Having a Moment

A few weeks ago, we got the opportunity to see some pictures from Kelsey's ultrasound.  She shared three wonderful pictures with us, and it was absolutely amazing to see.  Amazing and overwhelming in a way that makes you catch your breath and whisper "ohmygod...that looks just like a baby."

It was an awesome day.  A life-changing day.  One of those days where you realize, this is one of those days I will remember forever.  It was an exciting day, to be sure.  But if we were doing that free association therapy thing, where you blurt out whatever comes to your mind (my general technique for blogging, as well), my string of words would have been something like this:

Woah. Baby. Real. OMG. Not an Eggplant. Yikes. Kelsey. Soon. Wow. Gonna be Parents. Dandelion. Lake. Tree.

Ok, those last three are because we were doing what we always do when we are thinking deep thoughts--walking the dogs--and when my brain gets too full, sometimes I short circuit and get distracted by my surroundings.

What I actually said out loud, I'm pretty sure was something awesomely eloquent like this:

"Wow. This is, um, like, for real.  Like, FOR REAL, for real."

I mean, surely we knew that.  Surely, after over a year of signing papers, taking pictures, making websites and blogs, attending support groups, hiring graphic designers, and fielding emails and calls from a number of women considering adoption, we knew there would someday be a baby at the end of the tunnel.  And if not then, then definitely when Kelsey found us, when she chose us, when she and Aaron met us in the agency office for the match meeting and she was, you know, pregnant, certainly then we realized where this was all headed.

And of course, in part, we did.  We've been planning a nursery, preparing a registry, and scouring baby name lists for months now.  But somehow, seeing the ultrasound really drove home the reality of it all.  And, from the intensive surveying we've been doing of all of our friends who have ever had babies, we've found out that pretty much everyone has that "ultrasound moment" at one point or another. Everyone has a moment where the fact that there is, in fact, a baby growing in there becomes abundantly clear.

And this was our moment.

Am I right?!  JUST. LIKE. A. BABY. 

x's & o's,

Michelle