Mommychat regarding adoption

We found out today that our birth mom will be induced this week!  We are thrilled and excited, but also worried for the pain our birth mom will experience and nervous for the delivery with her health concerns.  I don't know if I even know how I feel now that I say that...

I will tell you that when I told the kids the news that our birth mom shared with us, their eyes grew wide and they started jumping up and down and chanting, "I'm gonna have a sister.  I'm gonna have a sister in a couple of days.  I'm gonna have a sister."  They can hardly stand themselves.

So I decided to link up to a blog I follow, whose author is an adoptive mommy.  Her name is Lindsey Redfern, and her blog is the r house.  She did an interview for an internet channel and split up her first sons' adoption story into three parts.  Since we will most likely be experiencing placement this week I will suggest listening to her story on portion 2.  Of course you can go to her blog to see the links for the entire story.

One last thing.  I have a livestrong type bracelet that I got at our FSA Conference a couple of weeks ago.  (I had one in May, but I think Gracie acquired it.)  It is something that I have decided I might wear forever.  It says Birth mothers Never Forget.  Or you could read it as "Never Forget Birth Mothers".  I think it's a powerful reminder and our birth mom will be in the front of our minds all this week and many years to come.  How could we forget her loving care and choice to place her baby in our family?  In a week of Thanksgiving, we truly feel we have SO much to be grateful for.  And this is what our baby girl will wear home from the hospital when the day comes.