We've Been Chosen!

Several weeks ago I got a call from a good friend.  She had a lead on a birth mother who was looking for an adoptive family.  You'd be surprised how many times I get calls like that - or maybe you wouldn't be surprised.  Anyway, I didn't get worked up, just took the information and said I'd call the woman at the agency.  I was in the car with Bridget at the time and we were on our way somewhere kind of far away.  After I hung up the phone (which was almost out of juice) I drove for a few minutes, then I turned the car around without really thinking about it and we went home so that I could use our phone to call the agency my friend had told me about.  (By the way, I pulled over for the conversation with my friend.  Safety first!)

This was a Thursday.  By Sunday we had a conference call set up with the birth mother and birth father.  We only talked for about 20 minutes.  They stayed on the line with their caseworker and then their caseworker called us back to say the birth family wants to work with us.  So!  Some time in the next five weeks, we'll be a family of five.  The birth mother is pregnant with twin boys - didn't I mention that part?  :) :) :) :) :)

Since we found out, it's like we've been training for an adoption marathon and we didn't even realize it.  We were so ready for a baby that it would have been too easy, so we're getting two babies.  Bridget is very into math right now, so she often reminds me that right now there are three people in our family and when we get "the brothers" there will be five.  All of us have stepped up our game - we're remembering to do all the stuff we need to do and we're being extra helpful to each other.  Next weekend we're going to visit the birth family face to face. 

My Dad says my blogging days are over once the brothers get here, but I'm hoping he's wrong.  Wish us luck!