Birth Mom

Trace has a lot of friends now that have little siblings coming into their families and he has been asking questions about whether he will be an only child and/or how he got to be a part of our family. We've never hidden the fact that he's adopted from him and he really seems to like that he is so special and that he was truly an answer to our years of prayers and that his Birth Mom knew she was bringing our child into the world since we couldn't do it alone. He asked what the "lady that had me in her tummy" looked like and I was again reminded that all the time I spent with Cristy in the hospital and before she gave birth, we never got a single picture of her. I think we were just so freaked out that this little human that had stolen our hearts already wouldn't actually be able to come home with us and we didn't want to do anything that may potentially upset Cristy or her friend, Megan that had come with her to help her. Something I really regret to this day. Since Trace was asking questions, I decided to do a quick search online and stumbled across a Facebook account with one picture on it. I took a quick screen shot and showed it to Trace the next day. He looked, asked who the man is with her (I'm guessing her husband, NOT her boyfriend that the DNA test proved to be the Birth Father that she was with while her husband was incarcerated) and then he shrugged and moved on. I'm so grateful that he knows we are his forever family and always will be. We'll always be grateful to Cristy for the incredible gift she gave us, but I can't help being thankful that Trace loves his parents fiercely and really don't seem to have much concern about how he became a part of our family.