One year ago today we received the call that changed our lives. I remember we were cleaning the house and preparing to go Dustyn's brother's house for Thanksgiving. (It was the day before Thanksgiving last year) The phone rang and I saw that it was LDS Family Services. I thought, Hmm... I wonder what they need. We had just renewed all of our stuff in the prior months, maybe they were just catching up with us. I didn't think much of it and went on my way as Dustyn answered the phone. He greeted one of the workers in the office. Not our case worker. Weird. Why would he be calling us? As I heard bits and pieces of the conversation, I quickly ran to Dustyn's side and listened to the one-sided conversation. Is this real? Is there really a birth mother that wants to meet us? Clearly I was hearing this all wrong! This was the first contact that we had received through our agency. I couldn't believe that a birth mother wanted to meet US!
We were going to meet her in just 10 short days. 10 days. How was I going to make it those 10 days. I wanted to tell the world. I wanted to be excited, ecstatic actually. Those 10 days we were cautious. Nervous. Scared. But, I couldn't keep the excitement from coming. I was most definitely excited.
We went to Thanksgiving at Dustyn's brother's house. We didn't tell anyone. It was hard. So very hard. With all of the past experiences that we had gone through we couldn't bare to hurt our families again. We kept it in.
Those 10 days were some of the longest days in my entire life.
10 days.
We had no idea that in exactly four months, our handsome son Gage would be born.
Happy 8 months, my handsome baby boy!
We hope you have a HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
