[michellesnook]

I'd like to jump in here too..

Our story is SOO completely different. We had only STARTED our homestudy the Saturday. Monday afternoon an internet friend called me with a message telling me to call her back. I thought it was strange, since we were just online friends. So, I called her back and she told me that her online friend had a sister who was pregnant, and considering placing the baby and wanted to know more about us!.. I said, "sure, tell her whatever you want!" I got off the phone, and called my SW back in a panic. The bmom lived in Utah, we are in Ontario, was it possible, could it be true? She told me to call a Laywer who did International adoptions and talk to her. So, I did. We talked for a bit...she said it totally could be done, but to watch out for scammers and frauds etc. So to protect us, our lawyer called first and talked to bmom, bdad, and bmom's sisters. Then she called me back and said "There is a young lady in Utah who wants to talk to you" I was terrified! Seriously afraid to pick up the phone and call her! I cried for a few minutes and then dh picked up the phone and we called Utah! Honestly, that night we talked to her for nearly 3 hours!

After that, we talked on the phone every night, every other night for the next 5 months (bmom was only 9 weeks when she decided to look for aparents) When she was 20 weeks, we decided to go to Utah to meet her and go to the "gender ultrasound" I figured if she was going hate us for whatever reason, I'd rather find out before the baby was born and everything. So, we flew to Utah, met her in a school parkinglot with bdad and hit it off instantly!! We spent a week with them (we stayed at a hotel, but we spent A LOT of time with them)

Then in Jan, we flew back to Utah to wait for the birth of our son...we were there 2 weeks before the birth (you never know when a baby will come!) and we had to stay two weeks after doing paper work..but it was worth every second!!

Michelle