The story is a crazy one that I have spent a month processing and trying to recover from! I am sorry to have left so many of you hanging without details to the story, but life has been a bit hectic around here! Without further ado, here goes my attempt to tell the craziest story of my life...
Tuesday morning (April 21)
I was at work at the elementary school that I work at, in the middle of state testing one-on-one with a kiddo. For those of you not in the world of education, state testing is a pretty stinkin' big deal. I noticed my phone vibrating and American Adoptions was showing up as the caller. I didn't think too much of it, thought it was probably just our social worker calling to check in. I had sent an email yesterday begging for details on how many expectant families we had been shown to and if there might be any leads on a match. My impatient self was having a hard time with the fact that we had been reactivated for a whole two weeks without hearing anything (trust me, in hindsight I fully see how ridiculous I was being). I was also in the middle of state testing and couldn't exactly just pick up my phone. A few minutes later I noticed a call coming in from the hubs. Hmmm, I thought to myself, something might just be happening with our adoption. A few seconds later I get this text from Kirby: CALL ME NOW. Adoption.
Instantly, I knew something was really happening with our adoption. In my mind, I was thinking we had probably been matched with a new expectant mom; I never dreamed they had the news they did. Eventually we got to a point where the student I was working with could take a break and I quickly called Kirby. He told me that he had set up a conference call with the agency for us at 11:15. They had called him and said they had, "exciting news that we should both be on the phone for." I finished up that day's testing with the student I was working with and quickly sent him back to class. There was a meeting happening in my classroom, so I frantically searched for an empty room to make this oh-so-very important phone call. When we got on the phone with the social worker she said, "Well, there was a baby boy born last night in Detroit and the birthmom has chosen you. Are you interested in hearing more details?" OF COURSE WE WERE INTERESTED IN HEARING MORE DETAILS!!!!
