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Yesterday my good friend Jessi came over for the afternoon to help keep my mind occupied. While she was here, my mom ran over (literally) from her house and the three of us were sitting around the kitchen table when I got a call from a 608 number. It had to be my social worker calling from home.

It was. All she said was, "I don't know anything, except that the baby was born today."

She had literally no other information - not the time of birth, size, gender verification, etc. My mom announced that the baby was a 9 pounder (this was a statement, not a guess), but she turned out to be off...by an ounce.

An hour or so after Jessi and my mom left, we got the news that the baby was born around 9:15am, she was indeed a girl, and she was a healthy 8lbs 15oz. I even got to talk to the birth mom for a minute. Not near long enough, but long enough to hear her voice and tell her we want to do whatever we can to make this easier for her.

We are waiting for more information today, but as of now the plan is to get on the road this afternoon to go meet Baby Girl. I can't even wrap my head around this....