Adoption Story Part Six: Welcome Home Camden Ivey



In case you missed them:

Part One | Part Two | Part Three | Part Four | Part Five

It's my final recap of our adoption journey to Florida. I'm so thankful that I can look back on these blog posts and relive the entire experience. Adoption has truly been our greatest blessing. While it hasn't been easy, it was WORTH IT! We are still waiting for our adoption to be finalized. There are two court hearings that have to happen in order for it to be finalized. I will share more about those as they happen but todays post is all about Camden's homecoming.

As I mentioned in the last post, we decided to stop halfway and spend the night. Travelling 10 hours with a newborn does not sound fun so we knew it would be best to break it up. Camden was a champ and did so good in the car. He only had one small episode where we had to take an exit and let him calm down. He pretty much slept the entire time.

We arrived back home around 4:00 pm on Friday, February 2nd. When we left for Florida, our house was a wreck and there was no nursery. It was a room filled with Christmas boxes. We arrived home to a clean house, a beautiful nursery, tons of gifts, family waiting for us, and our sweet precious Hank waiting to greet us at the door. We missed Hank so much so it was the absolute best to see his happy self running full force at us. We had a bow on our mailbox and a banner welcoming Camden home. It was the absolute perfect homecoming surprise.

I will let the pictures do the talking but I did want to take a minute and thank every single person that played a part in our adoption story. There is no way we could have done this alone. We literally had nothing when we left for Florida and 3 months later I am still getting gifts/clothes from random strangers. We have the best friends and family and are so thankful to live in such a supportive community. Camden Ivey is one blessed little boy and I will always make sure he knows that. Here are a few pictures from the day/weekend we came home.