Quentin Micah Clanton
February 25, 2011
5:09 pm
7 pounds 3 ounces
19 1/2 inches
After running errands on the morning of Friday, February 25, Wesley and I came home to eat lunch. I had a Facebook message from Jackie, the mom of a little boy I taught in preschool years ago. Jackie is also a labor and delivery nurse at one of the local hospitals, so when I saw the message to "Call me at work. It's important," I knew exactly why she was contacting me--there was a baby for us!
I immediately called Jackie and she told us there was a couple at the hospital who wanted to find a family for their little baby boy. They wanted to meet us before the baby was born, which could have been at any minute because S had been at the hospital since 6:00 am the day before. So needless to say, things got a little crazy! I spent the next couple of hours on the phone with an attorney, our adoption counselor, the hospital social worker, and Aaron.
Aaron came home. My sweet friend, Stacey, picked the kids up. And we headed to the hospital. We met S and immediately hit it off. She's a sweet lady who wasn't ready or able to start over (her youngest is 15). She and the birthfather, A, decided when she was 4 months along that they wanted to place their baby for adoption. Thankfully they didn't choose an adoption agency!!
After about 45 minutes of talking with S, the nurse came in to get her ready for a c-section. We left the room and met Jenni, our case worker from LDS Family Services. The hospital case worker told us we could go home and return in the morning to see the baby. WHAT? The baby was going to be born in about an hour--there was no way I was leaving the hospital!! So we hung out and waited. And in a little over an hour we met our little baby. It was so surreal!
The nurses at St. Mary's were amazing! Everyone was so helpful and accommodating! All of the nurses were genuinely excited for us. They even got us a room so I could stay with the baby. It was a very special time!
5:09 pm
7 pounds 3 ounces
19 1/2 inches
After running errands on the morning of Friday, February 25, Wesley and I came home to eat lunch. I had a Facebook message from Jackie, the mom of a little boy I taught in preschool years ago. Jackie is also a labor and delivery nurse at one of the local hospitals, so when I saw the message to "Call me at work. It's important," I knew exactly why she was contacting me--there was a baby for us!
I immediately called Jackie and she told us there was a couple at the hospital who wanted to find a family for their little baby boy. They wanted to meet us before the baby was born, which could have been at any minute because S had been at the hospital since 6:00 am the day before. So needless to say, things got a little crazy! I spent the next couple of hours on the phone with an attorney, our adoption counselor, the hospital social worker, and Aaron.
Aaron came home. My sweet friend, Stacey, picked the kids up. And we headed to the hospital. We met S and immediately hit it off. She's a sweet lady who wasn't ready or able to start over (her youngest is 15). She and the birthfather, A, decided when she was 4 months along that they wanted to place their baby for adoption. Thankfully they didn't choose an adoption agency!!
After about 45 minutes of talking with S, the nurse came in to get her ready for a c-section. We left the room and met Jenni, our case worker from LDS Family Services. The hospital case worker told us we could go home and return in the morning to see the baby. WHAT? The baby was going to be born in about an hour--there was no way I was leaving the hospital!! So we hung out and waited. And in a little over an hour we met our little baby. It was so surreal!
The nurses at St. Mary's were amazing! Everyone was so helpful and accommodating! All of the nurses were genuinely excited for us. They even got us a room so I could stay with the baby. It was a very special time!
