SHE IS OURS!!!!!!!

Well, in case any of you do not follow me on twitter and are not a member of my agency chat group I thought you should know that w did indeed pass today!! I am both shocked and ecstatic! I cannot believe it is all over. She is ours. In a relatively short amount of time (although it will feel like forever I am sure) she will be in our arms.

To those of you who prayed along with us all I can say is THANK YOU!!!! Please let me know when and how I can return the favor. I tried so hard last night to have faith. I actually had to work at finding that peace. But I did it. I was pretty calm last night. I did sleep. And I was okay this morning until around 11am.

See, I told everyone that I usually hear around 12 but it was really closer to 11. I just figured I would give myself some time. Just in case. But by 12:30 I was losing my mind. I had taken the kids to the library and it was the most miserable experience of my life. I was so on edge and unhappy. Reading Dora books felt like torture! She is so ridiculously happy and all that trying to teach. UGH!!! (disclaimer - I LOVE Dora and think the books are awesome so you see the mood I was in).

At 12:40 my coordinator called and said that they had not heard anything yet. That if they had not heard soon the office would call Ethiopia and find out why they had not called. I told her they just did not want to give me bad news again. She assured me that they had had to call before - that the Ethiopian staff sometimes forget to call (WHAT?!?!) - and that it does not mean anything. And while I was on the phone with her the main office called her. She hung up with me really quickly and in maybe two minutes called me back to say that we had passed.

I was so emotional. I was crying. I was barely able to think. It was crazy. I was so floored. As I spoke to our coordinator about travel, guesthouses, and other such things I got in the car with the kids and drove to Hubby's work. When we got there we went straight to his office and we all just hugged each other and cried. She is ours! She is coming home!! Praise the Lord!!! I knew he could move mountains!!!!!! Thank you! Thank you!!!!! THANK YOU LORD!!!!!