Twiblings!

I will start at the beginning. A few weeks ago, Arden's birthmom (who is awesome and amazing and wonderful) left me a message to call her. I thought maybe she wanted to get together for Arden's birthday coming up, but it turns out there was a little more to it than that. Last summer, she had a whirlwind romance and got married and also became pregnant. Unfortunately, they have decided to get a divorce. The baby is due at the beginning of May and she had decided to place the baby for adoption. She was calling to let us know and to see if we wanted to have the chance to adopt the baby. My first thought (after how sad I was for her) was "wow, it is too bad this is such bad timing. Oh well." I told her I would talk to Preston and we would think about it and let her know, but really I was thinking it was completely impossible.

Preston was on his way out of town (of course) so I quickly phoned him and caught him right before he got on his plane and quickly told him the story. He thought about it for the 5 or so hour flight to Philadelphia and then called me back. I had already moved on to trying to think if there was anyone I knew who was ready to adopt, but Preston said he thought that WE could adopt the baby. What!?!? No way. He was crazy! Anyway, after a LOT of thinking and a LOT of praying and a LOT of struggling (at least on my part), we decided that we would say yes. The birth father seems to be on board with the decision to place the baby for adoption, so....

It looks like WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A NEW BABY GIRL!! If she goes to her due date (which is questionable since Arden was 3 weeks early), Daxton will be 11 months old when our new baby girl is born. I have decided I am going to call them the "Twiblings."

I know this is the right decision, but I am feeling a little (okay, a LOT) overwhelmed. Especially right now, because today was not an easy day...both Arden and Daxton were a grouchier than usual and by bedtime I was DONE. But it is an AMAZING opportunity for us to have this little girl in our family, and I know I would have regretted it forever if I let that opportunity pass me by. I know that it is going to be hard to have three such little kids, especially since Daxton probably won't even be walking by the time the new baby is born. Simple things like going to the grocery store during the day are going to be difficult, if not impossible for a while, and I am going to be sleep deprived beyond belief. But, I know that it will all be worth it to have this sweet little girl in our family. I am really excited for Arden to have a little sister, and I am hoping that since all three of them will be so close in age that they will be good friends. I can hardly believe that soon I will be the mommy of three when not so long ago I wondered if I would ever get the chance to be a mom at all! I am so grateful to Arden's birthmom for giving us this opportunity (both of them!!) Also, today we found a car seat narrow enough that we can fit all three babies in the back of our SUV, so at least we don't have to buy a new car! Woo-hoo!

I am sorry to those of you who are finding this out via blog, but my mind has seriously been having trouble processing this whole situation, so please forgive me for not telling all of you in person!