Adoption

I'm still here

Hi all,

Just wanted to stop by and say hi. I've been on here a few days ago and posted a bit on other boards, but I just wanted to see how you all are doing. I don't have nearly as much time to read up on everyone, now that I'm working. My boss just gave me the best schedule that I could have asked for though, and I am so happy about it! I go in at 9, which allows me to drop the kids off at school, and then I get off at 3, which allows me to be there to pick them up, too. I feel so blessed!

I'm doing fairly well these days. Missing the baby a lot, but still doing good. I talk to Lynn every so often, and she is always sending pics of him, and he is so adorable! I think I may be a bit partial, but he really is a doll. They are, of course, loving him and always thanking my hubby and I for giving them the opportunity to love him as their own. We truly love them, and are so thankful that everything worked out just as it did. I really don't think this situation could be any better. 

So I don't want to jump the gun, because it's still early, but DH and I have been kind of rolling it around in our heads, and we think we might be willing to carry another baby for Mike and Lynn. I know that sounds so insane, but seriously, I think I could. We really do love them so much, and would love to offer them another child, if they were okay with it. They want another child at some point, and I think  it would be nice if they could have siblings. Of course this would take place a few years down the road, but I actually think that I could do it again for them because I trust them fully, and I think that knowing from conception that I was carrying the baby for them it would allow me to be in a different mindset throughout my pregnancy. You know, it would be their baby right from the start, which would make mental preparation a little easier, at least for me.

It's just something that we've been thinking about, and I will wait a while before I approach them with it, and only if DH and I decide for sure that we would do it. I am looking to go back to school this spring, and that will take me another 2 years, so I think after graduation, I will look seriously at this. Who knows? Anyway, everyone is doing well, and DH and I have grown so close through this whole situation, and I am so thankful for that. We lost our twin boys 3 years ago (they were stillborn), and the aftermath of that really threw us for a loop that we did NOT expect, and I worried about the "aftermath" of this adoption, but things have actually improved, and we are so thankful to God that He knows what's up! :)

Thanks for letting me post on your board. I truly appreciate you guys.

 

Kristi 

 

Here are a few links to my facebook to look at my kiddos and stuff :)

 

 

 https://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=69271&id=1134309086&l=f463a27160

 https://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=70554&id=1134309086&l=1c762f7ea6

 https://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=75492&id=1134309086&l=31278b12ea

 https://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=67107&id=1134309086&l=a197c0eab9

 https://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=70589&id=1134309086&l=532a2ebf71

 https://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=61273&id=1134309086&l=c8f6090b3c

 https://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=60849&id=1134309086&l=d5755e4b06

 

 

 

Re: I'm still here

  • I am happy to hear that everyone is  doing great.
  • Thanks for the update! Glad to hear you are all doing well. You are one strong mama!
    Image and video hosting by TinyPic Lilypie Kids Birthday tickers Lilypie Third Birthday tickers Moved to Domestic Adoption 9/09 Matched 10/09 Sweet little Luke was born 12/9/09!
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  • Happy to hear from you.   Glad you are feeling good about Lynn, etc.

    Take care :)

    image Best friends and sisters... 24 months and 16 months
  • I understand you completely! I am seeking that in about a year or so, I will surrogate for a deserving couple. I really want to get to know the couple first, like you know your friends, and have a great relationship with them before in-vitro so that we all go into it knowing what we want, and I'll feel comfortable having them come to my appointments. But what shocks a lot of people is that I would be willing to use my own eggs. I'm a healthy and vivacious gal and know that I am fertile... and I want to share that gift with another family to help them complete their family unit, like Georgie completed my cousins.

    That was such a gift to me, though it hurt at the same time, but I feel like a formal surrogacy would be much easier because from the beginning it would be understood that I am doing this for someone else, not because I can't do it myself.

    I am SO glad you're still around, its nice to have someone get me completely, and be able to tell me that time will heal me somewhat... :)))

    Your kids are ADORABLE!!! 

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