Two months, five days

The last two days have been crazy. On Tuesday I was at work, and got back from teaching to see that I had a call from Kansas. I try to call them back, but they are at lunch. So I spend the next 40 minutes clock watching. All the while I am wondering, could someone have picked us? Could we have a baby in a few months? I finally get up with the social worker an hour later. The big news. . . they have a baby girl for us! And she was born yesterday!!! Total complete shock! I call my mom, my sister, my husband (who is unreachable b/c he is teaching). I am completely not earning my paycheck at work b/c this baby is all I am thinking about. I cannot believe they have a baby for us and she is already born. I can't believe it has only been two months and five days, and we have a baby!!

The agency sent us the social history, the medical and pictures. And, OMG, she is soooo cute! Only 5 lbs and 13 oz. A mere 17 1/2 inches long. We look over all the information, we call a doctor to review the medical and we very quickly made our decision. This feels right. This feels like we have found our baby. She has fallen into our lap and everything has just worked out. It is meant to be.

Of course, there's no time to bask in the glow. We have NOTHING for a baby! I didn't want to jinx us by buying stuff. I couldn't bring myself to decorate a room in case we had another adoption fall through. So my mom and sister went to the store and started frantically buying the necessities for our trip to Kansas. I got on the phone/computer to book a flight, room, car, get health insurance, work out being off work. Phew! I think we have everything we need to go get our baby girl in the morning. Poor thing will come home to an undecorated room. She doesn't even have a crib. I promise to fix her up the room she deserves as soon as I get home.

We should have baby girl by lunchtime tomorrow. When she is officially ours, I will post pics. Hopefully at that time we will also have a name for her. We are still trying to narrow it down. Wish us luck!