He's Here!
Saturday May 16th the birth mom texted me as 6 am and and said contractions were 10 minutes apart! Austin and I got up and started packing the van (thankfully we had a feeling the baby was coming soon so we had already packed most of our bags). We got the kids up and ready and left the house by 7:30. I was texting the mom a lot as we drove but then didn't hear from her for a bit but at 9:30 she said Zane Isaiah was here! We were really sad to miss his actual birth but it made the rest of the ride a lot less stressful. It was a 13 hour drive to Virginia but it went pretty fast. We drove straight to the hospital and I got to spend 24 hours with the Zane and the birth mom. Due to covid once I was in the hospital I wasn't allowed to leave until Zane was released and and no other visitors could come in. The 24 hours I had with the birth mom and Zane were priceless. We had some great conversations and were also able to get to know each other. After the birth mom left Zane and I were ...