I thought I would fill you all in on what is happening with our adoption process. Right now, we are in a waiting pattern and have been for a couple of months now. We were approved last May and will be called when we are selected by a birthmom. The waiting is hard. The not knowing is even harder. I am a planner and someone who likes to know what and when and that is just not possible when you are adopting. I do have a list of things that we will need right away once the baby is here and we do have a new car seat. The other items are either loaned out to others or will need to be purchased.
There are two possibilities when you are adopting. One, you may get a call that you have been selected by a birthmom and get to go meet her and, hopefully, get to establish a relationship with her and possibly the birthfather before the baby is born. Second, you may get a call that the baby is born and you have been selected. So get your you-know-what in the car and come NOW. As you can see, this is where some planning needs to be done. I can just see us having to stop by Babies R'Us or Target on the way and purchasing some much needed items and deciding on a baby name on the way there. BTW, we do have some names that we like and Jacob loves to put in his two cents but we will save it for a surprise when the time has come.
There is also the possibility of a disrupted adoption, where the birthmom decides to keep the baby. If this happens, it will be heartbreaking for us. But, our prayer is that the birthmom makes the decision that is best for her and her baby. If this is what happens, then it was a part of God's plan and as hard as it may be to accept, that is what we will have to do.
As for Jacob, he is very excited. He asks about once a week if we have been picked and if and when we will get to meet the birthmom and the baby. He will sometimes say "Mom, we don't have a stroller. We need to go to the store NOW." He is definately learning about patience with this process, and so are we.
As for us, we are also very very excited. We can't predict what the outcome will be. It is all in His hands; but we pray faithfully that the Lord will keep our birthmom and baby safe, happy and healthy. The thought of being a new mom and dad again is so overwhelming, but in a good way. This time, we know we won't get any sleep for a few weeks but to get to experience all of those firsts again...we just can't wait. And giving Jacob the sibling he has always wanted is a true answer to prayer.
And for those of you who are wondering what took us so long to finally adopt...well, let's just say it was all God's timing and not ours. The time was just not right until the last year or so and then we had to decide international vs. domestic and what agency to use. All in all, the process was not long and we just love our agency and know that God had us pick them for a reason.
In addition to praying for our birthmom, please pray that we will find the patience needed during the waiting process.
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On another note, today on MTV ( I never never watch this channel but would never miss this) on Made at 5pm, our friend Kendra will be on the show. She will be racing the girl who wrote into MTV and asked to be Made into a motocross rider. Kendra is riding our neighors bike and racing her, so they are excited too.
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Tomorrow we leave for a family vacation to Galveston. Our relatives are driving from Oklahoma to Galveston as we speak. Pray for their safety on the road. It should be a great and fun time for us and the kids.
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