REFERAL

I woke up today.... nothing special. It seemed as if it were going to be like any other day. Go to work, workout over the lunch hour, do more work, come home, eat dinner, play with kids.

But that wasn't what happened.

As I was going over details of Saturday's concert, my phone rang. The area code was different from my own.... I knew exactly what it was.

We got.... THE CALL!

Yes! That's right! We got our referral today. 2 kids! One boy, one girl. Both approximately 18 months old.

I cannot begin to tell you what I'm feeling. I've been floating on cloud 9 all afternoon. My thoughts are racing. I can hardly focus enough just to sit here and type. All I want to do is get up and dance around.

And we have so much to do now. I guess we'll be leaving in 2 or 3 weeks to make our first trip. I'm absolutely floored.

We called our parents. They are, of course, elated. We told our kids. My son was so excited that he pooped his pants. (Of couse, he still does that 2 or 3 times a day) We told a few friends, but we've still got many more to talk to.

OK - let's calm down a bit..... breathe...... breathe........

whew. OK - Let's see, they're from the region of Kemerovo. (I guess I'll blog on that later when I know more about it) What I do know is that it's WAY out there. About a 4 hour flight further from Moscow. (Have I mentioned how much I love to fly?)

Tomorrow, we will receive the packet of info with everything: Pictures, video, medical records, etc. First thing we'll do is poor over everything, get some doctor's opinions and then plan our trip to Russia. So like I said, I think that'll be in 2 or 3 weeks.

I'm guessing that we'll post the pictures on the blog tomorrow.

As always: Stay tuned.



On a side note, we now have rain in the forecast on Saturday. But that's the least of my thoughts right now. I'll worry about that later.