The Road to Cameron

So, the Casey family has expanded! There have been lots of exciting parts of this journey that I wanted to wait and blog all together due to the nature of the situation. So, let me start from the beginning of this wonderful and amazing journey.

November 8, 2010 - After working very hard on all of our paperwork throughout the summer and fall, we recieved our official "welcome" from Bethany today as all of our paperwork was signed and sealed! Let the wait begin.

February 14, 2011 - We got "the call" today! A week or so ago we said yes to a birthmom situation for a mom due at the end of March. I knew we should be hearing something soon and today is the day. After school, I was with my mom getting ready for dinner when the phone rang. It was a little after 5 so I figured it was Tim letting me know he was on his way home. Instead, I looked down and it was our social worker! I knew they usually called with good news so immediately my stomach started fluttering. She said the words we had been dreaming of -- we were chosen by a birthmom! It was music to our ears! She said we would set up an appointment to meet soon and go from there. It will be a day neither of us will ever forget!

February 23, 2011 - Right after school, Tim and I headed over to the Bethany office to have our match meeting with our birthmom. We were super nervous but also really excited to be meeting our soon-to-be son or daughter's birthmom (she hadn't gotten an ultrasound yet). The birthmom is living with a relative that was also going to join us for the meeting. We were super nervous and wanted to make a good impression. The meeting went wonderfully! The birthmom is only 15 and she was really quiet and shy at the meeting. We both got a really good feeling from both the birthmom and her auntie. We knew that she was due sometime around the middle to end of March so now it was time to wait for baby to arrive!

February 27, 2011 - We got another exciting call from our social worker today! The birthmom did go to an ultrasound and found it that she is having a baby BOY!!! Oh my - what exciting news! We also found out that the baby is measuring closer to March 30. As of this point, we don't have a name for him but we are super excited to be welcoming at son into our family within the next month!

March 2011 - We did a lot of waiting this month. At each appointment, the birthmom wasn't making much progress. We hit the 30th with still no progress. We did find out they would not let her go more than 2 weeks past her due date so at least we will have an end soon. We are patiently waiting for God's perfect timing for this baby to join our family!

April 4, 2011 - Today our son was born! After a brief update last night saying that the birthmom had been to the hospital and was starting to dialate, but was sent home because she wasn't in active labor. Then we got a call at 8:00 this morning saying that he had arrived! Cameron Blake Casey was born this morning at 4:44 am and weighed in at 6 lb. 9 oz and was 20" long! Tim and I were able to head over to the hospital this afternoon around 2:30 and spent a few hours with him. We also spent a little time with the birthmom and Cameron. It was a very special time and we are so thankful that this little man will be joining our family!

April 25, 2011 - So today marks a very special day in our family. We went to court around 9 am this morning to make Cameron official. When we arrived at court, we overheard that the judge that squeezed us into her docket was out of town. We weren't sure what that meant, but once our lawyer arrived we found out that it was all still going to take place, we just didn't know when. The other judge was able to fit us in around 10 o'clock and everything went very smoothly! We went to the Bethany office and the interim mom brought Cam to us! It was a great morning! We now have to stay in Missouri until we are clearned to bring Cameron to Illinois which should all take place by the end of the week hopefully. Here is Cam hanging out on the bed at the hotel.