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Lest I Forget (25)
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We went and stood outside the hospital nursery. We didn’t go inside, and didn’t really want to. Kallie was asleep and we didn’t want to disturb her. We just stood there, holding each other and watching her draw breath. By the time we finally pulled ourselves away, three hours had gone by. And the get together that night couldn’t possibly compare.
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The next morning, Helena called to tell us that we could take Kallie home as soon as she was ready. The following afternoon, we decided to go fill out the official paperwork, so it would be done when she was ready to come home with us. It should have been utterly boring, but somehow it wasn’t at all. We got everything signed, stamped and notarized, and when we were done with that, we were officially Kallie’s parents until the day her biological mother decided to step back in. If she ever did. I was really hoping she wouldn’t.
We were absolutely elated, and although I know I should remember more of the time that passed between that phone call and the day we walked out of the hospital with Kallie, I can’t do it. It’s a blur in my memory. I know we went to the party that Bette and Tina had rescheduled for us, but as grateful as we were to all of them, all we wanted to do was go home.
We were very antisocial, waiting for her. Tina assured us that it was perfectly normal, and Shane reminded us of the intervention we’d had to do when Tina was pregnant the first time. I laughed, but Alice got offended and said we could be as boring as we wanted to be, and that it was an exciting time for us. Shane just shrugged, and Alice told her to go home. I was still laughing, and I called Shane later and apologized for Alice.
“It’s fine, she anxious,” Shane replied.
“Yeah, I am too,” I said.
I really was, but it all melted away the day we got to go to the hospital to pick Kallie up and take her home. We’d been visiting her every day for the past three and a half weeks, so we were pretty familiar with her, but this was an entirely new ballgame. I was glad that everybody came along with us, because I was nervous as hell.
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What a great chapter! The juice thing at the beginning was very poignant to me. Love the touch about the guitars — I wish the show hadn’t dropped that aspect of her character. The whole Kallie thing is written perfectly: the interview stress and concerns and how they were each trying to keep themselves together, the bonding time, the knitted blankets, Shane holding the baby, baby proofing (they are way ahead of the game there), the interview going well and celebrating by standing and watching the baby for hours, finally getting the baby home. Kallie sounds like the perfect baby. I think I said it in an earlier comment: Alice and Dana need Kallie as much as she needs them. It is so perfect that they found each other. Thanks so much, MT! Just wonderful…
I cannot comment any better than what MaGoose has already said. I too thought the knitted blankets was very touching. I am glad to see the family being all supportive to Kallie especially Shane and Jenny. I also want to add that I read your comment to danish_always. MT, you are a true Danish yoda. Thank you for sharing your wisdom to your fellow Danish writers!
yay I’m first, aww you made me do something that i never do, feel broody!! Great as usual :D
I don’t know if I’ve commented on this story (or any of your stories for that matter) yet, if I didn’t… I should have :). There all great. *gives a thumbs up*. And thanx for updating this quickly :).
Anything with a baby in it is a wonderful story. I love that that Kallie was a choosen one.
fantastic!!!! so cute.