MATCHED

We are officially MATCHED! This is amazing, wonderful, overwhelming news. This is pretty much how we feel.

We had our meeting today with both the birth parents, Taylor and Michael. The meeting lasted about an hour and we left there feeling really unsure about how they felt about us. We had a chance to talk with the pregnancy counselor, Christine, before we left and we told her that we were in for moving forward with them. Cameron and I went to Aunt Chilada's and got ourselves a margarita. At the time, it felt like a confused and kind of wallow-in-your-pity margarita. We ran over the meeting time and time again, analyzing what we said, how we said it, and how we would say it if we had another chance. While we were enjoying our delicious beverages our phone rang. It was Christine telling us that they liked us and want to move forward with us. YAY!!!

So, we are officially matched. That means that they have the intention to place their baby for adoption into our arms and we have every intention on parenting this sweet baby girl. We are thrilled, to say the least. It feels surreal. While I was talking to Christine I mentioned that we left feeling like they didn't really like us or were very unsure of us. She assured me that it was just their personalities and that was the way they have been from the beginning. She said that it will take time for them to warm up more. That made us feel a bit better.

From here we will meet again late July to talk further about how the hospital will go and we'll outline our relationship with them for the future. She did invite us to go to doctors appointments with them. YAY! She didn't know when her next one is scheduled for, so we're waiting to here about that in the days ahead. We could see them more, and hope to. It all just depends on comfort levels and how willing they are to open up to us. They don't have cell phones, so the ball is in their court for communication with us.

Our day has been a roller coaster of emotions. At the end of the day we are happy, tired, in shock, thrilled, and feeling ready to be parents. Today has been a good day.

I didn't yet mention that Taylor and Michael had their two children with them. That's right... we just got a glimpse of what our daughter will look like. All I can say is "Lock up your boys. She's going to break some hearts." They were beautiful children (girl- almost 2 and a boy- 9 months). This was a huge blessing that we got to see them.