WE HAVE A BABY BOY!!!!!!

Justin and I (and Lydia too) are proud to announce that we were matched with a little boy today. We are over the moon with excitement and are so in love with this little guy. More details coming soon....

Stepping out in faith

We have recently set out on a new journey to find our next love. Last week a situation was brought to us, and we feel that God has opened this door to us for a reason. We are excited, scared and nervous about what this next week will bring. Please pray for our family and that this could be the love we have waited so long for.

Four

Well, another month has come and gone. It is getting harder with each passing month, especially not knowing how many more months are going to pass until we are matched.

This month has been fairly hard for us. We were actually chosen for the little girl that we inquired about last month. After speaking with a specialist over her needs, we found out they were more severe than we had originally been told. With her being a year older than Lydia and having this need we were not at peace that this little girl was the one for our family. As hard as it was, we turned down her file and once again began the wait.

I know our child is out their and in His timing God will show them to us. So here is to the start of a new month...what will it bring!

Three

Today marks three months since we have been waiting for our little one to show his/her face. The months are actually coming and going fairly quickly though. It's easy to say that now, we shall see how quickly they pass once we have been waiting 2-3+ years.

There hasn't been much movement with our agency lately. We haven't heard of any referrals since the middle of last year, and only a handful of waiting children have found their forever families. We have actually requested 9 files for waiting children. Eight of them they have either already been placed with another family by the time we inquired or their needs were more severe than we are willing to take on at this time. The last child we requested info on is actually being reviewed by the head office and we should hear by Monday the 22nd if we are the chosen family. This doesn't guarantee that she (yes, it's a girl) will be matched with us. Such a long and difficult process to get approval for a waiting child.

We actually sent in a request to change our home study about 3 weeks ago, and it was approved this week. We originally stated that we were open to a boy/girl up to the age of 18 months, and just recently changed it to boy/girl up to the age of 4 with the minor to moderate special needs. We were a bit nervous about making the change, but think it was a good decision for our family.

Can't wait to see what the next month(s) bring!

WE DID IT!!!!!!

Excited, nervous and very blessed are just a few of the emotions we went through this morning. Today was the day that we were to find out if we had met our goal and would be receiving the full amount for our adopiton grant. Around 1:00 we finally received word from their office that we had not only matched our goal but exceeded it. Through your gracious donations and the help of life song for orphans we were able to raise $10,106.64. Words can not even describe the feeling as we learned of this life changing news.

We were so nervous throughout this whole process. We really didn't know how our family and friends would react after receiving a letter from us and learning of our financial struggles trying to bring our next child home. God truly worked in each and everyone of your hearts and we are forever grateful to each of you for your donations.

Thank you to all that donated. We are truly blessed and because of you our child is one step closer to coming home to their forever family!

2635

We have just over a week until our grant deadline. So far, $2635 has been donated to our adoption. We are so close to reaching the $4000 mark...I get chills every time I think about it. We are truly blessed to have so many people willing to contribute to bringing our child home. Thank you all for your donations.

Bao Bei

I found this song posted on another families blog that is adopting from Taiwan. I think it is just beautiful. The artist that performs this piece, Zhang Zuan, is a Taiwanes/Indie singer-songwriter. Bao Bei means baby or little treasured one. Enjoy!