Sunday, January 24, 2010

How it all went down....

Well let me back up to Thursday morning the 21st....I was thinking that something was going on with no referrals, so I emailed my caseworker Kristin to ease my mind....She emailed me and told me that everything was fine and not to worry...She said have a great weekend. I thought okay she must know that there would be no more referrals for the rest of the week...

So I came to work the next day(Friday) thinking nothing about the call, thinking that it would come sometime next week. It was around 1:15 and I was talking with friends at work, they were asking how everything was coming with our adoption..I said it's going great, we're at the top of the waitlist, just hanging out waiting on God's timing....They said don't worry it's all in his timing...(during them saying this my phone starts ringing.) I looked at the caller id and seen it's unavailable. I didn't think much of it because I knew it would come up Texas 817 #. So I answered and said Dickenson Coutny Career Center this is April....Then, I heard the sweetiest voice say Hello April, It's Kristin, today is your day!!! Crying uncontrollably, I just kept saying O MY GOSH!!!! O MY GOSH!!!!!

Kristin and I had discused it earlier on that if I was at work, she could tell me our baby's name and how old she was, and the rest could wait until I got a hold of Brad and we got infront of our computer....She began to tell me her name and how old she was....I asked is she healthy?? She said a little under weight but very healthy....The next question was did she have hair??? I know that sounds stupid, but that was the thing I asked with both of my kids...Krisitn replied yes, straight with little curls at the ends....After more sobbing, I told Kristin I would get ahold of Brad and we'd call her when we got home.


After getting a hold of Brad, he came home and we called Kristin..We were sitting infront of the computer shaking like a leaf...Kristin said I'm sending the pictures let me know when you get them...I said okay we have them....She said open them up..O my gosh is right...She's the most precious, beautiful, tiny little miracle we'd ever seen...Kristin began to go through her referral information...She told us her name, and we love her name, were keeping it and adding Jordyn to the end....Here's the picture of us first seeing our little precious gift....

We are blown away with how God worked everything out. Let me tell you, your call will come when you least expect it....This weekend has been a whirl wind.. So thankful to Gladney what an awesome agency...Kristin our casworker she's awesome!! To all my blog buddies, Thank You!!! Your comments were so appreciated.....For the ones that's not recieved your referrals, your time is coming....
Now we wait for our court date....

Praying for all the families having court dates tomorrow....

14 comments:

Tam and Kai - NYC said...

I LOVE reading 'the call' stories! So happy for you guys and hoping for a speedy court date :)

Unknown said...

YAY for referrals!!! I love hearing that things are moving again. So excited for you guys! Congrats!

Stephanie said...

When you least expect it, for sure!! How about your 3 year old daughter receiving "The Call" while you're in the shower and not finding out about it until 2 hours later!! LOL

Love your picture and hearing the full story. :)

Court date, come soon!!!

Eryn said...

april....I LOVE your call story! You're so right, it will happen when you least expect it!

Kristin is awesome...our caseworker was on Vacation, and Kristin called us from home on CHRISTMAS day! She is so so great.

SO happy for you!!

Amanda Purvis said...

CONGRATS!!!

The Redman's said...

I was happy to read that you asked Kristin if there was anything "wrong" with the lack of referrals lately... that's what I've had myself thinking!! Congrats on getting THE call of a beautiful baby girl and I hope the referral train keeps chugging along this week with lots more referrals.... and hopefully our little guy is in that group!!!

Gail said...

Congratulations April.

I am so thrilled for you.

The Mathews Family said...

Congrats!!!!!! Thank you so much for sharing....can't wait to get our call from Kristen! Blessings!

J Gutwein said...

Congratulations!! Adorabel pic of you at your computer :). Love, J

Lisa said...

So fun to read your story! Congratulations again!!!! Hope you guys had a nice weekend celebrating :)

Amy said...

Congrats!!

Heidi said...

Can you believe it actually came when you didn't expect it? I really thought there was no way that could happen for me but it did! So happy for you April! Hoping court dates come quickly for both of us!!!

The Busters said...

So happy for you April!!! What a great "the call" story! I loved that you asked if she had hair! Smiling for you!!!

Maribeth said...

How did I miss this?! So happy for you, April. Congratulations! The wait totally stinks, but that beautiful face at the end makes it worth it. So happy for you!