IT'S A BOY!...Due Oct 1st

Well, it looks like the 64% of you who guessed our birth mom was expecting a girl were WRONG. The 35% of you who guessed BOY were RIGHT! Brett and I are nothing less than completely excited & OVERJOYED! The baby is BIG and the ultrasound estimated he's about 4 lbs! He should be growing eyebrows right now. Cool, huh?
We talked with the birth mom on the phone for the first time tonight. She is so wonderful and easy to talk to! Jarod and Christy also got their ultra sound that night and came over to announce they are having a girl!

We had fun Saturday buying our first baby boy outfit for a real, existing baby.

Ah, life is good.

We've been chosen by a birth mom!!!

We are excited to announce that a birth mom has contacted us and chosen us to be the adoptive parents for her baby, due in September! The email letting us know was dated May 2nd- the day we had our graduation and my grandma's birthday who I think has been working on the other side to get us a sweet little baby from heaven. We got the news the night before we wen to Maui. Hawaii was great, and the most exciting part may have been to think that this trip may have been a celebration of our last vacation as a childless couple- AND my last mother's day without being a mother. We are so happy with this news!

She finds out this Thursday if it's a boy or girl!

I was just telling a friend, this will likely be very hard on the birth mom and her family and friends, but for all of the people that it's hard on on her side of things, there will be at least that many on my side that are completely overjoyed with the gift and miracle brought from these birth parent's sacrifice. I know that for the birth mom, the most important part of making her decision was considering what was best for her baby- and for that I am truly greatful. We are so honored to be considered and chosen by her.

And suddenly, this picture has so much more meaning!

Happy Mother's Day!

"How thankful I am, how thankful we all must be, for the women in our lives. God bless them. May His great love distill upon them and crown them with luster and beauty, grace and faith." -President Gordon B. Hinckley

Aloha, I hope all of you mothers, and future mothers had a great Mother's Day- you deserve it! We went to church in Hawaii and there were some talks about being daughters of God and motherhood that were so inspiring, beautiful, and eloquently stated. It's looking like it might be my turn very soon and I am extremely excited and happy about that! Needless to say it was a fantastic Mother's Day!! I will post some pictures of our trip soon.

Graduation! Wohoo!

Today was really fun and exciting because me and my sweetie got to walk down the isle together...again. This time it was for graduation! We both got our Associate of Science in generals degree. If you were a full time student without any distractions, this might take you two years, but for us it took much longer due to both of us working the whole time, changing majors, and figuring out how to pay for our tuition and books, etc. So, I just feel so happy to have diligently accomplished this goal that we've had for so long- and doing it together. Brett will be getting his bachelor's degree in another year. I know associates isn't that big of a deal to very many people, but I just think back on all of the classes we've taken, the tests, the long nights, and finals weeks that Brett helped me through and I feel proud that we survived it all! I'm excited for all the other dreams that are yet to come in our lives! I'm also grateful for our friends and family. We really have a lot of support in them and we were given some sweet cards today. Afterwards we went to my brother's office and they gave us an awesome gift- 8th row NBA playoff tickets for the JAZZ game tonight!!!! YA, BABY-I AM SO EXCITED!!!!