Sorry everyone for taking so long to post again. I have a good reason :) We've been busy with our baby!
Yes, Lucy has arrived. We are now proud parents of a bubbly, gigil, cutie pie little girl. Last June, we were advised by Norfil that our adoption application was going into a matching session that month. We were so excited and nervous at the same time! Around mid June, we were advised that a 7 month old baby girl had been matched to us. Norfil met with us to give us a background of the baby, including her health, and showed us her photos too. They asked us to think it over that night and to give them our decision the next day. Heck, what was there to think about? We said yes on the spot!
If we could have brought her home that day, we would have. We had to wait though for a week, since they had to get her ready to be transferred to our care. During that week, we frantically got ourselves baby ready. Thanks to family and friends, we hardly had to buy anything. We had 3 baby showers that week with wonderful gifts from our friends. And we got great hand me downs from our families and friends too. All we really had to invest in on our own was a car seat.
A week later, we were back at Norfil to pick up Lucy. This is what they call Gotcha Day. It's a day we'll be celebrating with Lucy every year. The first day was tough since we were still learning what her cries were about - was she hungry, sleepy, confused? By the next day though, it was like we had known each other forever! We found out what a happy baby she is. First thing she does when she wakes up is smile! Really! She even smiles sometimes while she's asleep (she must be dreaming about milk then :)
It's now been a little more than a month since we were blessed with Lucy. It feels like we've been through so much together already! I thank God for our little bundle of joy and for helping us through our journey in the making of Lucy. We're still trying to get pregnant on our own (just the natural way though, no work ups etc). If it happens, it happens. If not, we consider ourselves blessed we have Lucy. And hey, in a couple of years, who knows, we may just adopt again. This time, a little boy - Juan ;)
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