Meeting Up With Baby C's BM

Tuesday - 9.28.10
At our last meeting, we all agreed that we wanted to meet up again. Baby C's BM told us that the birthfather wanted to come. We were anxious. So, sometime that next week we told our SW of some possible dates. Baby C's BM then narrowed it down some more. We made the final decision on the date and time based upon the thought that the birthfather could attend on the dates that we were told. Apparently, it hadn't been cleared. So, we waited to find out if Baby C's BF would be attending or not.

A couple of days before our meeting, we found out that he wouldn't be, but we didn't want to cancel the meeting. We were all too excited!

We had agreed with our SW ahead of time that this would be the last meeting with our BM for a while (woould not matter if the BF attended or not). (We had already given three sets of pictures and had one meeting.)

That morning we went to our local county fair. My DH had off of work the entire week since it happens during the school year.

We then went straight to the agency. When we got there, everyone was waiting for us in the waiting area of the agency. We found out that our BM wasn't able to pick up the pictures that we had mailed to the agency. Apparently, she tried one afternoon, but everyone had already left the agency for the day. Of course, the BF was not there, but our BM's friend came with her again. We were happy to see her too!

The meeting started around 4pm and ended around 5:50pm when our SW said it was time to wrap it up. It felt comfortable for the most part. We talked about Baby C most of the time. We also talked more about the bows she had dropped off and the bows that she had bought for Baby C that day. Apparently, she has more on the way still. Baby C's BM gave us two cards. One of the cards was a general card and the other was Halloween themed. We found out the Baby C's BF had helped out with the first card. We talked about work and school. A couple of times our SW left the room. And, at one point, my DH left the room to take a call from his Dad (his uncle had been taken to the hospital--he is just fine now). During one of the times the SW left the room, Baby C's BM offered to show us a picture of the BF on her phone (it was her backgroud picture). It was our first look. I will never forget it. We learned that he had planned on coming, but he had a job interview that he simply couldn't pass up. I really hope Baby C gets to meet him someday...

The SW told us, at one point during the meeting, that she had Baby C's birth certificate. She wasn't allowed to give it to us, but she told our BM that if she wanted us to have it she could give it to us. She said yes. So, our SW handed it to our BM and she then immediately handed it to us.

We ended the meeting with hugs. Instead of walking out together, we stayed back in the office. Since we live further than 50 miles from our agency, we have an upcharge for milage (for post placement visits.) We received the bill. Joy! Everyone asked us how it went and wished us luck. We were then on our way. But, our exciting evening wasn't over yet...

There's a lot I haven't been completely truthful about....well I should say forthcoming about when it comes to our situation. I will try my best to explain in my next post... I won't leave you in suspense for too long!