Our apartment was quiet. Beau was sleeping and although friends & family were in town, they were out on a walk. Pierre and I sat on the carpet and used his key to slice the tape.
The box was full of pink tissue paper and an ultrasound picture lay on top saying "It's a girl!" My heart immediately dropped to my knees. Could this package possibly be for us? Maybe there's a mistake. I sure hope it's for us.
I'm not sure how much time passed while the two of us were starring at the little profile in the photograph before we realized that the package may hold more answers.
We pulled up the tissue paper and we both scrambled to grab the letter.
Dear Pierre, Sera and Beau,[This is when the gasps and tears began.] Most people reading our blog don't know this, but it is unlikely that we will have more biological children. When we found this out, we both felt impressed that our family could be blessed through adoption. We began the adoption application process last September.
...Congratulations! I'm writing this the night before my ultrasound so I have no idea what you are having
So you can understand our total SHOCK when we received this package out of the blue from S. To clarify, we have known S (and her family) for a long time and we knew S was pregnant but we understood that she was definitely parenting.
Little did we know that S had actually chosen us several weeks earlier but decided to keep it a secret so she could also surprise us once she found out the baby's gender (she had her ultrasound and sent the package overnight.) Needless to say, we will NEVER forget opening that package and the rush of emotions. We have been on cloud nine ever since.
It is so magical to think that we could actually have a little girl in September!!! It is so humbling to think of S blessing us in a way we could never do for ourselves. 
S sent all this. (The bib says, "I love my big brother." The BYU onesie matches one Beau wore in a previous post. S is so thoughtful.) She also sent a DVD of the ultrasound! We saw her kicking like crazy and rubbing her eyes and even got to listen to her rapid little heartbeat.
This is her beautiful little face. See the little nose and the pouted lips?
