Surprise!!!!!

If you've come here looking for news, well you've come to the right place. I have lived one of the hardest days of my life trying to keep a secret and if you haven't heard by now, you've guessed it...CRIMSYN HAS COME HOME!!!...

The kids got the call from the adoption co-ordinator at our singing Fri night..she said the birthmother wanted Slick and Crystal to come and get the baby..she has been sick, and never really wanted them to go home without him to start with..so...back to Hawaii they go! They were gonna wait and try to go Monday,..but they (adoption lawyer) told them they needed to get over there quickly, so they hurried up and made their reservations, boarded the plane and took off around 3am Sunday morn...Now we had no idea this was taking place, we were in Florida, so when we got home Sunday afternoon, I just assumed we would see them at church that night...of course they were no-shows, and everyone was looking to me and Tony for answers as to where they were and we had none! I didn't know where he was myself, and why they had left in that manner...now understand...Crystal had sent me a text message the day before saying she was gonna throw Slick a surprise birthday party on Wed nite because we had missed celebrating his b-day since we were in Hawaii at the time, and he was so depressed..yada yada...so i'm already concerned that my kid is depressed, now he and his wife are no where to be found!...I text and text, then finally, Slick texts me back that they are ok..just had to get away for a few days...they would be home Wed morn...so I back off, I was ok just knowing they were ok..I should have put 2 and 2 together tho...Slick had told me that if they ever got the call to come get him, that him and Crystal were gonna slip off over there, and not tell anyone..that way if they came home empty handed again, no one would know it...but I honestly didn't think they would do that...Fast forward to last night.........

We were all sitting at Triple R behind the door...someone says "They're here!"...so we are real quiet...sitting there bursting with anticipation the door opens and in steps Crystal...one of the little kids couldn't hold her "surprise"...and we all laughed...but quickly quieted down again waiting on our "victim"....Crystal finally opens the door all the way and when he comes into view all the held in/up anticipated "Surprises" all come out...then dead silence for about 2 seconds! When our "surprise" fades away mid-word....he looks at us and said.."No...Surprise" to us!...then the real yelling started....We were dumbfounded...there he is, holding our precious Crimsyn!...it took a second for it to really sink in to some..Todd said he was thinking...why is he holding a baby?...then he realized WHO that baby was...BJ said he thought the same thing...there were tears of joy, lots of laughter, hugs, hugs, and more hugs...as he quickly made his way from one family member to another..it was mostly immediate family,...but there was no Clark family and Wooten family..we were as one, all there together, celebrating the return of our beloved baby...

The kids had wanted to surprise us, and that they did. We have kept it quiet all day, because they want to surprise the church tonight...not sure just how Slick is gonna do it..but right after they came home, he was telling the church that they still had hope it would work out someday, and not to be surprised if one night Crystal didn't walk down the aisle holding baby Crimsyn...it will be interesting to see what he does...but she is gonna wait in the kitchen and when given the signal..she's gonna walk down the aisle with him....I can't wait!