People have been asking for specifics about our match and so I am going to cure everyone's curiosity. It really is quite amazing how everything happened. We had our home study done and then the very next day we got a call saying that the agency had a situation they wanted us to look at and know if we would be willing to show the birth mom our profile. They told me to let them know by Friday if we wanted to show our profile. I was freaking out a little bit because Joe had left that morning to go on a campout with the Young Men and he didn't have any reception in the mountains. I left him some messages and just hoped that by some miracle he would get them. I called the agency and told them our situation and that I didn't want to make any decisions without talking to Joe first. They were really nice and told us to take the weekend and to let them know on Monday what our decision was.
On the way up to the campout Joe's radiator blew in his car so he had to go down to town to get a part to fix it. While he was in town he got my messages and he called me back. He said he was all for showing our profile, but he would look at everything when he got home on Friday evening. When Joe came home, we looked over the birth mom's profile, prayed a lot and felt that we should show her our profile- so on Monday we let the agency know. The birth mom is in Utah to have the baby, he's a full African American boy and is due on Aug 28.
This last Tuesday right before we were about to leave to celebrate Pioneer Day with Joe's family we got a phone call from the agency letting us know that the birth mom has chosen us. It was the best telephone call we have ever received. My heart has never beat faster and I have never smiled so wide and cried at the same time. I felt like jumping through the roof. As soon as we got off the phone with the agency, I called my mom and then all the rest of my family to share our good news. We when finally made it out to Joe's family party, I shouted the news to everyone and all the women in the family burst into tears. It is so wonderful to have people share in our excitement. It was crazy because we both felt really good about the situation but we didn't want to get excited about it because you never know what is going to happen. Also, it almost never happens that you get chosen by the first birth mother that sees your profile. It also is nuts because the home study is supposed to take 5 weeks to complete and right now it's not even been 3 weeks. Our social worker was awesome because she stayed up all night to get our paper work done and she went to the agency and said," This couple really needs to start being shown situations right away." For my personal interview with her after the home study, she told me that she thought Joe and I were a great couple and that she had a feeling that we were going to go really fast. I didn't expect it to be this fast, but am so happy it did. It really was meant to be and we can really see how the Lord brought this all about. I remember when we first prayed about adoption and how I got the feeling that our baby was coming quickly and so we needed to move forward with adoption and get our paperwork done quickly. It is amazing how the Lord works. We are so excited for this new addition to our family and can't believe that we have less than a month before his due date.
It's full baby mode over at the Weight household. We have been registering at different baby stores, Joe's brother gave us a crib which is up in the nursery waiting to be assembled, and family is quickly throwing together baby showers. I am so excited for the baby showers because I just want to celebrate with the friends and family that I love.
We are a little stressed about the money situation because we have to come up with a very large sum of money in a very short time, but we feel that the Lord brought this about and everything will work out. Things are going to be tight for awhile, but we are willing to sacrifice to get this baby here. We are praying that the Lord will watch out for us and somehow we will be able to have the necessities that we and the baby need to get by for the next year or so.
We are meeting the birth mom tonight and are a little nervous and anxious to meet her, but we already feel like we love her so much. I hope that she will feel that love for her and for the baby. It's funny because I haven't met either of them but I feel so connected to them and already love them so much. I pray that it will be a good experience for both Joe and I and the birth mom and that she will feel confident in her decision to choose us.
This is really happening!!! Give or take 30 days until our little boy is here!
