RollerCoaster

Oh what ups and downs. On Friday, that baby decided to exit the womb... at 11:59pm. Cary and Laurie drove up Saturday and visited the baby in the hospital - got to spend an hour with her, and came here beaming. We cracked open some champagne, had cheese and sausages and ice cream, and had a great party.

We started today with a big breakfast and they were off to pick up the kid and check into a hotel (until the legalities are complete, they need to keep the kid in a place that would qualify for foster care certification: Our house might qualify but it's not certified, so a hotel it will be.)

But when they got there, they learned the birthmom is having second thoughts... they waited at the hospital for an hour, then spent a few hours walking around Stillwater... but as of the late afternoon, things were still unsettled.

One possibly positive sign is that the mom and baby chose to stay in the hospital one more night, which means the baby is not formally in birthmom's custody until discharge... so if tomorrow she decides to go ahead with the adoption as planned, the kid would be discharged directly to them.

Alas, this has everyone very shaken up - from Cary and Laurie to Pamela, and the network of friend, family, and busybodies who contributed. We'd just feel terrible if this fell through... and even if it DOES go through, you know that Cary and Laurie will be on tenterhooks until the final papers are signed in a month or two. Even worse than we ever were.

We'll likely know more on Monday... and we can only hope that however this shakes out it's the best thing for the kid...