One Year Ago Today....

We saw this face for the first time......

I'll never forget April 26, 2011. It was the day I became a mom. The day that we received our referral for Jaxson. It was a typical Tuesday. I was outside walking with my 4th graders for fitness time. We were lining up to come back in and my cell phone rang. My cell phone never rings during school hours, unless it's a political call or a wrong number. I looked and there it was I had missed a call from our social worker. I knew what that meant. We had gotten our referral.

I checked my voice mail and called her back....SIX TIMES, before I finally got a hold of her. I think that we were both calling each other over and over. She said, "I have a referral for a beautiful baby boy." I'm going to send you the referral information and photos.

Then I saw that face and knew that was my son. He was meant to be with us. God has sent him to be our son.

Today we are so close to bringing him home. There are days that I can't believe that after a year of waiting we are really going to be bringing him home this months. I can't wait to have this little cutie in my arms!

New pictures!!

We got Jax's new WBC and pictures. He is growing! After being stuck at 24 lbs. since November, someone had a little bit of a growth spurt and now weighs 26 lbs. He has eight teeth on top and six on the bottom. He's also described as cute and fine! 

We also got new pictures, which always makes me so happy! He is looking so big. 

Give me an E, Give me a P, We've been submitted!

I've been waiting for a LONG TIME to get an email telling us that we are submitted for our Emmigration Permit. I have wondered what it would feel like to see that those magic words in the subject line and then on Thursday, April 5th, there it was: "EP will be submitted tomorrow"


The day started like this....I was home today and had a list of 1,000 things I wanted to get done. Let me tell you by noon I was well on my way to completing my list. So well on my way that I had lunch with a friend and still thought I could get everything done. I got home and was going to start on my list again, but thought I should really email my husband. I couldn't even believe it when I saw it. There is was...the email we had waited so long to receive.  Instant tears, not oh little tear trickling down my face, full on red eye-inducing bawl.

I had to call Steve. I could barely get the words out. Then I forwarded him the email. The email that I really hadn't read passed the your child will be submitted. The next hour is a blur. I know I called my mom and we shared some tears. I called my sister who was as much in shock as I was. In fact, she was speechless. I had emailed and "chatted" with some other adoptive parents.

I still think about it now and can't believe it. We have been submitted. We will wait about a month for it to be approved and then we'll travel to get Jax 1-4 weeks after that. Sometime in May, my son will be in my arms!