Home Called Grace

It has been a long time since I last blogged.  Almost another year has passed.  I have found blogging to be low on the list of things I need/want to do, but am excited to get back to it again.  Hopefully, something will appear at least once a week.  And, I am feeling more inspired now that the blog has been given a much needed makeover.  I hope to continue to work on it - that is if I can figure out how!  

One of the biggest reasons for getting back into blogging is that after much thought, consideration, and prayer we find ourselves beginning another adoption!  This time around we have decided to pursue domestic infant adoption.  There were numerous factors that led to this decision, and we are excited to see what the Lord has in store.

Since December we have been working on our home study, which is now complete!  We are waiting on a few things to come back, but everything on our end is finished.  We have to now make a photo book about our family to serve as our family profile for potential birth mothers to view.  Once we have our home study and photo book in hand, we can officially sign with our agency and begin waiting.  Our hope and prayer is that we will add to our family within the next year.

When you think of us, your prayers for this process are greatly appreciated.  While we don't know what this child will look like, what background they may have, or what their journey to us will include, our trust is in God's sovereignty to lead us to the child planned long ago for our family. He is good and knows best and we wait with hope.  

 

It has been an entire year since my last post. Blogging is definitely on the back burner right now. If there is anyone who still may read the blog or subscribe, I thought I'd post a video that I made for Rebekah's second Gotcha Day anniversary. We've had Rebekah for two years now!! It is very hard to believe. She is doing really well and continues to be a great joy! Enjoy the video of the past year!

We enjoyed a wonderful day today as a family, although it didn't start out how we hoped.  Sweet Rebekah woke up this morning crying and when Zac went to her it was apparent that she was in the middle of having a bad dream.  After she woke up we ate breakfast, got dressed, packed up (which took so much longer than we had desired), and then put a whiny/crying girl into the car to drive to a zoo about an hour away.  We seriously wondered if we should just go back inside and try again another day.  However, we knew that no matter what we wanted to celebrate and make the day special.

Thankfully, the car ride turned things around, and we happily began a fun day exploring the zoo.  Rebekah has never been to a zoo, but knowing her love for animals we were sure she'd find it so fascinating.  Her favorites of the day were the monkeys and the giraffes, but I think she loved it all.  Tonight, we had a little celebratory dessert and put her to bed early.  She was exhausted. 

All day long I couldn't help but think back to what we were doing this time last year.  Things were very different, but the best part of our Gotcha Day last year was seeing Rebekah really smile and hearing her laugh for the first time.  We had no idea the transformation and healing work that God was only beginning to perform in her little life.  We are so blessed to call her our daughter and she is a treasure.  Our hearts are full of thanksgiving to God for bringing us all together as a family and answering our prayers for a child.  He is faithful! 

Don't worry, this won't be our last post about today...Zac has one brewing, and I have a two slide shows that are finally *almost* done.  I wanted them to be finished by today, but we are having a few problems.  Hopefully, we can post all of this very soon.

If you'd like to see our pictures from today, click here.