I am so freaking happy for you right now. Great news.
Thank you for sharing this with us.
-xtien
Dammit Talisker. I don’t laugh out loud and I don’t tear up at stuff I read on the intarweb (and usually frown at people who point out that they do)… but like Denny my eyes are decidedly wet.
That was a great story to start the day on (well written too) and I’m really happy for you guys (two years of infertility treatments gives me an idea of how you feel).
fire
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YAY BABIES! Congrats, new parents!
Juste
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Wow. First time i have teared up on QT3. So happy for you both.
edit and oh, welcome to about…oh…7 years of interrupted sleep. It’s totally worth it though.
mrbloo
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Man, that’s fantastic. Congratulations!
Congrats, Talisker and Mrs. Talisker, she is beautiful! What a wonderful story. Not a dry eye in the house, as they say.
Congrats Talisker! That’s awesome.
Raife
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Very cool, congrats! Also, when are you buying her her 3DS?
Ah, nice things happening to nice people. We don’t get enough of that. Congratulations!!
H.
That’s wonderful news, man, and beautifully summarized.
I’m surprised that adoption agencies can just call you up out of the blue like that, though, without really giving you any time to consider the situation. Of course, you’ve already been thinking about that day for years, so…
Great news, though. Although why are you being such a humble cuss and hiding it in some catch-all thread like this?
Thanks, all for the congratulations and well wishes!
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If there’s anything you take away from our little tale: be gentle broaching the “so–when you gonna have children already?” sorts of queries with childless couples that you know. If they don’t want children, they’ll appreciate not getting beat over the head with your intrusive badgering. If they do, they may cheerfully appreciate the question, and respond in kind. But, if they’ve been struggling with any sort of infertility issues… all I can say is that for us, the only thing I can possibly imagine causing us any more grief and heartache, ever, is if something were to happen to the little sleep-destroying poop and tear factory we brought home yesterday. Our marriage was strained near breaking at points.
I’ve never lost a child; I can’t even begin to fathom the pain that would entail. But I do know a grief that is very closely related, except most people aren’t really able to see or understand it, because we didn’t lose any “real” children.
(And if you do have good news to share with friends in that kind of situation, don’t hesitate to share it, that just makes it worse; just be patient if they smile and suddenly have to leave the room for, uh, that, uh, that thing they forgot about. They’ll be back soon :)
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It’s definitely not usual; it all depends on what the circumstances dictate, though. (And the agency was the one we’ve been working with for the past few years, obviously) But, I suspect that if we’d genuinely wanted her, and were genuinely unavailable for a short period for some reason, they would’ve found someone to take her temporarily until we were able.
That said, once we knew she was there, there was no keeping us away – our baby wasn’t leaving the hospital with ANYONE else.
It better be. So, so tired :)
That is a beautiful story and I’ll echo everyone else here about this room getting a bit dusty. I’m ecstatic for you guys. Congratulations!
tiohn
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Congratulations, Taliskers! The loss of sleep is totally worth it.
However, if you raise her as a Detroit Lions fan, we will call Child Protective Services on your ass.
That was awesome! Congrats to the Talisker family!!
Talisker wins the thread! Congrats man!
Enjoy the next 6 years or so, even when it seems overwhelming. My daughter, who is my youngest child, will turn 7 this fall. On the one hand it makes me sad to think there will be no more “little” kids in my life, and on the other hand it’s about freaking time. =) Mixed feelings, the only kind a parent ever has!
Holy crap - from no kids to parenthood in less than 6 hours… wow. Congrats to all three of you. :) Keep the pictures coming.
So last night I caught Mumford and Sons in concert at a tiny little venue here in KC. Got there before the first opening act started, so I headed to the bar to get a beer. Pulled out my iPhone to take some photos of the sound check, and Guy next to me asks what app I’m using (Hipstamatic, for the record. Great camera enhancement) so we commit mutual iPhone geekery until I get bumped from the side and spill MAYBE a swallow’s worth of my drink.
Cute blonde gal is suddenly all apologetic and insists upon buying me another beer. I obviously cannot be a cad and turn this down, but propriety insists I buy her one as well. This works! Excellent! Throughout the opening acts we’re flirting back and forth and we both head up front for the main show (which was completely awesome by the way).
After the show I’m thinking I’ve had a great time and I tell her so, and she laughs and says “Well, you’ve got to be the best wingman ever.”
Me: “I’m a what to the who?”
She points to the corner by the bar where iPhone Guy is feeling up Cute Blonde’s friend like she just made hijacking jokes at JFK airport. Wait, did I just unintentionally play wingman for some bro I don’t even know? And it WORKED?
Me, to Cute Blonde: Well, good for him. Hey, do you want to get some…
[Cute Blonde has somehow made a Houdini exit on me]
Me, to empty air: …coffee? Huh.
I’d be a bit put out by the whole event, but it was an altogether awesome night, and I think I have racked up some serious good karma for my totally unwitting most excellent good deed.
