Before I knew of you..........I loved you!

 I will never forget the call. January 3, 2012 at 2:06. By now I ALWAYS carried my phone wherever I went! I heard my phone, went over to look at the number, not really thinking it could be the agency, saw the number and immediatley my heart started POUNDING! (I had spoke to my case worker about 20 minutes before this, about an issue with some paper work....which at that time of the phone call...she said to be prepared for another 9 months) Well I answered it only to hear "Amanda I have a girl who wants to meet and talk to ya'll, oh and she is due Feb.10th!" So I go out in the hallway yelling for other teachers to cover my class while I got all the info from my caseworker! Called Matt, called Nana at work.....all she kept saying was "Your kidding me Mandi....stop....stop....whatever"( Oh, I can not tell you how many times I thought of 'how would I tell everyone that we were chosen' OR 'the first thing I'm gonna ask is ....Is it a boy or girl?' ALL OF THAT FLEW OUT THE WINDOW! DID NOT ASK, DID NOT CARE! Well that night we hooked up our 800 number so that the birth parents could call. Spoke to birth mom that Thursday night, met her, her mom and birth father on January 13th! Fell in love with all of them! All I could do is look at her BELLY! Don't worry I did not ask if I could touch her belly! HOWEVER......we took pictures together and DON'T think my hand NEVER touched her belly! At the end of the night my case worker said she would get in touch with us to let us know if it was a for sure match.....One week later got the call saying I was going to be a MOM!!!!! Yes...yes...yes THIS TIME I asked "Mama to a boy or girl?" And all she said was BUY BLUE MAMA!!!!