God has given us two

On August 6, 2002, our lives most certainly did change forever. I was sitting at my desk at work when the phone rang. It was AGCI and a sweet voice on the other end said, "Sara, are you sitting down?" I was so I said yes and then I got a panicky feeling. What was going on? Why should I be sitting down? This can't be good. Kimberly from AGCI continued to tell me that they had a referral for us if we were interested. I told her I think she made a mistake because we didn't even have our dossier pack completed let alone submitted to a certain country. She said that there wasn't a mistake... that according to our initial paperwork, they matched us up with the profile of two little boys. I'm sorry... did you say two? Supposedly a lot of people wanted to adopt a little girl from Russia so they were on that waiting list and then the people who said that they wanted to adopt a boy only wanted one boy. We were next on "the list". I think my heart raced the fastest it ever has raced and my hands started shaking. I thought back to all of the questions that we were advised to ask when getting a referral (is the baby healthy? how much does he/she weigh? were there any drugs or alcohol used during pregnancy?, etc.) and all I could ask was, "Are you serious?" She asked me if I wanted to know the info regarding the children and I said yes! She proceeded to tell me the info on the first child. His name is Dimitri Dolgich and he is 29 months old (quick calculations in my head... ok... 2 and 1/2 years old). He has blond hair and blue eyes. He has a brother named Andre Dolgich and he is 16 months old. He also has blond hair and blue eyes. Oh my word! I couldn't believe it! There were names attached to these two little things that could possibly become my children. They were real... they existed... they were on the other side of the world.

I hung up with Kim with the promise of calling her back within 24 hours letting her know if we were interested in getting pictures and the medical information of the boys. I called Steve right away and asked him if he was ready to hear some exciting news. He told me to hang on a second because he was on scaffolding at work and needed to call me back. WHAT? Call me back?!?!? Keep in mind that we weren't expecting the news of a referral yet so in Steve's defense, he probably thought that I was calling about a great sale I discovered while shopping online or something. I nearly choked on my excitement but tried to sound calm. Within a few minutes he called back and said, "Hey Babe, what's up?" Well, did I have news for him!!!! I shared the info that Kimberly had shared with me and there was silence on the other end of the phone. All he could say was, "How? We aren't even done with our paperwork". I told him the story and said that we had to call AGCI back within 24 hours to tell them if we wanted the medicals and pictures. He said, "Hang up with me and call them back and tell them that yes! We want to see what these little guys look like." YIPEEE!!!!! That night we called our families and told them the exciting news. We got the pictures of "the boys" the next day and it killed me not to open them until we were together. We sat down on the couch ready to meet who our children were going to be and first came out Dimitri's picture. Oh my word! He's so sweet!!!! What the heck is all over his face? Why does he have greenish black dots on his head? Come to find out, they treat cuts with iodine over in Russia and that was what he had on his face. I fell in love instantly with his little expression. Next was Andre's picture. Oh my word! He has the chubbiest cheeks ever and looks so adorable! What the hang is he wearing? He has blue and pink hearts all over his shirt and strawberries on his pants! Regardless of what he was wearing, he too grabbed a hold of my heart and so there they were... our two boys. They had faces, names and were adorable!!! I couldn't believe that after 4 years of wanting a baby, God had given me two.