The most AMAZING birthday gift EVER!!!!! :)

I had the most AMAZING birthday yesterday (and Sam didn't even spend a penny!). WE WERE OFFICIALLY PICKED BY A BIRTH MOM! :)! We've known for a couple of months that she's been interested in us. But yesterday we got a call from our social worker, Sarah, telling us that she had something for us.

So, after work, I drove down to our agency and Sarah handed me this basket (filled with onsies, diapers, washclothes, etc) and the most amazing card from our birth mom, letting us know that we've been officially picked!!! The crazy thing is that our birth mom had no idea that it was even my birthday! She couldn't have timed that more perfectly!

Our birth mom has asked for a very closed adoption. She wants 100% privacy, and so there's very little that we can tell you about her. We do have one request from everyone. We know that our birth mom is on Facebook. She is obviously still very sensitive about this situation and we want to respect her privacy wishes. So, please be very sensitive about posting anything on Facebook. Thanks!

So, our little BOY is expected to arrive on February 9th, 2011 and we couldn't be happier!! We can hardly believe that we're going to be getting a little one in 12 weeks. We have so much to buy and do before then, but we're ecstatic! :)!!

Below are the pics that Sarah, our social worker, took of me opening the gift. We really want to thank everyone for your help throughout this experience. We've never felt such an outpouring of love and support from everyone. You have all helped us so much that we truly appreciate it! Thank you all so much! :)