Here she is... Miss America!

Here is Courtney! Obviously she gave us permission to share her picture. It makes her happy to know that everyone is so excited. She was almost surprised that we have told everyone we know.
Courtney is WONDERFUL and great and beautiful. We had a great conversation once it got started. She and I started started talking with Hannah on a conference call where we really couldn't hear each other. After about an hour Hannah had to go so we continued our conversation on our own when I called her back. We talked from 1p till almost 330p! Iiiiiiii, know! Before she hung up with us, Hannah, said, "It's like you guys knew each other before" (p.s. H never got to speak in our conference call). lol. It really was like that, we continued our conversation with each other after Michael got to say hi real quick before going back to work (the connection was so bad on the conference call, he could just stare at me while i talked and give me thumbs up and 'watched the conversation)
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Courtney is really great. She is intuitive, wise, funny, loving and sensitive. Like any woman, she has the questions and insecurities we all do. She loves her mother and feels like they are very connected still even though she was killed in a car accident a year and a half ago. I found out that she grew up riding horses and caring for all kinds of animals (including livestock) on her maternal grandfathers 40acre property in Mississippi, her favorite color is green, she loves anything CHOCOLATE, Chinese Food is her favorite and she loves MADONNA! LOL. It is hilarious. We are really looking forward to our visit next Friday and Saturday, we can't wait to see her and give her a hug... She also asked us to keep in touch with her after the baby's born with emails and pictures and possible visits. She expressed to us that she really does want us to name the baby and lastly, she asked if we would please be in the delivery room when she has the baby. WOW! I don't know what else to say?! We are very excited to be asked to such a personal experience and can't wait to be part of it. In the end she kept telling me how sure she is about placing the baby and not to worry about her changing her mind etc. I told her I appreciate her honesty and reassurance. We had an easy conversation and that is a relief. Our plan for our visit is this: Friday lunch together, go to a park after then meet for dinner (Hannah will be with us for all of this). On Saturday, we will likely hang out for breakfast or stop by to see her right before we go out of town to get some ice cream or something. SOooooo Exciting!!! SOoooo nerve racking!!!!!! Aghhhhhh!