Here it is- the big annoucement....


Drumroll, please! We got "The Call" yesterday (12/23/08) from our agency. We have a birthmom who picked us and is just about 9 months pregnant! The baby is due on January 29th, 2009 and they are currently in the Miami area of Florida. We are flying down on the 29th to meet with the adoption agency and the birthmom to talk about the process, the degree of openness, etc. And it is a boy. The mom is healthy and we are very fortunate to not have any issues with drugs, or fetal alcohol syndrome.

Chris and I are beyond excited (duh) and have frantically begun to prepare ourselves, and our home. We got the mattress for the crib yesterday, and Chris picked up the video camera so we can record every little moment!

Of course nothing is set in stone until after the baby is born and parental rights have been terminated. But so far, so good- it all feels very good.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

So things are starting... (wait, don't get excited- we just have gotten our first email about a birthmom - it is just another benchmark- no news yet)

So one part of the whole AAI program is that we get emails about possible adoption situations. If we say that we'd like to be considered, then the program director will send our file out for the birth mom to check out. She could easily say she doesn't like us, then we're back at the starting line again. So we got our first email in mid October. It was for a baby due on 12/19- which was a bit shocking. That wouldn't leave us much prep time. Not that we'd say no, but it just kicks things into high gear. Right now I'm still trying to figure out what else we need to do. I need a mattress, to zero in the type of stroller we need, pack and play, etc. I still need to replace the nasty carpet downstairs from construction traffic.

Molly has decided that the kid is coming in March. So, I guess we have about 4 months to go. Big phone interview with one of the agencies tomorrow am. 7:30 am on the West coast just so we can sync up with the Florida agency. Cross your fingers that we win them over and they are just dying to sell team Anderstein to all those birthmoms. :)