Match Day--July 8, 2008

Today started out like any other summer day in the Belmont household. Michael left for work before 7 a.m., and I was looking forward to some "me" time as this is the day Nicholas's babysitter, Susan, comes for a few hours. After picking blueberries at a farm just up the road, I met my friend, Niki, whom I haven't seen in awhile, for lunch. Among the topics of conversation was the latest in our adoption quest. While telling her about our pessimism that we would be matched before our paperwork expired a second time, my phone rang. Noting the Denver area code, I assumed it was my sis-in-law and decided to call her back later. Who would believe that it was actually CCAI calling me with news of our match! When I returned home and checked my messages, I could hardly believe it! What has followed since has been a flurry of phone calls and emails and express mail to make sure that all is in order so that we can travel on time! More on our beautiful little girl in my next post!