So, for the last four weeks we've been thinking of girl names, dreaming of pink ruffles, and yes, we bought a pack of those adorable headbands for little girls. I've even been asking around about a hair stylist that can do braids and such.
We found out last week that the referral of the 8 month old little girl probably wasn't going to work out. While we were a bit down, we also had peace that God had the "perfect" child for us. We went "back on the list" assuming we'd probably get a girl since that's what we had gotten the first time. Lo and behold, late last night, our caseworker, Terri, called and said she has a referral for a 5 1/2 month old little BOY - would we be interested? I was tired after a 13 hour day at work and George was in bed when I get home, but as soon as we opened the email and blew up his pictures - it happened. Ya know - that "love at first sight" stuff. It's true...I was totally in love within 30 seconds!! We - well George - decided to "sleep on it", but all that did was make me stay up all night wishing the time would tick away when we (he) could decide for sure we were taking him. I don't think it was that he needed to decide as much as it was that I woke him up out of a dead sleep to look at the picture. And, we were in the little girl mindset - his brain was too tired to comprehend the gender switch.
However, by 5:00 this morning, it was officially decided that we would proceed with the next step and gather additional information on this little guy. He is way too adorable to not jump on the opportunity to have him in our family (and, no, I am not a biased mommy!).
Other than more paperwork, the next step is to think of a boy's name,to think blue and not pink, to think about toads and worms - not headbands and nail polish.
A little boy - who'd have thought? :)
Praise God from Whom all blessings flow!
Road Trip: The New Mexican Expedition, Day 3
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