UPDATE 8/13 6:55 p.m. It’s still real! I barely slept last night…crazy with excitement! Tonight, it’s all about booking flights, hotels, and collecting paperwork we’ll need to bring on our travels.

Thanks for all the incredible comments! I so appreciate every one of you.

I’m sitting here writing a post about Middle Child Day when I got an email from our agency…

WE HAVE A TRAVEL DATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We pick up Lucy on September 8th!!!!!!!

I am freaking OUT! Jeff is on his way home from work and I think I’ll wait to tell him when he gets here. So while I will not post this until after I tell him, YOU are all getting me in the very moment I found out. THE MOMENT!!! I am the happiest mom alive! I can’t believe it… we’re going to bring Lucy HOME!

Thank you ALL for the incredible love and support… I don’t know what we’d do without you! I have so many other posts in my head about gifts and thank yous and pictures and everything–I promise to get to all of it but, for right now… I am just living in this moment. Basking in this happiness and emotion.

Isn’t this what people do when they win an Oscar…spew all of this emotional mumbo jumbo all over the place? Well, I have just won the Academy Award for parents. I have three beautiful children!! And they will be united after we pick her up in… (hold on, checking the calendar) 27 days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

P.S. I saw a shooting star this morning while I was out on a 5am run with my friend, Suzi…S, I didn’t tell you this… but, at that moment, I knew it would be today.

P.P.S. OH NO! Maybe this middle child issue is real… I just hi-jacked the post all about him and made it all about his sister. CRAP!

P.P.P.S.: To my three children… I LOVE YOU! You are the most incredible gift and I thank God every single day that I am not only blessed to know you but that I have been chosen to be your mom. You make me proud. I look forward to the day where the three of you gang up on the two of us because you’re so close and we’re just so uncool.

Lucy, we’re coming to get you, baby girl. Hold tight — we’re almost there. And when I get you in my arms, I’m not sure I’ll ever let you go…

UPDATE: Jeff is home and the champagne is cracked! I don’t imagine anyone is sleeping in this house tonight!

No, I haven’t lost my mind… I’m just tickled pink (had to say it) at all the girlie things in my laundry basket these days! We’re preparing for Lucy’s arrival and now her clothes are all washed and folded and ready to be packed. (although we haven’t bought the outfit for the big day yet)

Talk to me in a few months when I’m up to my ears in dirty clothes–a family of five gets pretty darn messy! But, for now, I’m just thrilled that the pink clothes that come out of the wash aren’t a product of accidentally mixing Jeff’s new red shirt with our whites.

Due to popular demand… (ok, just Gracyn’s mom Tiffanie) we’ve created our own store on Cafe Press. We have lots of cool ideas for adoption-related tees and such but decided to start with something everyone can appreciate…our crazy long wait for Miss Lucy! So go on over and buy a tee, hat, mug or bib–for adults and kids of all ages!

**All proceeds from the sale of these items will go to help another adopting family bring home their little boy. Noah’s at SLC with Lucy and his parents have been working hard to raise enough funds to bring him home. If you’d like to make a donation, click chip in.