Dear Baby,
You are real! We got the call that we were matched with your birth mother and we are ecstatic. A while ago, our attorney told us about a situation in North Carolina that seemed to fit us well. We prayed and studied the situation and it felt great. We soon heard back though that we were not chosen. We were bummed but somehow felt peaceful about it. After turning down a few other matches that didn’t feel right we got the call that the North Carolina situation didn’t work out with the other couple and we were asked if we wanted to be presented to the expectant mother again. We said yes! And I am so glad we did. Now I know why we felt peaceful about being turned down the first time around. God had it all planned out from the beginning. I think I needed to turn down a couple situations that came our way to prove to myself that I wasn’t just taking any old situation or the first one to come along. This baby chose David and I and we chose him.
We got a call from our attorney telling us that we had been chosen and I was kind of in shock and disbelief for a few minutes. I called daddy and grandma and grandpa to tell them the news. Later that afternoon I got a call from Joseph, who has been in contact with the expectant parents and who gave me some more information. I asked him dozens of questions and then finally the question that was hanging on my lips: “do you know the gender??” He said I did and asked if I wanted to know. “YES!!” was my enthusiastic response. The pause he took before telling me felt like an eternity and a half. But finally he said “it’s a little boy.” At that moment my disbelief melted away and I began to cry on the phone with this total stranger. “I’m sorry,” I said, “but it finally feels real. It finally feels like I’m going to be a mommy.”
When the conversation ended I immediately called daddy. I told him to guess what gender it was. He actually guessed “girl” and I said “Nope! It’s a boy!” There was a pause on the other line and I could sense him grinning from ear to ear. “A boy?? It’s a boy!!” He was thrilled.
We have a son! I can’t believe we have a son! I can’t wait to meet you my baby boy. Bring on April 6!!!!
Love always,
Mommy