A Child For Us

Remember us?!

Has it been that long already. Apparently it’s been 91 days since my last post. Oops. And since it’s National Adoption Month I thought I’d give the official update on our adoption journey. Truth be told, it’s a whole lot of nothing. Just waiting. We are looking at about a year wait (from last August) give or take. Crossing fingers for something sooner… maybe in the spring :)

I will say this. The path to adoption is exciting, nerve-racking, and sometimes downright painful. Back in August, after just two weeks of waiting, I received a voicemail from Bethany about a baby. I called Dave to meet with him so that we could call our social worker together and get the scoop. We weren’t necessarily chosen at this point but asked if we were willing to show our profile to a mother in Georgia. She was due September 14th… with a baby boy. It was surreal. Any thoughts about money (or the vacation we had planned on September 16th) just sort of vanished. It only takes a second to claim a child as your own. Actually, not even that. However, upon more information about the birth family a few red flags presented themselves. Things that Dave and I felt very unsure about and in the short amount of time we had to react we had to decline. Seriously, the most gut-wrenching decision we’ve had to make yet. Thankfully, our Pastor was in the office at the time and talked with us and prayed for us about the decision we had to make. Eventually, I called our social worker in tears and declined. It hurt. A lot. But over time God gave us a sense of peace… we weren’t meant to be parents just yet. And from what we hear, we’ll know when the time is right. 

All this hasn’t stopped me from trying to enjoy my “pregnancy” (my adoptive mom friends are still trying to convince me I’m “pregnant”… it still sounds weird to me ;) I’ve bought a few things here and there. I’ve painted the nursery and the nursery bedding has arrived (OMG I LOVE IT!) I’ve even taken up embroidering as a new hobby and have made a few things for our little munchkin :) Still working on the premise of: If you build it, they will come! 

So that is the update in our journey so far. One that started back in January of 2008. Wow, that’s three years of waiting under our belts already… my how time flies!