Praise the Lord!!

July 1, 2008, a day for our history books! My phone was ringing at 7:10, which if you know me well, you know I'm still snoozing! I looked at my phone, didn't recognize the number and rolled over only to hear the home phone ring. After the third call on my cell I listened to my voice mail. It was our social worker, Chris, I figured she was returning a message I had left her, no big deal. I rolled out of bed, called her back and she had a few questions for me! They had received a referral from Moscow, a little boy under 3. To say tears were streaming down my face is an understatement, I had been waiting on that call for almost 2 years! I called Jason and his response, "Are you serious? This is going to fast!" So fast? We've been waiting forever, but he's right, we have only been in the Russia program for 2 1/2 weeks! I called Chris back and told her "YES"!! I couldn't get in touch with Casey so I called Dad and then mom then Jason's mom and sister, everyone was so excited. Riding horses was a blur this morning, I was consumed with the thoughts that my son will soon have a face and I know where he is! God is so awesome!! I just praise Him for everything and we give Him all the glory!!

So what's next? We have to get some more paperwork turned into our agency and then it has to be sent to Russia before we can receive our son's information and pictures. Please pray this goes quickly and smoothly. They told us to expect to travel in August! WOW, that's soon! Our first trip will be 7-10 days and then we will come back home. Then they will give us the court date we have to be back over there which is usually 2-4 months after our first trip. This trip is 2-3 weeks and then Hudson Luke Carney comes home!! In the words of my crying mom, "So he'll be home for Christmas?" That's our hope!

You should have seen the girl's at the barn that had lessons today, those were some of the best hugs ever! They were so excited for me, I cannot wait to tell the others! Then my Granny was in tears tonight as we counted and Hudson will make her 13th great-grandchild, and in her eyes 13 is lucky b/c she and my grandfather were both born on Oct. 13th!

So my day started with tears and it's ending with tears! As I came in the house at 9:00 tonight, dirty, smelling like a horse, it was so refreshing to see my man. The one whose hand I've held for the past 5 years, the one whose brought many tears to my eyes when I think about a little boy running around the house yelling "Daddy"! We've waited on this and it's here, how sweet is this!! I turned my i-pod to the Judd's, Love Can Build a Bridge and we danced in the bedroom. So to you, Hudson Luke, "We'd gladly walk across the desert with no shoes upon our feet to share with you the last bite of bread we had to eat...because, son, love can build a bridge between your heart and our's...don't you think it's time!!"