrow. My mom felt same (Am I prepared? Can I handle thisl? Will I be a good mom?) when she brought me home 39 yrs ago
.She did great. You will do great!
28I just stopped by from Liberation Theory to congratulate you. Baby boys are a riot. As for shopping, that’s all just ’stuff.’ A clean butt, a full belly and lots of snuggles are all you need to start out.
29Contrats!!!
OH MAI GAWD!!!!
30I have been away from blogreading and just started going through my favorite blogs and HOLY MOLY!!! Ya’ll are parents!!!!!! I am just clapping and wiggling and doing the snoopy dance. Oh what a lucky boy this will be!!!
I am just so so so so happy for you Mamas! WOOOOOO!!!
Holy shit! Congratulations to Baby Jay and all his moms – this is such exciting news!!! Sending ‘welcome home’ vibes to him right now …
31This is so beautiful. Miracles can happen!!!!! I wish we could throw you an internet baby shower.
32This is very exciting news. Congratulations.
33This is so, so exciting! So happy for you. What a wonderful, serendipitous thing to happen to two deserving women.
34Oh my gosh! I am so thrilled for you! I can’t wait to see pictures of baby Jay (maybe?) and hear all about it. You are going to be fantastic mothers. Wait, you ARE fantastic mothers. Hooray!
35Congratulations!!! I am so completely beyond thrilled for you! I can clearly remember the day (30 years ago) that we brought my baby brother home from his foster parents’ apartment – I thought I would burst with joy; I can’t even begin to imagine how overwhelming the *sudden* joy must be when you thought you were still in for a slog through agencies, etc. Wow!wowowowow! Happy happy day, and congrats new mommies!!
36OMG!!!! I missed the last post, so am just seeing your incredible news!!!! Congrats, mamas!!!!! So thrilled for you.
37I am so thrilled for you two Mamas! I can’t wait for pictures and all baby stuff to begin. Wow. I wish I could pinch his little toes.
38oh WOW how wonderful!!!! I am SO excited for you both, and for baby jay.
39what an amazing day! can’t wait to hear more.
You made my day. And the birth mom sounds like she’s got a good head on her shoulders.
I’m so happy for the three of you.
It’s happening!
40I know we spoke already but…WHOOPWHOOP!!!!! CONGRATS!!!! LADIES!!!!
41Remember i’m only giving you two week till I start STALKING:-)
Luv you ladies and little Jay
holy cow! Congratulations you guys!!! That is so awesome! Can’t wait to hear more!
42OMG! I’m out of the loop for a few days and you’re a mama! I’m so happy for you and Nadia! Reading this post made me very emotional. Your support these past weeks has meant a great deal to me and I couldn’t be happier for you. As a brand new mama myself (1 week today), breath, and take it one day/bottle/diaper at a time
Once that’s done all you’ll want to do is stare at and love on your beautiful boy.
Congratulations! I can’t wait to see pictures of baby Jay!
43CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!! And wonderful that you’re bringing him home soon!
Happy ICLW!
44Enjoy Motherhood.
Happy ICLW!!
45#40 http://thegalwho.wordpress.com/
Things happen quickly when the finally happen!
Wishing you all and Martine the very very best.
46wow! just saw your news on LFCA and hopped right over to read all about it and offer my congratulations! i know you two have waited a looong time for your little one, i am so happy to hear he has arrived. congrats mamas!!!
47Just wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
48Congratulations! I’m so thrilled for you!!
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