I am sitting here in the aftermath of a wonderful family Christmas! I enjoyed all the time spent with family and the many gifts received. The best gift I have ever received was the gift of a savior!! The second best gift was my hubby, and a future gift will be my baby.
Life has been amazing the past 9 months. We are not physically pregnate, but paper pregnate. We are still waiting on our baby to be born. Our birthmom is still looking and planning on giving the baby up. So within a month we very easily could be parents to a little girl!
Our mom has been up and down. She has been all over the scale as to what she wants to do with this little one. She has finally told her boyfriend about the adoption and all the plans she is working on. She told him that she didn't feel they were ready to have a baby and when they were, God would provide another one for them.
We are excited, but also cautious. I don't want to get to the hospital and the mom completely change her mind. I am ready to bring a baby home. I am getting ready to work on the nursery and get everything put together, cleaned up and ready to go for when the baby does come.
We were given a couple baby gifts for Christmas from family members who are just as excited about everything as we are.
God is amazing and we are so happy to be a part of his wonderful family!!!
Friday, December 26, 2008
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
New Info
Wow...it has been a while since I have written. So much has happened. We have meet with our birthmom 2 more times, one visit went well, the other not so good.
Our mom is very back and forth as to what she wants to do. She told us that 90% of the time she wants to give up the baby, but there are still many times when she wants to keep it. We really don't know what will happen. This is a very high risk adoption.
I am really tired of just waiting for someone else to make a decision that will affect my life forever. I don't know how many times I can do this.
One reason the mom is wanting to keep the baby now, is that she heard from her boyfriend who was asking about the baby, he also told her he got a job. She is very emotional and was crying a lot today while she was meeting with the social worker. The mom was actually referred to a counselor because she was so emotional.
The mom said that she doesn't want to hurt us, and she really likes us. I hope she understand that we will be hurt if we don't get the baby, but we know that God will provide when the time is right.
Our mom is very back and forth as to what she wants to do. She told us that 90% of the time she wants to give up the baby, but there are still many times when she wants to keep it. We really don't know what will happen. This is a very high risk adoption.
I am really tired of just waiting for someone else to make a decision that will affect my life forever. I don't know how many times I can do this.
One reason the mom is wanting to keep the baby now, is that she heard from her boyfriend who was asking about the baby, he also told her he got a job. She is very emotional and was crying a lot today while she was meeting with the social worker. The mom was actually referred to a counselor because she was so emotional.
The mom said that she doesn't want to hurt us, and she really likes us. I hope she understand that we will be hurt if we don't get the baby, but we know that God will provide when the time is right.
Saturday, November 22, 2008
We went to meet our birthmom on Wed. She is very sweet. We were all nervous and not sure what to expect. We spent about 45 minutes with her and we were able to talk and learn more about each other. The birthmom seemed to like us pretty well, we really liked her.. of course for more than one reason. We could tell this mom was really wanting to allow her baby to have a better life than she did & does. We felt this meeting went extremely well and we want to let you know that God is amazing.
With out giving out too much of the birthmom's story, she did say that she originally wanted to have an abortion, but was unable. To me, this was a God thing!! Nothing in this world is a coincidence. So she decided to carry the baby, she also originally wanted to keep the baby. She said that she doesn't want to take the baby home because of things going on in her life. She has 3 kids already at home that she needs to be a mom to, and give them the attention they need. She is still not completely committed to adoption, but I guess I would rather have a mom who wasn't completely committed & changed, then one that was completely committed and changed her mind.
Our agency has been telling us that this mom is risky because she isn't committed. They tell us that we shouldn't expect to get the baby and we shouldn't get our hopes up or get too excited.. YEA RIGHT! We serve a God who is able to do so much more than they can even imagine. I finally emailed them & told them that we understand nothing is for sure until all the signatures are signed. But we serve a God of hope and faith. I told them I would rather have faith and hope that we will be bringing this baby home, and be devastated if it does not work out than to not have any hope at all!!
I really feel this is the baby God has for us, He has made everything so smooth, and is showing us so much. I know that only God knows what will happen to this little one, but that is who I am trusting in, a God who knows all and sees all!!!!!!!!!
Please pray for this mom, she is still unsure about what to do, she did say she liked us and was really glad we were family orianted and went to church. She feels she is abandoning her baby and feels guilty that she wouldn't be able to take care of her baby. I could see God working in her life, wether it was for our benifit also or not. She is due in January and its a girl, so we have a couple months of waiting before we really know. She did want to meet with us again. Maybe we will be able to meet with her again soon!
With out giving out too much of the birthmom's story, she did say that she originally wanted to have an abortion, but was unable. To me, this was a God thing!! Nothing in this world is a coincidence. So she decided to carry the baby, she also originally wanted to keep the baby. She said that she doesn't want to take the baby home because of things going on in her life. She has 3 kids already at home that she needs to be a mom to, and give them the attention they need. She is still not completely committed to adoption, but I guess I would rather have a mom who wasn't completely committed & changed, then one that was completely committed and changed her mind.
Our agency has been telling us that this mom is risky because she isn't committed. They tell us that we shouldn't expect to get the baby and we shouldn't get our hopes up or get too excited.. YEA RIGHT! We serve a God who is able to do so much more than they can even imagine. I finally emailed them & told them that we understand nothing is for sure until all the signatures are signed. But we serve a God of hope and faith. I told them I would rather have faith and hope that we will be bringing this baby home, and be devastated if it does not work out than to not have any hope at all!!
I really feel this is the baby God has for us, He has made everything so smooth, and is showing us so much. I know that only God knows what will happen to this little one, but that is who I am trusting in, a God who knows all and sees all!!!!!!!!!
Please pray for this mom, she is still unsure about what to do, she did say she liked us and was really glad we were family orianted and went to church. She feels she is abandoning her baby and feels guilty that she wouldn't be able to take care of her baby. I could see God working in her life, wether it was for our benifit also or not. She is due in January and its a girl, so we have a couple months of waiting before we really know. She did want to meet with us again. Maybe we will be able to meet with her again soon!
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Birthmom update
As you know we have been praying for 3 different birthmoms and their choice of a family to raise their children. We got a call yesterday from our adoption agency.......we have been chosen by a birthmom. I am excited, but trying to not get too excited!!! God is so Awesome.. we know he can do so much more than we expect, but when we actually pray for it.. WOW.. thats all I can say.
This birthmom is due in January, and is having a little girl (what we have always wanted). This little girl will be either a caucasion or a bi-racial.. they do not know for sure. Anyway.... this mom is 75% sure she wants to give the baby up for adoption, but not every adoption is 100% until after the parents sign the release 3 days after the baby is born. That is when we can take the baby home and they are ours. This mom has a couple kids already and knows that this is the right thing to do. She wants to get her life turned around and wants to start doing the right thing. To me I can see God working in her even though I have never met or talked to her.
We will be meeting with the agency and with the mom on Wed. Nov. 19th. Please pray for that meeting and that it will go as God has planned. I am praying that when the birth mom meets us and talkes to us she can see that we are the family God has put into her life to raise her child.
God has answered so many of my prayer requests, and the most recent wasn't any different. I had prayed w/o anyone knowing that God would allow the right birthmom to see our profile and know we were the one w/o looking at any others.. that is pretty much how things happened.
I am in awe of God, even though I know he can do so much, I am always amazed at what he does each and every day.
This birthmom is due in January, and is having a little girl (what we have always wanted). This little girl will be either a caucasion or a bi-racial.. they do not know for sure. Anyway.... this mom is 75% sure she wants to give the baby up for adoption, but not every adoption is 100% until after the parents sign the release 3 days after the baby is born. That is when we can take the baby home and they are ours. This mom has a couple kids already and knows that this is the right thing to do. She wants to get her life turned around and wants to start doing the right thing. To me I can see God working in her even though I have never met or talked to her.
We will be meeting with the agency and with the mom on Wed. Nov. 19th. Please pray for that meeting and that it will go as God has planned. I am praying that when the birth mom meets us and talkes to us she can see that we are the family God has put into her life to raise her child.
God has answered so many of my prayer requests, and the most recent wasn't any different. I had prayed w/o anyone knowing that God would allow the right birthmom to see our profile and know we were the one w/o looking at any others.. that is pretty much how things happened.
I am in awe of God, even though I know he can do so much, I am always amazed at what he does each and every day.
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