News Bulletin!

This will only be news to some of my readers, but it's exciting all the same. :) We are expecting a baby in December! The day we signed our activation agreement with our agency, we were told about a birthmother and possible match. Last week we heard that she liked our profile and had chosen to be matched with us--yesterday we completed the paperwork and are now officially matched! We anxiously (and excitedly) await the December 19 due date! We can hardly believe how smooth this process has gone for us so far, but we know there could be bumps in the road ahead yet--and we'll face them if they come. For now, we're very excited and feel like we're living a day dream...kind of a wierd, surreal feeling that I can't even describe...but if I use a few more exclamation points maybe you'll get the idea!!!!! ;)

We had a great trip to Iowa & Wisconsin--it was a lot of fun to tell our families the news in person--we never quite knew if it would work out to tell them in person or if it would have to be over the phone, but it worked out perfectly! We were able to tell my parents & siblings about the possibility the last time we were there--then Ryan's family on this trip. Unfortunately, my extended family will have to find out online and by phone, word of mouth, etc. but that's how it goes when we're all spread out I guess. I'll post some pictures of our time with Elliot and Liam later (when they get downloaded from the camera). For now, I'm going to let this be all--thanks for sharing our excitement with us and I'll update whenever we have additional info. Hopefully it will be an uneventful pregnancy and we won't have much to update--but we'll see.