Our Court Date

Today my little boys are 4 months old.  I've already spent a month of my life dreaming about rocking them and loving them and cuddling them.

Over a month of wondering WHEN I would get to meet them.

Yesterday we found out the day we'd get to hold them.  :)  And I can't stop smiling.

I was at my aunt's cottage with 2 of my aunts and some of my cousins.  Dave was at work.  We were sitting around talking about (would you guess it?) my boys.  I just got done telling my aunt that I didn't expect to hear about a court date until the courts reopened in October.

Then my phone rang.

The weird thing is, if you call me frequently, you know that I am not the best at answering my phone.  I often hear it ring, but figure by the time I race through the house, or dig through my purse to answer it, I will have missed it anyway.

Yesterday my phone rang, and it wasn't even my regular ring.  It was a ring from over a year ago when we had a case worker 'T' during our paperwork stage.  Our regular caseworker is out of the office, so T is handling our case right now.  Weird that her number was still stored in my phone with a special ring tone.

It almost like I knew in my gut I had to get to it.  So I raced across the lawn and in the cottage to dig through my stuff and find my phone. Wouldn't you guess, I didn't make it.  But I did see T's name scroll across my phone just as I reached to answer it.

I called her right back.  She acted all nonchalant, like she was just checking in, because K was out, and then she added, "oh, and I have some good news for you too.  Do you have a minute to talk?"  She told me our court date was November 1.  We will need to be in Ethiopia by October 29.  I screamed like a teenager at a Bieber concert.  It was mildly embarrassing.  My aunts and cousins came running in, and  I started taking notes (and good thing I did, because I remember very little about the call).

And then I started crying.  Like the awkward, cover my face, can't control the tears, silent cry.  And I just answered T was some "mm-hmms" and "okays" that I squeaked out.  My poor family sat there trying to figure out what was going on, but being respectfully quiet.

So now we know.  By the end of October we'll hold our precious little boys. It seems like an ETERNITY away, but I'm hoping with school starting in a couple weeks, it will just fly by.  I have lots to do to keep my mind busy, and prepare for these cute little honeys.

Like for example, today, as I write this, I am staring out the window waiting for our cribs and changing table to be delivered.  And waiting for Adrian to drive up to work on the mural some more.  And then going into my classroom to prepare it for 23 wonderful first graders to come get their school on…

But no matter how busy I am, my mind is constantly on my boys.  So I have a huge sense of relief now knowing the day I get to meet them.

AHH!  I can't wait!!!