Because our birth mom has full rights to change her mind (we met with her yesterday - first time! - and she is supremely confident in her decision so keep praying but we are feeling better) we can't publicly post anything until after the 48 hour window. We will text but best bet to have up to the minute update on healthy birth is to check with our parents. Also, because it can take as much as 6 months for Ivey to officially/legally become ours, we won't be able to post public pictures for a while..we CAN text or email pictures so feel free to ask! Just don't share them anywhere on social media.
Money update: we have been hit with a few of those 'unexpected costs' this week, primarily in getting legal stuff printed, scanned, rushed delivery. So, with our most recent donations, we are at about $1900 short of the $6000 (this is 100% legal stuff). That $6000 is due on Sunday when we leave the hospital and is the minimum dollar amount that we will be on the hook for. It could stay right at $6k or it could fluctuate based on 1) medical expenses for our birth mom that arise that aren't covered by her insurance; 2) legal fees (seriously, someone go into adoption law, you'll be a millionaire) that arise and aren't covered by the $6k; 3) travel/not being home. We are staying with family so most of this is planned and covered (meaning we don't have to pay for a hotel room like many families) but the longer it takes to get the Georgia legal stuff cleared the more groceries and such we need to take care of up here.
SO: if you're still interested in giving any amount, we could certainly still use it! If anything we ever talk about money-wise is confusing or doesn't seem to follow precious posts (we're learning that we didn't truly understand the phrase 'stay flexible!' until we started the adoption process), please feel free to ask! Love you all!
Bethany and Wayne
