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This blog is written based on Tara Benwell "unfinished sentence" challenge http://my.englishclub.com/profiles/blogs/finish-my-story

Suddenly at 3:00 am, as suddenly as she started, the crying stopped. We looked at each other. Relief was clearly written on our faces. Gently I put the baby back on her sleeping cot. She looked so peaceful. We took a few more minutes and just trying to savour the moment.

After a while, we tip toed from her cot. I decided to leave the sleeping lamp on and left the door ajar. Just in case. We tried to sleep back, but I guess the event left us with some hard realities. We kept on tossing and sleep left us.

We decided to just wake up and went to kitchen. I put the kettle on. All these while, we remained silent. I think it dawned to us the magnitude of what just had happened. For you to understand, let me tell you the events which had happened four days before. 

We had been married for more than five years. Both of us love children. When we did not immediately get pregnant, we were okay. Second year, we still did not get pregnant. Families and friends started asking us when are going to have a little one. I always said we just want to enjoy being a husband and wife first. But deep down, I started to feel a bit sad. Especially looking at our friends' kids. Third year came. Still no kid.

We went to see a doctor and was relieved when we were told that there was nothing wrong with us. It just a fluke. So I told myself, maybe God just wanted us to enjoy our extended honeymoon. Same questions being thrown to us by families and friends. The questions started to get to my nerve. I know my husband also started to get irritated with the questions.

On the fourth year, we decided to see a fertility specialist. After a few treatments, more heartaches  and some big chunks of money, we were still childless. 

We started to talk about adopting some unfortunate child. It was a hard fact to accept for both of us. We came from a big family and not to be blessed with our own children was a hard pill to swallow. But after making the decision to adopt, we felt relieved. We did not tell our friends and families. We thought we just tell them when we were ready.

So we went to an adoption agency and registering our interest to adopt a child. We never thought it would be a hard process. Well, maybe we were blinded by all these celebrities stories of adopting kids all over the world. We had to go through many interview processes and answered intrusive questions. 

After all the processes and also some counselling sessions, we really believed that we were ready to be a good parents. The waiting game then started. Then, one day, I received a phone call from the adoption agency. It was a good news. A pregnant teenager had chosen us as the potential parents for her unborn child. We were asked to go to the agency and fill in the necessary forms.

We were so happy. Finally, our dream to have a kid is becoming a reality. We went to the agency and fill in the necessary forms and was told that we were going to have our daughter in three months. We did not stop smiling at each other. We were just like a kid in a candy store. Immediately after, we went shopping crazy. We bought a baby cot, baby clothes, baby stroller and everything what we think a baby needs. We renovated a room and turned it into baby's room. 

Then, we decided to throw a dinner party to our families. We told them the good news. We were a bit apprehensive at first what would their reactions be. None of our families ever adopted. Surprisingly, they received the news warmly. Both our moms started to throw all kinds of advise. 

Five days ago, finally we managed to hold our baby. She was the most beautiful baby girl in the world. I know I was biased. But I think all moms think their babies were the most beautiful babies. She was perfect. She would sleep and sleep and sleep. We were in a bliss, until just now.

The reality was hard. Both of us were sipping warm tea and looked at each other. My husband looked haggard and I am sure I looked the same. Then it dawned on me, how am I going to explain to him that probably he would be facing the same thing twice now. This morning, I went to see my doctor to get confirmation that had been bugging me lately. After so many treatments and heartaches, it seems now I am pregnant. In another eight months, there would be another addition of little kid in the house.

After a long silence, I took a deep breath and ....

(I hope some of you may finish the story above)