Epiphany.......CORRECT!

Well, yesterday marked the 1 week point since Chris had his epiphany that we would be getting a call about a baby within a week. He must have ESP because yesterday, at 4:15, WE GOT A CALL!!!!!!

First off, I want to clarify that just because we got a call, does not mean that we got a baby. I don't have every little detail to write at this point, but this is what I do have.

It is an unborn bi-racial child. The mother is healthy, has not done drugs, drank or smoked through her pregnancy at all (this is very good, and very uncommon) and it would be a baby from Cedar Rapids. Yup folks, that's all I know. Not a lot, but all good!

The Bethany Christian Services Director sounded very optimistic, she said that we are a PERFECT match for this birthmother and of the adoptive family profiles she's already seen, none of them fit the criteria of what the birthmother wanted in an adoptive family. From what's been told to us, we do fit her criteria and she fits ours. At this point, our profile is the only profile she will be looking at until she decides to go with us or not. The worst part about all of this is that we will have a small waiting period, the birthmother will not even be able to look at our profile for almost 2 weeks! It's a long complicated story that I can't really explain over a blog, but the shortened version is that this baby is not actually a baby from Bethany Christian Services, it's out of a much smaller agency in Cedar Rapids and so there is a bit of a waiting period to get all of our information transfered to this agency and then some schedule conflicts between the birthmother and her social worker have created more waiting in addition to that. Anyway, there's nothing we can do at this point, but wait.

So, now an even more intense waiting game begins than the one we had before. We are SO EXCITED and anxious and nervous! Please pray for this birthmother and her child. I know that if this doesn't go through, it wasn't meant to be. I am comfortable with that and am feeling very good about this situation...a mother's instinct maybe?! :) Ha. What's meant to happen will happen, but prayers during this part of the process will be much appreciated. I will update any time I have any more information!