Bad blogger......BAD BAD blogger...... Well life caught up to us and we were in a whirlwind for a while there. I will try to keep it brief.
I just realized my last entry was 2 days before our son LIAM was born. That's how quickly things happened.
Our attorney thought this situation was dead as he couldn't locate the birth parents for about 5 days. Thought they had disappeared. Rich went to music festival in a remote town in NC and I went to my mother in laws for Easter with Bo.
Got a phone call around 1pm from our lawyer on Easter afternoon telling us that the birth parents had given birth and called him at 2am. Needless to say it was a pure scramble to book a flight for the next day, book a hotel as we thought we'd be there a week and get a car rental. BUT the biggest issue was trying to find RICH!!! The only contact we had was when he turned his phone on to call us then turned it off to save on battery. No electricity at the festival. He had called in about an hour before to wish everyone a happy holiday and to talk to Bo.
One long horrible night of trying to get in touch with no luck. Finally as I was getting on a plane to FL Rich checked in before he left for the airport to come back to Philly. I sent him right to the airport and changed his destination.
I arrived in FL and Rich met up with me later to meet our new baby boy who we found out was in the NICU. We ended up staying in FL a week while Bo went with family. Rich ended up staying there for 5 full weeks to stay with Liam at the hospital. We rented a apt and a car and flew back and forth a few times. Even Rich's mom covered for us in FL while we both had to come home and work.
We were able to have lunch with the birth parents which enabled us to find out a lot more information about their past and their medical history. We are really glad we had this opportunity to meet and take some pictures.
It wasn't an easy road with our agency.....to say the least! We were happy that it was so fast but the way things were handled were not to our liking. Would not use them again although lots of others have had a great experience. Se la vie!
June 5th my boys arrived home and we have been adjusting ever since!! Bo is getting used to the idea and require a lot of attention. Liam is a great baby as long as he's being held. He loves to be snuggled. Born full term and at 6lbs 13oz, he's grown tremendously over the last few weeks. He's starting to smile and coo which we love!
We are thankful to all of our family and friends who helped and supported us through this long process of loss and now found!