It's just another manic Monday….

Well manic is a pretty good way to describe yesterday. Now, I’m thankful for most work weeks, but on yesterday I was really ready to see Monday! God has been so amazing to our family and we finally extended our family with the birth of our son on Memorial Day. Our experience with our birth mother, Momma T, was wonderful, but we still had to wait our 5 day grace period in case she changed her mind. Well, as you can imagine, we were on cloud nine Monday morning- when we knew the time was up

The previous week was busy to say the least. Last Thursday night we got a message from Momma T stating that she thought she was going in labor-well, with bags already packed, we loaded the car and took the trip down to be with her. Well, of course, her contractions weren’t strong enough and the hospital wouldn’t keep her, so we played the waiting game. The hubs and I enjoyed the next few days as a family of 2 until Monday morning. We got the call about 10a with Momma T saying she was headed to the hospital to be admitted. By 10:30 we were sitting with her to ride out the rest of the day. We met her mother, who was so sweet and we all laughed at the drug induced conversations Momma T was having with us. Finally, around 5:15p she started complaining of tons and tons of pressure. Well sure enough after a quick check, the nurse yelled to our delight “it’s time to have a baby!” By the time they finally got the doctor and nurses in place, we were ready to push in no time flat. After a few mass text that simply said “we’re pushing”- the hubs and I watched in amazement (from a distance J ) as a sweet little life, our little boy, entered the world. Now, I’ll admit, I did just fine until I heard him cry for the first time- it was so overwhelming and tears were the only logical response.

Momma T had already decided that she didn’t want to see or hold the baby, so as soon as his chord was cut we were whisked off to another room for him to be cleaned and weighed. Well, Eian ,our sweet 7lb 12oz heart throb was by far the cutest little booger on the block. Daddy held him so much, I had to ask if he thought I could get a turn… Momma T’s mother came next door and asked if she could see him, she was a little teary but of course we didn’t deny her. She held him for a little while and then we let him go to the nursery and we went back to stay with Momma T. To my surprise when I saw her again, she said “I forgot to tell you congratulations”- my little heart dropped. How sweet of her to have just given birth, made such a courageous decision, and then she was congratulating me.

Well over the next few days we enjoyed some great time with our little man and finally came home on Wed. By this time we were just starting our 5 day wait, and praise God, we made it to Monday! The past few days have been wondeful and we are s excited and thankful for all your prayers, all the congrats, and all the love each of you have showered us with. We ask that as we now move into our 9 day court appointed wait, that you continue to keep us lifted in prayer- all along our Anderson Adventure.

Daddy's reaction to the dirty diaper

Eian's reaction to the dirty diaper