We're matched!

I can't believe it! We're matched! We're actually matched! Here's the story:

On May 8th (a Wednesday) around 4:00 I got a call on my cell phone while at work. I don't answer calls I don't know so I let it go to voice mail. Then a few seconds later Matt comes over and says "go answer the phone". I thought it was odd that he knew I got a call on my cell phone so I asked how he knew that. He said that they paged me that I had a call on hold. I never heard it! I immediately got suspicious. I took a few seconds (much to Matt's dismay) to listen to my voice mail on my cell phone. It was Stephanie, our social worker asking me to call her right away. I got very excited and started walking toward the work phones out in the hallway. I looked back and saw Matt just standing at my desk and I motioned for him to come with me (being that I was pretty sure I knew what the call was).

Once I picked up the line, it was Stephanie. She asked me if I was sitting down and I said no and she then proceeded to tell me that we were matched! I asked if she could repeat it and I held the phone so that both Matt and I could hear and she said yet again "You're matched!". I about fainted! We told Stephanie we'd call her back in a few minutes once Matt and I got to a meeting room so that we could have some privacy.

We went into a meeting room and called her back. She then told us all about the situation. About a month before, we were asked if we wanted to be shown to this specific couple. They matched all of our criteria that we wanted except for one small detail. So we had to decide if we were ok with this change to be shown to them. We were ok with it and we were obviously shown. They took one month to choose and they chose us!

We can't believe that we're matched. It's completely surreal and amazing. I knew this day would come but no matter what, it still doesn't prepare you for the excitement, fear, anxiety and every other emotion you may have.

Oh, and the craziest part... the birth mother is due in only a week and a half! The due date is two days before our 6 year wedding anniversary!