8/24/2011 I know I can hardly believe it myself!!!!!!!! I keep pinching myself to be sure I'm not dreaming!!!! I got the call that I have been waiting for, but boy I was not expecting it at all. I had been in a meeting at work and came out to find a missed call and message on my cell phone and work phone. I told Craig (my boss), "that is weird, the agency has called me. They probably need more paperwork." I quickly listened to my message and it was Pam and she just said "Renee, I enjoyed talking to you so much yesterday that I thought I would call you back and chat today, please call me when you have a minute." Of course I thought that was crazy but I quickly called her back and again she said "I really enjoyed talking to you yesterday and wanted to talk to you again, and she paused for a second, and then said those wonderful words and to tell you that I think we have the perfect match for you." I had not thought about what I would do or say when I got the call and my response would definitely be different if I had it to do over, but anyway, I screamed "SHUT UP, YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME." Then of course I was crying and she ask if I wanted to hear about her so I was writing frantically everything she was telling me about her. She told me that she loved to play with toys that make music, she loved to rock, when you reach to pick her up she will reach up for you and smile, (she sounded perfect). So I ask her what her special need was and she said that she had a teratoma on her bottom and that she had surgery last September to have it removed and that she had recovered well and was doing great. She also told me that there were pictures of that if I wanted to see her file! I turned quickly and ask Craig if she could send it to me at work and then we waited to receive it. As we were waiting, she told me that we had a week to have her medical checked by our Pediatrician and make a decision (like there is a decision, I was already totally in love with this baby and hadn't even seen her). The file came through and I thanked her for all the info and hung up to call Tony. (now that I have thought about it, I could have conferenced him in on the call, but I could barely think). So I call Tony at work and I'm yelling and crying and saying "guess what, we have a match", he says "sure you are funny, no we don't" I told him all the details about her and that I couldn't make all that up and to open our email and see her. I had already opened a picture and she was the most precious beautiful thing you have ever seen. But the picture I opened she didn't have very much hair. He opened a picture and said "look at all that hair". Needless to say we were so excited. I continued to give him all the details about her and print all her medical off. We really couldn't believe it had happened so quick. We were in shock! But we knew there was no doubt, she was our new daughter and there were no questions about it!!! The last medical we have on her is at 7 months old. She was 64cm in height, 6.2kg in weight, and her head was 42cm. I that means about 12 1/2 lbs. But the pictures show was a happy healthy baby!!! It looks like she is sitting up great all by herself, so I really don't think she is very delayed.She is perfect in our book!!! I then called my friend Beth (who is a teacher and told her all about her, but I also told her she couldn't say anything because Conner goes to the school where she teaches and I didn't want him to find out before we would tell him). And then I call Tiffany (our Pediatrician/friend) and it was her birthday so she was off work that day. I told her all about her and wanted to know if I could meet her with the paperwork to check it over for us! So I left for lunch and took her the paperwork and tried to call all my friends(Terri, Suzanne, Amy, Gwen that have been so helpful and supportive through this process and no one answered! I was so disappointed, I wanted to tell them and no one picked up. I did get to talk to our friend Christy
God is so good! It was been a wonderful day!!!!!!
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