What to do while we wait...

It has only been 2 1/2 weeks since we found out about "little Stape"...it seems much longer than that! Even still, it hasn't quite sunk in as reality. We have slowly started getting the baby's room ready. We are lucky that my (Beth) mom has already been collecting stuff for "little Stape" for a while. He is a very lucky kid! His closet is already full. This week we have been full of trying to figure out the insurance stuff, organizing the closet full of fun stuff and trying to find a parenting and baby cpr class.

By the way...

I forgot to tell you earlier...it is a boy!!

It's a Match!!

We met the birthmom of our baby today!!

We received a phone call last week that "J" (as she will be known from here on out in order to protect her privacy) found our profile online and wanted to meet us. Joel and I met with J and the agency's pregnancy counselor, Dawn, today at a church where we got to know one another a little bit. I was even invited to go with to her doctor's appointment tomorrow. I am a little nervous, but overall, super excited!!! The baby is due at the end of June so we have some time to get ready.

Thank you so much to all of you who have been praying for us. Please keep it up, because we are going to need it. We are so surprised at how quickly this has gone and it hasn't yet sunk in...not sure it will sink in for a long time.