Reminiscing

Today was 1 year ago that we received THE phone call Charlie's birthmom had chosen us & she was due in a couple of weeks. We were on our way to get our fingerprints re-done since they expire after 1 year. I was very frustrated with the whole adoption process at this point & really questioning what God had in store for us. We knew that there were 2 birthmom's that were sent our profile that week but we knew it could be a while before we heard anything. It came as a total shock to me when I saw the number show up on my phone! Miss A had gotten our profile book that morning & we got the call just a couple hours later. She said she just knew it was us. When I answered the phone, we were only a couple of miles away from where we needed to be & Alexa was in the car with us. Brian & I had agreed after our failed adoption that we were going to keep our next situation to ourselves as much as possible. With her in the car, I was trying to get as much info as possible from the agency & tell Brian that we were chosen without Alexa knowing. Yeah, that didn't work. She caught on right away but we told her that she had just wanted to talk to us first. I'm still surprised they got my prints without getting smudged because my hands were shaking so bad! I was excited & scared out of my mind all at the same time. I didn't want to get my hopes up like last time but we also had a better feeling from the beginning this time around. The next 3 weeks were a major roller coaster but we all know how it ends. with a beautiful little boy, Charlie Jace, who will forever be our son!