We're a Mommy & a Daddy!!

It is official - we are a new Mommy and Daddy. YEAH!!!!!

The story begins ironically on Labor Day and Bill read on a website that China had matched families for the month of September through February 9th (we are February 8th) which means we should be expecting our referral any day. OMG! We were expecting to hear in October and travel in November. With ALL the waits and postponements and delays NO ONE expected us to get this one month EARLY. Practically unheard of! Then, to our shock, we received a call from our agency today at 2pm(we were thinking MAYBE 9/3 or 9/4 we would hear something)- they had our referral so I left work in a flurry of tears and joy & met Bill at our agency to view the face of our new addition.

There is an unexpected twist with all this good news.....she is not an infant. She turns three on September 30th. According to her dossier - she is potty trained, sleeps through the night, has a healthy appetite, seems to hit most major three year old milestones for development and OH DID I MENTION....CUTE AS A BUTTON!!! Since neither of us are getting any younger (sad but true) having a three year old will work out well. (Bill likes the idea she will graduate from HS before he turns 60.)

We should be traveling in 6-8 weeks so we will keep you all in the loop. MeMa and Papa are thrilled as is everyone we spoke to today and there are a LOT of people we've spoken to today which only reminds us of how loved we are and how truly lucky we are to have the support system we have.

Everyone has always asked us while we have been waiting "Is she born yet?" and we've always answered we didn't think so but the confirmation that this was meant to be is that she was placed in the orphanage (11/1/2005) almost right after we started our paper chase to begin the adoption process. FATE!

Update more soon as we know it....