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Do you know when something wonderful begins to develop, and your first thought is to tell everyone you know? But, then you have second thoughts because you don't want to jinx it. Not that I'm superstitious at all -"just a little stitious" (Michael Scott, The Office). The past week and a half have been exactly that way for Billy and me.

On March 16th, after work I stopped by to wish my grandma "happy birthday." I accidentally left my cell in the car-something I never do. I hadn't been at her house more than 15 minutes when her phone rang. It was Billy trying to track me down-apparantly he had just received a call from our adoption facilitator that a birthmom had picked us! He told me to grab my cell and to make sure to pick it up when it rang. Shortly after that I was on the phone for about a half hour learning about our potential birthmom. I was amazed to learn that the baby was due the first part of April!

I knew I needed to square things away for work, so I began talking to my administrators about our match and my possible need to go on leave. One of the many incredible aspects of this beautifully developing situation is that I took a student teacher on this semester. In fact, she will be fully trained and will have her credential at the end of next week! It really couldn't have been more perfect timing!

Because I want to maintain confidentiality, I am not going to go into lots of detail about the situation, but I will share this: there are a number of interesting similarities between Billy, me, and our birthmom, who we had the pleasure of meeting this week! In fact, the similarities are so uncanny, that our adoption facilitator commented on them. She also stated that our meeting went so well, and that it appears that we are watching our destiny unfold. (She explained that she didn't want to sway our decision by saying this, but she said that the feeling was so strong during the meeting.) The next day we all decided to move forward with the adoption!

There are lots of details to work out as we get ready for little Liam-yes, we are expecting a boy! Please continue to pray that everything will continue to come together smoothly. A side note: I have prayed all along that God's hand would be VERY apparant, so much so that non-believers would recognize it. I've been told by several that there are too many "coincidences" that have come together for this to happen. Also, one person has told me that they have had goose bumps as they hear each development. Then there is my dear friend who had a dream about two weeks ago (which she had emailed me about before hand) that I would be in the delivery room with the birthmom. At the end of our match meeting, our birthmom asked me whether I could be in the delivery room when the baby comes! This is was one of a few times that I became emotional to say the least!

I can't thank you all enough for your love, support, encouragement, and prayers through the years. Our journey isn't ending. I know it's just beginning!