Mother of FOUR!

Yes!  That's right!  We found out today that we have been chosen as Charlee's adoptive family!!!!

We are so incredibly excited...it's hard to describe the feeling.

Just today, I was emailing our social worker back and forth about how neither of us had heard from Toronto in over a week.  I had sent Charlee's package with her special blanket and got no word on whether they had received it.  I had also sent one last email to reiterate how much it would mean to us and our family to have Charlee here with us.  Our social worker also told me that she had sent a few emails and left a message, but hadn't heard anything back.  We had decided that perhaps our contact was on vacation.

I had left work 15 mins early to drive Denise (MJ's gram) to get her car.  As she was getting out, her phone was ringing and she missed the call.  It said it was from Vanessa's cell...however, I don't have my cell...and it obviously wasn't me!  I figured it must be Shane, so I called him back.  I asked him what he wanted and he said, "I'm trying to get a hold of you...(the worker) was just here and we were chosen.  We were chosen for Charlee".  At first I didn't believe it, then I was so overwhelmed I couldn't even talk.  You know that kind of crying where there's no sound, no tears, and no breathing...yeah...it was that kind.  Denise came over and asked what was wrong and told me I was scaring her.  She said, "Oh God!  You didn't get her?!".  I said, "We did...we did".  Finally, once I composed myself enough and got a few good breaths, I drove home to see Shane.  He told me a bit more about what our worker said, but pretty much she said that she'll talk to me in the morning and we can talk about the transition for Charlee to come here.

I just cannot believe that we now know!  After all this time...  I do feel bad for the other family who, quite obviously, didn't get the news they were hoping for.  I know that it will be hard for them at first, but I hope that they don't hold this against us.  We were never going "against them", we were fighting for Charlee and what we believed was the best for her.  I am sure it will take some time and work, but we are eager to foster the important relationships Charlee will have with her biological maternal side of the family.

I haven't been able to talk with our worker yet, but I'm sure that I'll be talking to her tomorrow.  She told Shane that she wanted to talk to me about Charlee's transition plan.  I'm so eager to hear what the plan is and the timeline!  Eeeek!

We're a family of six...I'm a mother of FOUR!  I am so in love with my family!