The following excerpt is from my wife's blog:

Today I was spending a little time sewing on a Birthday gift when the phone rang. I almost let the answering machine get it but at the last minute picked up. It was our Family Coordinator from America World. She said that she was calling with some great news for our family. She had a referral for us! I immediately started crying and my heart was racing. She called Brian on a conference call and told us all about our little girl. I can't tell you too much now for confidentiality reasons but we are so thrilled to finally know her by name and to see what her sweet face looks like.

I was expecting to have to wait until atleast June if not Aug. so this all came as quite a shock. Now we wait 2-4 weeks to hear when our court date is. The court date will probably be in June. Then we will travel about 3 weeks after we pass court.

Please pray that we will get a court date soon and pass the first time in court. I wish I could tell you more but we'll just have to wait on all of the details until she is officially ours!

So, as you can see, it's been quite a day. It felt a little bit like it did when we first realized that Beth was pregnant with Cole. And I noted that we had the same reactions as we did back then. Beth cried a lot and I stood around dumbfounded & speechless for a while. Our love for her is growing by the minute. We are so thankful that God is bringing her into our lives. I can't wait to be able to pass more information onto you about our little girl. We'll do so as soon as it's appropriate.