It's May 17th!

I have grown to love this date! This is the date that twelve years ago my husband told me he longer wanted me to be his girlfriend, he wanted me to be his wife! Therefore, this day has always been special to me.
It was one year ago today that I was conducting and IEP meeting and my cell phone started singing "ABC, easy as 123". I know, cheesy Jackson 5, but it reminded me of children, so that was the special ringtone assigned to Robin Steele, the adoption coordinator at the National Down Syndrome Society! I swear my heart skipped a beat when I heard it ringing! I wanted to jump out of that meeting and talk to her sooo badly! However, I knew my boss may frown upon that, as well as the parent of the child's whose IEP we were going over! I hadn't had a call from Robin since January and was so saddened by it. Anyway, that was the longest meeting of my life and honestly, I couldn't wait for those parents to head out the door so I could check my voicemail! It was so nice that I could share my excitement with some of my closest friends who were with me when I checked it. I just started crying and kept saying "baby" to them as I was listening. They were looking at me like I had lost my mind, but knew I was excited so waited until I disconnected to find out what in the world was going on! When I told them they were all excited and went to tell others that I had received a call about a baby. I called Robin and I could barely listen I was so excited about the information she had! She began telling me about a 6 month old girl whose parents were looking for a family. I listened to all of the past medical issues that she had, her birthdate, current medical issues and the process that would happen if we were interested. IF? DEFINITELY INTERESTED! I called Scott at work which is a major NO NO but he had to know too! He was thrilled as well, but the serious side of him was "Let's not get too excited just yet, they have to pick us!" I know, but I was so hopeful! You know when something just seems right, well this seemed right. I was so excited the rest of the day I could not even work. I can't believe it's been a year since finding out that our daughter was coming into our lives. After waiting two years it just seemed unreal that it was going to happen and soon! After talking to the family a little later I received the first pictures of this little angel. I was on the phone with my mom as I was opening up the email attachments of the cutest little girl with Down syndrome that I had ever seen! I just started crying and saying "Mom, she's perfect! She is so precious!" I instantly sent the pictures to her and she opened them up and was raving about how cute she was too. I cherish this day and these pictures of our precious girl, that without her,I would never know the joy of having a child with DS in our family.