Three Months to Go

Hey all,
Well, the finish is in sight. Our baby, who we have named Everett Steven Walter, is due in three months. We have been in contact with our birthmother regularly since the match a few weeks ago. We talk a couple times a week and I am happy to say she never ceases to amaze us. She has such a wonderful spirit and has made what could be a very anxious couple of months, very enjoyable. Christian and I are planning a trip to New York to meet her for the first time face to face in a couple weeks when Chris gets out of school.

In the meantime we are doing our best to get ready for baby. The nursery is coming together beautifully and Chris and I are reading up on exactly what we are in for. I am not so naive as to think we will ever be fully prepared for this but we are doing what we can. It's amazing at how much we don't know!!! I don't know how we are going to pull this off. Everyone keeps telling us that it comes naturally but I think that thsoe people don't know us very well. Hehe. We met with our adoption attorney here in NC last week and she is wonderful and is going to be working very hard for us. We feel so lucky to be working with her as she and her husband just recently adopted a baby of their own about 6 months ago. We had the priviledge of meeting her husband and new son that same day and they are a wonderful Christian family.

Everett is doing well and growing nice and big in his birthmother's tummy. The doctor's have told her that he could be making an appearance before his due date on August 23 because he is big and active. She told me the other day he gets very active when she is on the phone with us. I loved hearing that! All in all things are moving along nicely so far.