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!
