2nd Place or the First Loser

If you read my last blog post, you'll know that we hadn't recieved our monthly Baby Update. This is the first time our agency hasn't been prompt in communicating with us and I couldn't figure out why. I immediately got to thinking that maybe someone was in the process of choosing us, because when we get picked, they inform the "middle man" in Regina who handles all international adoptions in SK and he informs us. I figured perhaps they were the process of communicating with each other and we were just waiting for a phone call! 

John figured that they were just busy.

He was right.

Sometimes I really hate it when he's right.

I got an email today from our agency apologizing for not getting the update sent on time because they've been having a busy month. Darn. BUT she informed me that our profile was shown twice this past month AND that we were the second choice for one of the birth mothers. 

So we were ALMOST picked! I actually wasn't disappointed by this, but I still have butterflies when I think about it (I just read the email like 5 minutes ago and then I came right over here to tell you guys about it. I'm very dedicated to this blogging thing.) I'm not upset that she didn't pick us because I believe that God has the right baby in mind for us, and obviously her baby was not meant to be our baby. But I'm thrilled because it means that someone actually liked our profile enough to consider us to be her baby's parents. That means that (hopefully) someone else will like our profile enough to choose us to be her baby's parents!! 

Every day that goes by is one day closer to our baby being here, and now it feels closer then ever!