This is it! This is thee post that we have all been waiting for!! We got a referral on Thursday March 21st at 5:08 for a 6 month old baby girl. She is so beautiful. She has curly hair, and the most beautiful eyelashes, and some long legs :) I'm telling you, she is amazing. It is truly amazing to see how and why God had us waiting.
First I'll tell you the story of our referral day. Early that week, Kyle and I talked about paying the rest of our referral fee, so it was one less thing we would have to do later, and it was something that we felt like we could actually do for our daughter. I had called the agency that morning to ask if I could do it over the phone, but realized quickly it was much more expensive. I was also able to talk with the secretary who was so encouraging to me personally. When I got off the phone, I sent in our referral check. (Having no idea we were getting a referral that day)
Early that afternoon I had reached out to our agency asking for some advice for Kyle and I to encourage each other. I had been encouraged myself that day, but I wanted some ways to encourage Kyle as well. I received an email quickly saying, call me. I called and all he said was to keep my phone close. So, I did.
My phone rang at 5:08 and my hands were full of stuff, I dropped it all and answered. They told me to get Kyle on the phone. Kyle was of course in Cincinnati that day, but I began to call him. I called a couple times, then I text him that it was our day and he needed to leave his meeting and answer the phone. Still no answer... I ended up calling his bosses house and getting his cell phone number from his wife, ha! I was desperate. He had stepped out of the office he was working in without his phone for probably 12 minutes and I had called 13 times and text him about 8 times. As he was walking by that office he noticed his phone was lit up and finally answered!! :)
We were finally on the phone and then we conferenced in our agency, except that their phone was busy for about 3 minutes. There were 3 people on the call and you could tell how excited they were for us. She quickly sent me the email with her information and her picture, I forwarded it onto Kyle before opening it and we opened it at the same time. Before we saw the picture even the coordinator on the phone was talking about how cute and pretty she was!
We opened that picture and we were instantly in love. The coordinator was talking, but we weren't listening. We were staring at our beautiful little girl who had finally found us.
Once we hung up with our agency Kyle and I had a wonderful moment together on the phone and just talked about her. We also realized that neither one of us were listening to what the coordinator was saying hah, so we decided to call back another day and get all the information needed.
We started calling our family and our friends and were just over the moon excited. It was a thrilling day to say the least.
There are a lot of next steps, but I will post another day with all of that. The one thing I can tell you is that there is no definite answer on when we will get to travel but we are hoping its soon!
First I'll tell you the story of our referral day. Early that week, Kyle and I talked about paying the rest of our referral fee, so it was one less thing we would have to do later, and it was something that we felt like we could actually do for our daughter. I had called the agency that morning to ask if I could do it over the phone, but realized quickly it was much more expensive. I was also able to talk with the secretary who was so encouraging to me personally. When I got off the phone, I sent in our referral check. (Having no idea we were getting a referral that day)
Early that afternoon I had reached out to our agency asking for some advice for Kyle and I to encourage each other. I had been encouraged myself that day, but I wanted some ways to encourage Kyle as well. I received an email quickly saying, call me. I called and all he said was to keep my phone close. So, I did.
My phone rang at 5:08 and my hands were full of stuff, I dropped it all and answered. They told me to get Kyle on the phone. Kyle was of course in Cincinnati that day, but I began to call him. I called a couple times, then I text him that it was our day and he needed to leave his meeting and answer the phone. Still no answer... I ended up calling his bosses house and getting his cell phone number from his wife, ha! I was desperate. He had stepped out of the office he was working in without his phone for probably 12 minutes and I had called 13 times and text him about 8 times. As he was walking by that office he noticed his phone was lit up and finally answered!! :)
We were finally on the phone and then we conferenced in our agency, except that their phone was busy for about 3 minutes. There were 3 people on the call and you could tell how excited they were for us. She quickly sent me the email with her information and her picture, I forwarded it onto Kyle before opening it and we opened it at the same time. Before we saw the picture even the coordinator on the phone was talking about how cute and pretty she was!
We opened that picture and we were instantly in love. The coordinator was talking, but we weren't listening. We were staring at our beautiful little girl who had finally found us.
Once we hung up with our agency Kyle and I had a wonderful moment together on the phone and just talked about her. We also realized that neither one of us were listening to what the coordinator was saying hah, so we decided to call back another day and get all the information needed.
We started calling our family and our friends and were just over the moon excited. It was a thrilling day to say the least.
There are a lot of next steps, but I will post another day with all of that. The one thing I can tell you is that there is no definite answer on when we will get to travel but we are hoping its soon!
