Right smack in the middle of our adoption of Jacob, my best friend from high school came for a visit. I don't think we've seen each other in 10 years or so, but having them here was just like old times.
Stephanie lives in Nebraska now, and she and John flew to New York City and picked up Bryanna just before coming to Utah to work at the Scrapbook Expo in Salt Lake. They are doing a kinship foster adoption with Bryanna, who is Stephanie's niece. She is about the cutest thing I've ever seen!
I watched Bryanna for them while they worked on Friday and Saturday. So she was with us while the social worker came to do our home study, she came to the attorney's office when we drew up all the paperwork, and we dropped her off at the expo while we visited with Savannah and Isaac on Friday night. She came with us to Adam's soccer game on Saturday as well.
Steph and John flew out at about 4pm on Sunday, a few hours before we saw Jacob for the first time. We were bummed they couldn't see him, but were so glad they were here for this crazy whirlwind adoption. They came to the hospital to say goodbye before they left--here's a photo of us together:
Crazy enough--Bryanna was in the hospital with a super high fever not long after they got home. She was released the same day Jacob came home. When I talked to her last week Steph said something to the effect of "Now it's cool that we're both adopting at the same time, but this is taking things a bit too far!"
My only regret after their visit is that they don't live a lot closer to us! Every 10 years is WAY too long!
I watched Bryanna for them while they worked on Friday and Saturday. So she was with us while the social worker came to do our home study, she came to the attorney's office when we drew up all the paperwork, and we dropped her off at the expo while we visited with Savannah and Isaac on Friday night. She came with us to Adam's soccer game on Saturday as well.
Steph and John flew out at about 4pm on Sunday, a few hours before we saw Jacob for the first time. We were bummed they couldn't see him, but were so glad they were here for this crazy whirlwind adoption. They came to the hospital to say goodbye before they left--here's a photo of us together:
Crazy enough--Bryanna was in the hospital with a super high fever not long after they got home. She was released the same day Jacob came home. When I talked to her last week Steph said something to the effect of "Now it's cool that we're both adopting at the same time, but this is taking things a bit too far!"
My only regret after their visit is that they don't live a lot closer to us! Every 10 years is WAY too long!
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