Thankful for November

Where do I begin?

This time last year we were in the middle of craziness....and I'm not talking just your average crazy busy before the holidays. I'm talking 3 weeks of work in a row, dad in ICU, call you got matched with a birth mom and the baby is due in 9 days crazy.

I remember November 1st, 2012 like it was yesterday.

I was sitting in my office at the time. Working away as usual. Answering my cell phone out of no where (Not that I don't answer my phone at work, but it was in the middle of the afternoon with a weird number) It was Dick Peckham, the lawyer I had turned in an application to with Adoption Connections in Andover Kansas. He said that he had a birth mom that was interested in reading our birth mom letter and wanted to meet us. She was also due in 9 (YES 9) days!

REALLY?!?!?!

We went along with what I would consider casual scary conversation. I didn't know what to ask, what to do, where to go.........
I was literally speechless and stunned. I got off the phone and sat there. A birth mom wanted to meet us? Really. Things like this just don't happen when you research adoption. It can take months years to get matched.

But nonetheless, I did the next logical step any person would do. I texted, called, texted and called my husband.
 I said he needed to call me ASAP. That was it. He being in the middle of a work day and in a meeting, left thinking something was really wrong. (My dad being in ICU, maybe?) When I saw his name pop up on my phone, I said "you'll never believe the phone call I just got" Still not even thinking he's thinking something has happened with my dad.
I reviewed all the information we had talked about. He was pleasantly surprised!
I was of course expecting him to say yes, sure, lets do it.
RIGHT?
Not exactly! He said what every logical husband says in this situation.

"We'll talk about it when we get home"

OK! Sure. Sounds great. I'll just go along with the rest of my day and not think about the possibility of becoming a mom and a family of 3 in less than 2 weeks. No. Big. Deal.

I walked myself right back to the doctors that I work for and said "You know how I said that if we were going to adopt it would be right now? Well, I just got a the call. We continued to talk back and forth until I knew Derek would be home. I had to know what he was thinking.

I drove up to our house and saw my husband sitting on the back of the tailgate of his truck.

We didn't know what to say to each other. We talked the normal talk. How was your day, Great, How was yours. And then; there was silence.

We then got into the legalities of the situation. Costs, timing, legal issues etc. We talked and talked and talked and decided to meet our birth mom.

A year and 4 days later, I'm thankful that we decided to make that crazy ride a reality!

We've been blessed beyond belief! How could God be SO good to us!

And that's why, I'm thankful for Novembers. Because my husband, the MOST prepared human being on the planet, took the leap of faith with me and now we have this sweet face to wake up to in the mornings and chase around everyday after work.

As we come up upon my sweet little girls birthday. I thank the big man upstairs for the blessings in this life of mine.

My husband, I couldn't imagine this life with any one else but you! You are the best father and husband anyone could ever ask for. I can't wait to see where our life will take us!

My little girl, you have made my life more full than I knew it could be. Your tip toe walking, dog bark imitating, pointing and slobbery kissing ball of perfection. You're the best thing that ever happened to our family.

Here's to you Lindley girl. The world is at your fingertips and your dad and I can't wait to see what is has in store for you!

 

My Life is Now Complete

Oh how 6 months can change....I know it's been awhile and  ALOT of things have happened since my last post. People have said they've been checking my blog without any progress on our road to happiness.

Well ladies and gents......our wish came true! On December 21, 2012 god granted our biggest wish of all and our adoption was finalized at ~ 12:30pm.

 This cutie-pa-tutie became a Mullins' forever!

 

 

I can't begin to formulate the right words that this little munchkin has placed upon Derek and I.

 ( and our families).

She's made life worth every tear, heartache, and worry worth it a million times over.

 





 

Lindley Elizabeth Jo Mullins

11/12/2012

2:04pm

8lbs 13oz 20 in long

Perfect from head to toe

 

Our adoption was fast....really fast. As in only 15 days fast.

The road to this little munchkins arrival will come in another post.

 I think Lindley deserves a post all to her self.

So I will leave you with a few many pictures of our precious baby girl!

 

                                               

                                               

 

 

2012 brought some UPS and downs.

I'm the happiest girl in the world at the end of it though.

What more could a girl ask for......

 

 

Here's to an amazing 2013.

 

XOXO

 



Challenge Is An Understatement....

Hello everyone! It's been quite crazy the past few months. I'm not quite sure where to start!

We finally completed our birth mom letter. Geez was that a relief. It's not easy at all to talk about yourself in a way that will make someone trust you enough with their child. I feel that the end result was perfect & hopefully it will be the last piece to our puzzle!!!!

I turned our application in to our lawyer here in town that does adoption. So now we just wait and wait and wait!

As for work....the IVF cycle is up and running in full force. Things have been going quite smoothly! I will say I'm very ready to NOT wake up to an alarm. But....that will just have to wait a week or so.

Then there's my dad.....It's been such a hard week! He was put in the hospital since last Tuesday for seizure like symptoms, loss of speech, difficulty moving both arms/legs and severe migraines. He was then transferred to KU Medical Center and placed in the Neuro ICU for close monitoring. All the tests in hutch came back negative, which is so frustrating! The tests from KU are not back yet, we are hopeful that we will have answers today. Please please if you would pray for him to have peace and relieve his pain & also for the doctors to have the knowledge to diagnose & treat him.I'll try and keep up on what we find out & thank you for all the thoughts and prayers this far. My family greatly appreciates it more than you know.

Chels