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I was sooo not expecting the call yesterday. Our caseworker was out of the country so I was thinking it was going to be another couple of weeks. When the phone rang I didn't even look at where the call came from. When she said, "this is Jessica" it didn't really register who she was until she said, "I have good news for you" I just fell in the floor and started crying like a baby. I couldn't get it together. I probably cried in the phone to her for 5 minutes. Finally, I pulled it together and she told me to get "S" and put the phone on speaker. She started telling us about her and told us to open our email. When I say the email that said " Introducing M...(her birth name also starts with M) I starting bawling again. I could barely open it. At this point it's me and "A" and "S" all gathered around the computer staring at her sweet face and listening to the caseworker tell us all about her and her family history. We got all of her medical records as well. Other than pneumonia (that she had the same week I had it) and a stomach bug that she had last month she's been very healthy. She is very little but that's to be expected. She's 8.3 pounds. The caseworker told us she's 4 months old but she was born May 15th so that makes her 5 months. She came into the foster care center on Aug. 25th and has been in there care ever since.

We already had tickets last night to take the kids to Disney on Ice so after getting the call I had to somehow pull it together and manage to get myself and the kids dressed. I don't remember much about the show....I kept reliving the whole call over and over again in my head. Amazing.

We are so overwhelmed by God's faithfulness to us.

Thank you so much for your kinds words and for getting me through all the waiting.