It's a baby BOY!! :)

In the beginning of February we got a call for a newborn! A boy. We would have to go pick him up from the hospital. We thought he was brand new and of course said yes, with not much other information. We found out he was actually almost 2 months old and was being released from the NICU. The NICU team wanted us to come there to pick him up to teach us all about his care. (Which didn't end up being as frightening as it sounds.)

There was a family member that bio mom wanted him placed with. The caseworker (cw) had to check things and make sure it was a fit, but would let us know the next day (she still wanted to place with us if the family didn't work out). The next day the family was almost MIA in a way; cw said she was giving them 30 more minutes. The family ended up saying no to taking the baby.

After a little debate about road conditions, because of the snow we'd had, we were on our way to the hospital's NICU to pick up this brand new baby boy! I was full of joy and nerves. The cw was right behind us and going to meet us there.

We walk into the NICU, the nurse at the desk asks our names, takes our temps, and gives us directions on how to get to "our" sweet new baby's bed. As we are walking around the corner we hear this very upset baby screaming. The scream is coming from the direction of where the nurse sent us... Another 2 nurses are tending to this baby and we just kind of stopped in our tracks. One asked our names and confirms we're in the right spot. The screaming, tiny little thing is "our" boy. At this point the room fell silent to me and all I can focus on is his sweet face. Time stopped in that moment. I stood frozen, studying every tiny feature, even though it's such an upset face, right down to his tiny mohawk. What a great first impression; I'll never forget for sure! The definition of love at first sight.

He's affectionately nicknamed Dill Pickle (after asking him "What's your dill, pickle?"), or Baby Pickle for short. Baby P <3