On Good Friday, April 3, at about 5:30pm, we got the call that we have been waiting for, and some how not at all expecting.
We had been in church in the morning, and had spent some time in prayer before lunch after discussing two other adoption situations that had come up the day before. One was a local family in need of a home for baby, and they had asked a friend for our contact information (they have yet to reach out to us), and another was an opportunity to have our profile shown to a family looking to place two older children, aged six and seven. We were torn about how to approach those two opportunities, but God sure didn't have us mull over them for long!
The phone rang and Ben answered it. He was almost immediately told, "congratulations, you have been chosen by an expectant mother!" Whaaaaaaat?!?!??!
I know that we should have been prepared for such a call, but honestly, you just can't be.
After a brief conversation with our agency social worker we had some information on baby's due date (May 9th), the planned place of birth, the sex of the baby, and a few details about the birth parents and their families. We could not be more surprised, and we could not be more thrilled!
Dumbstruck, is how I would describe the feeling. How in the world did we get chosen?
I mentioned in a previous blog post that there are so many reasons why an expectant mother will choose who they choose, and that it is most important in your profile book to be yourself. This was so true in our case. Some of the things that stood out to our birth mom are the very things that make Ben and I who we are... I love to play the piano, and Ben is a car guy.
It was tough, but we decided to keep our news a secret from family until Easter Sunday, when we would all (almost all, one family was not there) be together for dinner in Sylvan Lake. We didn't last long though, about ten minutes after the last members had arrived we gathered the adults into the living room and told them we were chosen. There were a few tears and a few hugs. It felt great to have good news to share for once. I can't say that I felt like answering the question, "anything adoption related going on?" with the same old disappointing answer.
There was so much yet that had to happen for an adoption to go through, so we had to keep things quiet from the world for quite a while. It felt weird having such a big secret, but we knew that whoever we told would also need to be notified if everything fell apart.
We got going on the fun stuff, liking finding a dresser for the nursery, buying a new carseat, and picking out a few new outfits for the little guy. We also went into high gear on the ongoing projects we had around the house. We tiled around the fireplace and the bathroom back splash, Ben detailed the vehicles, and I washed the exterior windows and took a few loads of things to the thrift store so that I could get more organized. I think they call that nesting, lol.
We were so lucky to have a few weeks to prepare for Luke and we really enjoyed having such an amazing thing to look forward to and plan for! Somehow work didn't seem like work.
to be continued....
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