About 4 years ago Chase and I started talking about me becoming a surrogate.  I was pregnant with Collin at the time and knew that it would be a while before we would really look into that.  During that time I was able to go to the temple by myself one night and thought and prayed about the decision to become a surrogate.  I felt very... interested and peaceful as I thought about it.
I knew that I wanted to have one more baby close to Collin, so I became pregnant with Landon.  When Landon was about 6 months old I submitted my profile to become a surrogate.  I talked with 4 different couples over the next year, all of which wanted to have the option to abort if there was a physical or mental problem with the baby.  I wasn't feeling good about the experience, so I asked for my profile to be removed and I would let them know if we decided we were interested again.  4 weeks ago I received an e-mail from the surrogate center asking if I might be interested in working with a couple from China who just moved to California.  Chase and I prayed and talked about it for several days, and decided we felt very good about moving forward with this couple.  Last Wednesday I flew out to California (flew out at 8:30 AM and arrived back in SLC at 8:45 that night) and met the doctor, other surrogates and the couple.
I was nervous and worried about taking this trip by myself, but it ended up being an amazing experience.  I had a good talk with my 1st cab driver about being LDS (which he did not know much about but we had a very open and good talk) and about how important families are.  The couple I will be working with are so sweet, and they are so loving.
If all goes as planned I will have the transfer end of July in California.  We will be there for a few days this time.  I'll keep you updated :)