Growing Snowflowers

As some of you know, we got THE CALL last Wednesday afternoon. The staff at CCAI were getting ready to leave for the Thanksgiving holiday, and while I would never begrudge anyone a long weekend under normal circumstances, on this particular weekend I was hoping that the hours would pass like minutes. As it was late in the afternoon by the time I got off the phone with the Waiting Child Department, and by the time I had scoured the preliminary paperwork we didn't have time for them to send the FEDEX package containing all the instructions for accepting this referral,(although I did squeak in an email saying YES YES YES! to which I had a quick "you just made my Thanksgiving" reply).

So I sat...and I waited...and I waited...and waited until Monday morning when I got up at the crack of dawn and emailed a resounding YES to the WC department. Within the hour I had a call from CCAI explaining what happens next. Firstly...Mr Fedex would be coming with a package containing a PLETHORA of papers for us to fill out, notarize and return, along with instructions for our Social Worker to have a home study addendum prepared and notarized stating our desire to adopt Paisley.



Well, this afternoon the Fedex guy arrived...I heard the truck idling to a stop in the cul de sac and grabbed the camera and hoofed it down the stairs so I could get a photo of the guy who delivered our baby! When I told him he could add that to his resume, he was genuinely shocked (possibly hoping he wasn't transporting sperm I bet)...but when I explained that he held in his hands the information for our new daughter he blushed and said he was honored.



Dr...pass me the baby!