We went car shopping yesterday. Birthdad works for a car dealership here in town, so we thought we'd stop in (finally) and see what they could do for us. We want to replace our pickup with a van before the baby comes. Luckily Matt (the birthdad) came out to talk to us before we even had to ask about him. He told the salesman that we were adopting his baby girl. What a warm fuzzy! We basically set a date to go out to dinner tonight and got back to business. We didn't buy a van yet, but they're going to look for one for us.
Tonight we met at Old Country Buffet for dinner. Matt is a friendly, talkative guy. He knew the hostess and introduced us, again, saying that we are adopting his baby girl. He's spent his whole life in the St. Cloud area and, as he says, he knows too many people. It's a good thing he's comfortable talking about the adoption. We had great conversation over dinner. We learned more about Matt, his work, and his plans for the future. Again, we talked about names. He liked everything on our list but had a couple favorites. Sorry folks, we're not going to officially name her until she's born.
Hopefully the weather will be nice next Saturday and we will all go to the Johnnies football game together. It feels good to finally have some bonding time with birthdad.