No, Thank YOU!!

When we were waiting (impatiently on my part!) to be matched, I read a lot of adoption blogs- written by all members of the adoption triad~ birthmothers, adoptees, and adoptive parents.  I loved reading about how the open adoption relationship was going.  Some adoptive moms never mention their child's birthmom on their blogs.  I always wanted to hear about how things were going.  Now that I am an adoptive mom, I am very protective of Cambria's birthmom, but I'd like to say a few things about her.

She sent us a letter last week- it was so sweet and she said she loved us (we love her too!).  It was so sweet that I was crying while I was reading it.  Tears of joy, of course.  I called D and told him the nice things she said too.  She sent a bunch of pictures of her and her family members.  I loved those pictures!  I am putting them in Cambria's photo album so she can look at them over and over again when she is old enough to.  I know she will love seeing pictures of her birth family.  Her daughter also colored a picture for Cambria.  Melted my heart!   :)

She thanked us for raising her baby.   Oh my goodness- she doesn't need to thank us!  She gave us the best gift anyone has ever given us!  I love that little girl so much- I am so grateful that I get to raise her!  This woman made such a selfless decision to give her baby the life that she envisioned for her.  And she picked Dave and me to give her that life! 

I am already thinking of the next set of pictures I am going to mail her in March.  Along with a nice Easter card.  And maybe some of those yummy Peeps or jelly beans!  :)

Thank YOU, Cambria's birthmom, for allowing us to be the adoptive parents to your baby girl.  We will never forget you.  And we are glad we can all watch her grow up!   Just the other day, the sweetest thought entered my mind.....it was a vision of me calling you up on the phone 20+ years from now and saying, "Guess what?!  We're going to be grandmothers!!"     Yes, I realize I'm getting a little ahead of myself here, but in my mind I was so excited to share this news with her birthmother.  I hope we're all still in contact then.  :)