Meet Thomas, 6 lbs. 7.8 oz. 19 1/2" born on March 11th at 9:37 pm! He was discharged from the hospital this afternoon and safe and sound at home. This was a blessing from God, 7 years in the making.
For those of you who may not know the whole story, my wife can not give birth, but has ovaries. We tried the costly invetrofertilization twice with a surrogate mother who was a nurse from IL. Both devastating failures emotionally and financially.
We opted for the adoption route which then found us on a waiting list. Yet another gamble. Coming up on 4 years, we were starting to contemplate the foster parents route. On Sunday, March 13th, we were in our Sunday routine of church, going to the gym, then shopping before going home and having brunch. We were in Kohl's shopping for My wife's sorority charity event on Monday when her phone rang (which was odd that someone was calling before noon on a Sunday). I looked over to see my wife pale, shaking, weeping, motioning for me to come over. That's when I heard over the speaker phone there was a baby boy waiting for us over at the hospital. We got to meet and bond with him yesterday into the night, but we're not allowed to stay. He was to be discharged today, March 14th, where he is now home.
My Mom, who coincidentally just started her spring break, is here after driving from southern Indiana, to my sister's, near Columbia City, where the she had tons of baby stuff from our niece and nephew stored for us waiting for today. So much so, my sister's family will be visiting the little guy when they bring the second round of supplies next weekend to NWI.
It's been quite a whirlwind of reality, but we are all well and truly blessed. God had a plan for us, apparently now was the time.