Not this time

I dialed Tina's number again this afternoon and almost fell over when the phone rang. I had a pleasant, but brief visit with her. Long enough to find out that she is recovering from her surgery, the girls are still doing well - experiencing the typical ups and downs of preemies but continuing to make progress, and - she is definitely planning to keep them. She has named them Janiyah and Jakiyah. They will likely be in the hospital until sometime in June.

We will make up a photo album of the pictures we took of the girls and send it to her - she didn't have any way to take pictures herself so she was glad to hear we would send some.

And so, another chapter in our adoption journey is closed. We have really enjoyed working with Brenda at Abby's One True Gift and will work with her again for another placement. We don't know timing on that right now but we have up to two years before the funds we have paid them expire. We've learned a lot through this process even about the legal ins and outs etc so we'll be better prepared the next time around.

We have received so much love, support and encouragement from our friends, families and co-workers and are so glad to know that you will all be there to cheer us on when we finally do realize our dream of becoming forever parents.