I have not blogged in a while but just had this sudden urge to write today and update everyone. Tomorrow will be the one month anniversary of my fathers death. It still feels weird saying that... my dad..my hero.. is no longer here. I remember Chase answering the cell phone call July 14 at 4:50 in the morning and me sitting up quickly fumbling to turn the light on. Somehow I needed that light to help me take in the news my husband was about to tell me. Chase told me that this was not a joke.. "your dad died an hour ago"... I just got out of bed and sobbed and crumbled onto the bathroom floor... literally. I knew I had to get to my sisters and personally be the one to bear the news. The rest of the week I just felt like I was in this zombie-type haze. A few smile and thank yous were said, but mostly, I couldn't remember what any of the visitors who came over spoke to me about. Friday of that week was Dad's celebration memorial. And OH what a bluegrass throw down celebration it was!!! I have had so many personally tell me and my family how encouraged and challenged they have been as a result of listening to Dad's eulogy and Matt's preaching to be a better father, husband, believer.. etc. How that warms my soul, I can't put into words. Dad was no saint.. he'd be the first one to tell you that.. but he lived life with PASSION, LOVE and CHRIST. Dad, I will miss you until the day I die and I hate that you wont be here to hug and squeeze on your precious grandkids. We spent so long trying to compromise on a grand-dad name and you finally said you'd be "BUCKY"... and the fact that you'd be the best "damn granddad in town". Well... you can be Bucky from heaven. I had a friend tell me right after dad died that he's in heaven now and was the first to meet our unborn twins. I truely believe that. Love you BUCKY!
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Expectant father SIGNED OVER HIS RIGHTS!!!!! Ya'll.. this is such a big deal and this means no 30 day additional waiting period after twins are born to run a legal add in the paper or potentially going to court with the Dad. This is a huge victory! He met with the attorney and signed over voluntarily. Wooo!!
Here is sweet mama at our 24 week appointment. Babies are doing great and oh so active! Twins are higher risk than a singleton pregnancy and therefore requires a lot more monitoring. We get an ultrasound each visit which I love! Last week Baby Girl only grew a couple of oz in two weeks so we are going weekly now for growth monitoring. Here's our kitchen count down board. About 10 more to go after this week! Almost 3lb of baby in there :)
Thanks for reading our update!!! Please if you feel led, help any way you can. We are still overseeing expectant mama's needs.. shelter food etc. We can not directly hand expectant mama any money legally.. but we can be very creative to meet her needs per our attorney. So no, we are not breaking the law but we are getting those needs met. We feel led to do this. We also will have final attorney fees for the actual adoption paperwork. Here is our pay pal account. Thank you all! Much Love, Taylor and Chase