The Story Part 1

Tuesday, August 16^th

I was on my way back to work from my lunch break.  I was talking to my mom when I heard the second call come in, look down and saw “AA”, and said, “gotta go.”  I basically hung up on my mom, lol.  I pulled off into a parking lot.  The BMS (Birth Mother Specialist) asked if we could conference Jonathan in.  So it was very special that we were both able to get the news at the same time.  The BMS told us we were selected by a birth mother.  At this point, I expected her to say the baby was due in a month or two.  But instead she said a healthy baby girl had been born the day before!  She went on to tell us all the match specifics and told us we had an hour to decide.  If we wanted the match we would have to arrive in Florida within 24 hours.  It didn’t take long to decide!  I was over the moon excited but a lot of panic set in, SO much to do in so little time!  The 3 minute drive back to work seemed like an eternity.  I had to go meet with my boss and pretty much tell him I was leaving ASAP.  I tied up all loose ends and I was out of there!  After that it was a whirlwind of activity.  We had to go to the agency to sign/notarize the match agreement.  We had to wire money.  We had to pack, clean the house, get a cat sitter, and flights.  Jonathan and I also found time to have a nice dinner that night and went to the cupcakery for dessert.  There were no evening flights so we enjoyed one last night in our home as two.  I felt very at peace with the match, but I was still a big ball of nerves and excitement.  I got maybe 1 hour of sleep!