We received a phone call on Friday afternoon from my niece, Amanda. It was a total shock, since we haven't talked to her in over a year, but a nice surprise to just hear her voice. What she had to say shook our world, and had me in tears for the rest of the day. Amanda lives in GA with her husband and their three babies (ages 3, almost 2, and three months), and they just found out that she is pregnant again. The reason she was calling us was because her and James decided to ask us if we would adopt the new baby. WOW... Talk about a lot to digest in a small amount of time. Of course we are interested, but there are so many questions that need to be answered. Not only that but there's the thought that I really can't be heartbroken again....not after multiple miscarriages, and two failed IVF cycles. She tells us that she's willing to sign anything we want her to, to eat any special diet we request, etc. We obviously had to talk this over and figure out what the best decision was going to be for all of us involved. We decided that YES YES YES, we absolutely want to do this!!!! We've always discussed adopting, but never thought it would be from a family member, or happen as such a surprise, but it is obviously a blessing.
While we are excited, at the same time we are scared that something might happen. I mean, this pregancy is still very early, and we have experience with early miscarriages... There's always the fear that they will change their mind, but we really don't think that will happen. There are a lot of things to think about, but we already love this baby as if I'm carrying it myself.
We have a phone consultation with an attorney tomorrow morning at 10am, and hope to get some answers to questions we have, and get some understanding for how to proceed.
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