We got the call

So this past Monday, on May 24, 2010, we got the call. I was at work at the magazine, and it was late in the day, around 4 p.m. So when my cell phone rang I almost let it go to voicemail, because I didn't recognize the number at first. Then I noticed it was the same first three digits as the adoption attorney's office number, and my heart stopped realizing it could be the call for which we had been waiting, and the attorney was just calling from a back line in the office.

I picked up the phone and our attorney said "We have a situation I'd like to tell you about." This is where our story begins.