...Let's Catch Up....

Wow...How do I describe the emotions and feelings that have been going on since our last post? We had a very emotional week at the hospital last week. Our birthmother was so wonderful and strong. She really has given God all the glory for her being able to go through with this process. I am so grateful that God chose her for us. What a blessing.

This adoption process has been hard because we are so emotionally invested with our birthmother. So when the time came for her to leave the hospital on Thursday, let's just say words can't describe that moment in my heart. I was not expecting to be there for that, but she requested us to come up to the room...for which I am grateful. Her mom was also there for support and she is such a wonderful grandmother to Brady already. She loves him so much. I was so glad that she made it back to be there for her daughter during this terribly difficult time.

It was twice as hard because we found out that morning that Brady had to stay another night in the hospital due to his temperature not being what they would have liked for it to be. She wanted to make sure that one of us would be staying with Brady at all times. I decided to stay at the hospital from that point on. It was really weird to be in the hospital, but not be the one that actually gave birth to Brady. It was an experience that I will never forget.

We had the opportunity to educate some of our nurses on our particular adoption journey. They had not experienced anything like this before. It was really fun explaining everything to them. Our night nurse, Stephanie and our day nurse, Jackie, were the best! We became really attached to them and they loved on Brady.

We finally got to come home on Thursday afternoon. It was so weird seeing 2 carseats in my van. Buddy and I just laughed about it. Jaydon is so excited that he has someone to sit by him...even though Brady can't talk to him yet...! Jaydon is so good with Brady, he loves to hold him and when he is done holding him...he his done! He moves on to one of his toys or something else. So far, we have been blessed in that area!

Brady had to have a Bili-blanket for 2 days due to being Jaundice, but thankfully we took that back yesterday. We are so glad we are done with that big thing! Brady is glad too! He looked like a glow worm when he had it on. We took some pics and I will upload them this afternoon or tonight for you to see.

Many of our friends have called and emailed to check on us, and many are hearing about it for the first time and are shocked. To that we are sorry that we didn't keep everyone in the loop....we tried to guard ourselves as much as possible once again during this process. God protected us and provided a wonderful, yet difficult experience for us.

Brady Cameron is so loved by his birthmother that she cared more about his needs than her wants. She is so strong and courageous that it amazes both of us on a daily basis. I am happy to say that we have maintained contact with her everyday since she left the hospital. She is doing much better and she still says that God is the reason for that.

What a wonderful love story that we get to tell Brady Cameron about how God loves him so much that he gave him a special family.....We will tell him of how he is loved not only by us, but by his birthmother and how she sacrificed for just for him!