Thank you, thank you, thank you!

I'm overwhelmed and so grateful for all of the good wishes being sent our way.  Thanks so much for the supportive words!  It means a lot to me.  It's still a shock, but right now, we're basking in the glow of being matched.  Finally, a baby for us.  Hopefully. 

We are hoping to speak with the expectant mom (emom) soon.  But first, we have to "apply" to become clients of the agency emom is with, which entails filling out the 16 page application and paying the application fee.  A formality really, but I feel like we're doing our homestudy again.  I'm mailing our application tomorrow.  Our consultant thinks that maybe in a week or so, we'll have contact. 

Our consultant group has a first mom on staff who does a one-hour phone consultation on the do's and don'ts of talking with the emom, so we're going to take advantage of that.  I set that up for the day after Labor Day. 

We decided to tell our siblings (my sister and BIL, his sister and BIL, and his brother and SIL), but swore them to secrecy.  They were all so excited for us.  We'll wait to tell our parents until at least after our first phone contact with emom.  Then, maybe it will feel more real to us.