I am in love...

How does this happen, one minute you think you have a plan and are on course for how you life will "be", next thing you know that plan has completely changed and your happier than you could imagine!

Ok- so we do not have a referral YET, but great things are happening!  Let me tell you how Duane and I ended up crying in a Denny's restaurant on Friday!!

Friday is always our day together, we both are off work and we usually just hang out and enjoy each others company, this Friday was no different, we went to Denny's for brunch (yep I said Denny's it is a fave- they know us!) we were catching up on our week when I was alerted by my phone that I had an email (time 12:48 yes that is important) It was from our caseworker and the subject line said Ethiopian Dr response...I started freaking out, our waitress had just set our food down, so I was trying to pull up the attachment...it seemed like it took FOREVER to load...(first of all our CW said it could take up to 3 weeks to receive a response- we got it in 4 days!!) so it loaded, we had asked 2 questions, only 1 of them could have possibly thrown a wrench in our decision (but doubtful) but both were answered...she is fine, she is perfect!!  I looked at Duane and both of us started crying, we were laughing, crying...all in the middle of Denny's...it may seem silly, it is not the referral yet, no court date to make it really real, but it was "our" answer, and it made it all real to us! I had to respond though...to tell her ok- next steps, let's go, give us paperwork, homework something...let's keep moving!  I sent a reply and what did I get- yep the good ol' auto reply- we are sorry on Friday's our offices are closed at 1pm...ARE YOU SERIOUS...we now have to wait ALL weekend to see what is next. UGH.  Well we bailed on our food and got out of there so we could cry some more and let our families know that we have conquered another step. 
Of course because prior to that I had already made a phone appt with our CW for tomorrow, I did not get to talk to her today.  So tomorrow I find out what's next, I am hopeful that it is referral paperwork, because all I can think about is this precious little girl and I want her here NOW! 
We are in absolute love with her, I feel like my whole life has already changed and I could not be happier.  The road ahead for us is not going to be easy, but I know it is the right road, God has made our path very clear and this little girl is going to teach me more than I can imagine and I cannot wait!