Referral day

I can't believe that it's been 5 years since we saw this little face. I still remember that day like it was yesterday. I was sad because several families had received their referrals the day before and we didn't get ours. I was nervous that we weren't going to get one. AJ and I were carpooling back in those days and Rascal Flatt's song "Feels Like Today" came on. I just knew it was going to be. Everyone went to lunch except for me. I wanted to hang around waiting for the call and check the y*hoo boards for referrals. I was out in the atrium because our computers are blocked from y*hoo and email and the other office building was not. When I got back to my desk there was an email titled "Here she is". I opened it up, not thinking this was it and saw Maddie's picture for the first time. I was bawling. I didn't mean to see her picture first, it just happened. I wanted to see it with AJ for the first time together. So has I'm bawling I call AJ and tell him and wait for him to go open his email. The FAA and everybody else walks in. They see me crying and I tell them about Maddie, but I refused to show them her picture until AJ saw it. While I was on the phone with AJ I realized that they shared a birthday. It was an amazing gift. I will never forget that day. It seems like she has been here forever and I can't remember a day without her here.
Since we don't have an official referral day for Sophie, we do her picture and celebrate it today as well. I still can't imagine a day without either one of them. They bring such joy to our lives.
Oh and I can't imagine a day without Brandon either. He is a joy although a closet democrat I still love him.