the story.

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I can't believe how long it has taken me to write this post.  

On one hand, I want to scream everything across the rooftops and another part of me is too overwhelmed, and another part of me is emotionally exhausted from all of the excitement and another part of me is feeling so completely loved it's unreal.

Yesterday, our secretary called over my intercom to tell me that I had a phone call and could I pick up. 

In the 9 years that I have been a teacher I have had maybe two calls at school, everyone calls my cell phone if they need me.

It was Adam.

That freaked me out a little bit :)

He asked if I was sitting down and again, freaking out, it could only be something really bad right?

It was the complete opposite of bad.  

It was amazing, it was happiness, it was love, it was answered prayer, and it was my dream come true all wrapped into one little phone call.

I'm going to make a really long story short.

1.  Because Im not sure what I am technically able to share just yet.

2.  Because if I wrote everything I felt I would be writing forever :)

Here it is:

A birth mother chose us.

She saw our profile book, and loved us.

She loved Catalina's suitcase bed a lot.

We have heard a lot about the birth mother and from what we know of her, we already love her so much too.

We get to meet her next Thursday!!

She is due in February which is so crazy.

The pregnancy is considered high risk due to the birth mother having a pulmonary embolism right now and being on blood thinners.

With that being said, she can go into labor ANY DAY NOW.

Our case worker is almost positive the baby is a girl, but since she didn't write it down, she wants to double check :)

In a perfect world, Adam and I will have a baby next month.  We can start our little family and live happily ever after.

In reality, this adoption is "a legal risk"

There are some issues pending with the birth father that need to get resolved before things can legally move forward.

The birth mother has 48 hours after the baby is born to change her mind.

Anything can happen.

In the meantime all we can do is pray and love this baby and her birth mother.

Prayers and happy thoughts are very much appreciated right now. 

You all have been beyond amazing throughout this entire journey with us and I truly feel like you are all part of our little family.

Your texts, calls, emails, and comments this past couple of days has been such a blessing for us and something that I am quietly treasuring during this time.

I love you

Adam loves you 

and this baby is going to love you all too.

Thanks for sharing in our excitement.

xo

janel

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