About thirty minutes after my post yesterday, I got the long awaited (as in, waited for 6 days - ha!) phone call from our social worker!!
It was so great to hear her voice - it brought tears to my eyes and made it finally feel real. This is HAPPENING! Monday we will have our orientation interview, and then get our fingerprints taken care of...
There are multiple adoption blogs I read that so encourage me - and I was reading one today of a family that is adopting a little girl from Ethiopia. Her friends had a shower for her, and this is what the invitation said...
I didnt give you the gift of life,
But in my heart I know.
The love I feel is deep and real,
As if it had been so.
For us to have each other,
Is like a dream come true!
No, I didnt give you the gift of life,
Life gave me the gift of you!
I just sat there and cried... what a joy, what a blessing this mom is about to experience!
Thank you Lord, that You choose to let us be a part of your plan for the orphan...
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
One step closer...
to having a baby in my arms!!!
We finally turned in our adoption paperwork this past Thursday, January 20th!
We are so very excited... but sadly, I am already getting impatient! We were told we would hear from our social worker and have an orientation interview this week, and I havent heard from them yet - and its killing me! Guess this too will be a good lesson in patience and waiting on the Lord - much like the last 3 years...
Its amazing that as soon as this summer we could finally have a sibling for Campbell... I just cant wait! If you will, join us in praying for the birth mom - that she will take care of herself during her pregnancy, and that the Lord will use our relationship to draw her to Himself if she does not know Him. Also, if you would pray for the Lord to prepare our hearts for what is to come... we were pretty open to anything in terms of race, sex, medical history - so I am still having moments of fear where I think "can I really do this?!?" The answer is no, I cant. But He can. And He will enable us to do it - because He has called us to it, and He will not leave us there...
We finally turned in our adoption paperwork this past Thursday, January 20th!
We are so very excited... but sadly, I am already getting impatient! We were told we would hear from our social worker and have an orientation interview this week, and I havent heard from them yet - and its killing me! Guess this too will be a good lesson in patience and waiting on the Lord - much like the last 3 years...
Its amazing that as soon as this summer we could finally have a sibling for Campbell... I just cant wait! If you will, join us in praying for the birth mom - that she will take care of herself during her pregnancy, and that the Lord will use our relationship to draw her to Himself if she does not know Him. Also, if you would pray for the Lord to prepare our hearts for what is to come... we were pretty open to anything in terms of race, sex, medical history - so I am still having moments of fear where I think "can I really do this?!?" The answer is no, I cant. But He can. And He will enable us to do it - because He has called us to it, and He will not leave us there...
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Wow...
I just realized its been almost 3 months since I last posted... that is beyond sad. I'm sure no one even reads this blog anymore, if they ever did! Things have been a little hectic around here, and I will do my best to catch up.
FERTILITY: Right before Thanksgiving, I had endometreosis surgery where they actually found several problems and were able to correct them. Praise God! Surgery wasnt fun, but I am glad I did it - and we recently did our 5th IUI with high hopes after the surgery... please pray. We are finishing up on this long "fertility road", and might be willing to do one more procedure, but will then be done. We have also started/almost finished our adoption paperwork - and I am SO EXCITED about it!
JOB: We are moving to Auburn! Ben took a job in Auburn several weeks ago - he will be working with the hospitalist group there, and we are really thankful for such a great job opportunity. He will be working with a man that has mentored him (he used to live here) and it will be a huge blessing. We are hoping to put our house on the market this month, and will start looking at lots to build in Auburn - hopefully soon. (Bens dad is a homebuilder in Auburn) It is bittersweet - leaving Birmingham is going to be so very hard... (I have already been crying thinking about it)
HOLIDAYS: We spent Thanksgiving in Auburn with my family, since Brian (my brother) and Savannah were going to her family for Christmas. Ben actually worked Christmas, so we spent Christmas at our house for the first time - and it was wonderful. Ben's parents came up Christmas Eve and spent the day with us, then my parents came up that night and we all went to our church together and had dinner at our favorite mexican place afterwards. The meriachi band even sang jingle bells and feliz navidad! That might become a tradition :) My parents spent the night and we opened presents Christmas morning before Ben went to work. I cooked an early Christmas dinner for when Ben got home, and before my parents had to leave. We even got to spend a night in Atlanta for our anniversary! (Happy 7 years Ben!) While there though, Bens dad called him with chest pains, and Ben told him to go to the ER - we learned shortly after that he had a heart attack, and we left and headed straight to the hospital. He is doing better now, but is on a ton of medicine and is being watched closely since there are still more blockages that couldnt be corrected. We then spent New Years at the lake with my family, celebrating our Christmas with them a little late. It was a wonderful, very busy few weeks!
Campbell is about to turn four, which blows my mind... she is so fun at this age, and really acting more "grown up". She is still really wanting a baby sister or brother - as bad as mommy and daddy are! - and prays that "God, please promise to give us a baby... its taking so long! Only you know, and it might be a baby in mommys tummy, or an orphan baby!" Its really sweet, but hard at the same time. Its one thing to want something badly yourself, but to see it affect your child is much harder.
Maybe my New Years resolution should be to blog more... but I hate making resolutions and then not keeping them :) I will say, I need to at least TRY harder! Will try to get some pictures up soon...
Happy New Year everyone - and WAR EAGLE!
FERTILITY: Right before Thanksgiving, I had endometreosis surgery where they actually found several problems and were able to correct them. Praise God! Surgery wasnt fun, but I am glad I did it - and we recently did our 5th IUI with high hopes after the surgery... please pray. We are finishing up on this long "fertility road", and might be willing to do one more procedure, but will then be done. We have also started/almost finished our adoption paperwork - and I am SO EXCITED about it!
JOB: We are moving to Auburn! Ben took a job in Auburn several weeks ago - he will be working with the hospitalist group there, and we are really thankful for such a great job opportunity. He will be working with a man that has mentored him (he used to live here) and it will be a huge blessing. We are hoping to put our house on the market this month, and will start looking at lots to build in Auburn - hopefully soon. (Bens dad is a homebuilder in Auburn) It is bittersweet - leaving Birmingham is going to be so very hard... (I have already been crying thinking about it)
HOLIDAYS: We spent Thanksgiving in Auburn with my family, since Brian (my brother) and Savannah were going to her family for Christmas. Ben actually worked Christmas, so we spent Christmas at our house for the first time - and it was wonderful. Ben's parents came up Christmas Eve and spent the day with us, then my parents came up that night and we all went to our church together and had dinner at our favorite mexican place afterwards. The meriachi band even sang jingle bells and feliz navidad! That might become a tradition :) My parents spent the night and we opened presents Christmas morning before Ben went to work. I cooked an early Christmas dinner for when Ben got home, and before my parents had to leave. We even got to spend a night in Atlanta for our anniversary! (Happy 7 years Ben!) While there though, Bens dad called him with chest pains, and Ben told him to go to the ER - we learned shortly after that he had a heart attack, and we left and headed straight to the hospital. He is doing better now, but is on a ton of medicine and is being watched closely since there are still more blockages that couldnt be corrected. We then spent New Years at the lake with my family, celebrating our Christmas with them a little late. It was a wonderful, very busy few weeks!
Campbell is about to turn four, which blows my mind... she is so fun at this age, and really acting more "grown up". She is still really wanting a baby sister or brother - as bad as mommy and daddy are! - and prays that "God, please promise to give us a baby... its taking so long! Only you know, and it might be a baby in mommys tummy, or an orphan baby!" Its really sweet, but hard at the same time. Its one thing to want something badly yourself, but to see it affect your child is much harder.
Maybe my New Years resolution should be to blog more... but I hate making resolutions and then not keeping them :) I will say, I need to at least TRY harder! Will try to get some pictures up soon...
Happy New Year everyone - and WAR EAGLE!
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