We're having a girl!

Submitted by Adoption on Tue, 09/18/2007 - 1:29pm

Our meeting this morning went better than we'd ever hoped! The first thing out of our birthmom's mouth was, "We'd like to ask you to be the parents of our child." What a surreal moment! We are so excited and couldn't have imagined a better match. We have until January to really get to know each other. I'll be totally finished with school and ready to focus 100% of my energies on being a mom, which I know I will need. It's going to be a shock to go back to having a newborn again now that William is so independent. It will be nice to have him around this time, for conversation and the great little helper that I know he'll be.

It was so odd to come back from that meeting and get right back to normal life. We felt like we should be going out to celebrate. But we had to go pick up William, get him ready for a nap, Darren had to get back to work, and I had to get back to laundry & dishes. So it's a jolt into reality. Maybe after I get a moment to breathe this will all sink in and I'll be able to process the awesome moment! Right now I'm still in shock. It's actually happened! We're having a baby! And we're gaining a whole lot more with her birth families, too!