This has been quite a week already and it's only Tuesday! We spent the weekend camping with friends and dreaming about next summer's trips with our own little addition. In fact, very little time is spent thinking of anything else. I guess this is to be expected, but for a brief time, we allowed ourselves to just float on the lake and absorb the calm of life experienced when you get to escape it all.
Turquoise Lake outside of Leadville, CO
Things are progressing well with the legalities of growing our family. Our birth mom found an attorney that she feels comfortable with and we're hiring her for the California side of the process. The birth father has agreed to meet with her and sign paperwork relinquishing his parental rights to the attorney. That is a step that can sometimes be a major factor in delays, so once that is completed, we'll breathe yet another sigh of relief. We've learned that our birth mom can relinquish her rights after the baby is born and pain medication is out of her system. She seems eager to do that and move forward quickly. We're more than grateful for how smooth this all seems to be going.
We've been in touch with T (our birth mom) every few days. The conversations are really fun. She has the most contagious laugh and we have a good time teasing each other already. We can't wait to meet!
However, this week started with a mixed blessing. After a long and fruitful life, Josh's grandpa passed away Monday morning. We've all known this was coming and he was certainly deserving of a rest after multiple years of progressing dementia and mini strokes. Still, it's sometimes painful to remember the good times and all the love that he once shared with everyone. We're going to miss him.
As most grandpas do, he had many quotable moments to teach us all about life as we move through the experience. My favorite is that he would end every call and visit with a simple directive: "Be Good to Each Other." As we embark on this journey with T, and we're all super hyped up on emotions, I'm trying to repeat that to myself. Be Good to Each Other. Josh and I need to be good to each other as we each experience different challenges in a unique way. We are forever committed to being good to T. And, we'll spend a lifetime being good to our baby girl.
However, this week started with a mixed blessing. After a long and fruitful life, Josh's grandpa passed away Monday morning. We've all known this was coming and he was certainly deserving of a rest after multiple years of progressing dementia and mini strokes. Still, it's sometimes painful to remember the good times and all the love that he once shared with everyone. We're going to miss him.
As most grandpas do, he had many quotable moments to teach us all about life as we move through the experience. My favorite is that he would end every call and visit with a simple directive: "Be Good to Each Other." As we embark on this journey with T, and we're all super hyped up on emotions, I'm trying to repeat that to myself. Be Good to Each Other. Josh and I need to be good to each other as we each experience different challenges in a unique way. We are forever committed to being good to T. And, we'll spend a lifetime being good to our baby girl.
