We’re DUE

….for an update! Ha! Got ya, didn’t I?! 

First, I’d like to apologize for the lack of updates. Life has been very crazy and I just haven’t had the time to sit down and process everything enough to put into words. But I’ll just jump straight into it!

In July, we submitted our final information for our full surrogacy application. That means they start sending our information to potential surrogates. In this process, the surrogates receive our letters that we wrote about ourselves and our family, and they are the first to decide if they are interested in working with us. If they are, we are given their letters about them and their family to see if we’re interested. If so, we meet through Zoom and then determine if we’d like to proceed. I know what you’re thinking and yes, it’s basically like internet dating! Just swipe right, right?? 

With the tons of research we’ve done with this, we knew to expect at least 3-6 months for the matching process. It’s a long wait, but over the summer we sold our townhouse and bought a single family home. It’s an older home with MANY projects to be done, so we were looking forward to those house projects keeping us busy during the matching process. 

But ya know how they say God has a different plan and all? Well it sure is true. A week before we moved into our new house (a month after we finalized our application), we got THE PHONE CALL saying that they have found a potential surrogate for us! WHAT?! With the crazy stress we went through trying to get our house sold, and then the craziness of moving into a new home, I barely had the mental capacity to process this. Our counselor listed some information about her (identifying information that I won’t release at this time) and so far we were amazed at how perfect she sounded. As soon as we got home from Lowes (because you know, new homeowners go to Lowes approximately a million times), we jumped onto our portal and read the potential surrogate’s letter. Things just kept getting better and better. Again, at this time I won’t be sharing any identifying information, but HOLY MOLY WHAT A SMALL WORLD is all I’m going to say for now. (One day, we will post an adorable picture together but not quite yet.)

So now what, right? Well we spent a few weeks working through the legal contract together. We both have our own lawyers so it is sent back and forth for reviewing until we agree on all terms. That whole process went nice and smoothly so after that, she began her medications! Now we’re getting into trickier timelines that I won’t be publicizing. You know how most women (except for a few VERY close friends of mine) don’t tell you the exact date they’re going to have to sex in hopes to conceive? Well that’s the same reason I’m not publicizing our exact timeline for the next step! At this point, just know that very exciting things are happening…and soon! However, we won’t be giving anymore updates about how things are going. Hopefully, the next announcement will be a baby announcement! So if you ask how things are going, my response will be “Great! Thanks for asking!” but please don’t be offended if I don’t dive into my usual detailed response. Also, please don’t beg for more information because, as most of my friends know, I can’t keep a secret so it is VERY hard for me to keep this information quiet!

Again, we so appreciate the love, support, and prayers that we have received during this process, and we ask for continued love, support, and prayers through this next exciting (and scary) chapter!