we've been offered two babies in two days

And it's not as if I'm out there looking for them or anything, it's really strange. A psychologist / case worker friend of ours has a client who's daughter carried to term, and delivered a child, without her parents knowing. This child was born, in good health and without issue, which is incredible considering that the mother ignored all pre-natal and pregnancy health.

The child is set to be sent home with her grandparents this week, and will be put up for open adoption as soon as a good home presents itself. Our friend immediately thought of us ... and if the timing was differant, well, we'd be all about it. It's something that we've talked about for as long as we've been together, and something that we believe that we will do in the future - but all things considered, it's not a good time.

Which is a shame, because this kid sounds amazing.

Adoption is something that I've always been keen on, and birthing our child, well one child, was something that I went along with my wife on: we'd envisioned birthing a child and later adopting an older child. Laura has a motherly urge to carry a child, something that we have each created and something that, until recently, I didn't completely understand. Conceiving and delivering Hans changed my life, and even though he died as soon as he was coming to life, it will remain, hands down, my most precious moment.