These last few weeks have been pretty quiet in the adoption world but we did just get the March update outlining the agencies current clients and inquiries. There are a few birth moms who are considering adoption that are due this summer and have not started looking at families yet. Keeps me positive knowing this I guess.
Tomorrow afternoon, Ross, Nolan & I are heading to Arizona for a few days. Spending the night in Pheonix with some friends we met in Mexico and then heading to Lake Havasu to spend the rest of the weekend with Ross's sister. Even though we just got back from vacation 6 weeks ago, Ross & I are definitely ready for another one! And Nolan is super pumped he gets to come with this time :)
Finally, if anyone is interested/or know anyone who would be interested, the Catelynn and Tyler (Teen Mom fame) tour will be on the following dates:
-Tuesday, April 16th: St.Cloud State University
-Wednesday, April 17th: U of MN
Please help spread the word to their target demographic (18-24!)
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
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I'm so frustrated today! We got word that the birth mom decided that she didn't want to look at profiles so far away from her. (She lives in Georgia). It frustrates me that the social workers let it go this far. Involving 14 families, sending our books down to GA and getting all of our hopes up and then none of the books even got looked at.
I am at the point where I have removed most emotions from the profile showings and have refrained myself from getting really excited, but it truly is hard to remove all emotions 100%. Every profile showing that goes by we wonder "is this the one?" Like a woman trying to get pregnant, every pregnancy test she takes wondering if this is it, that's the feeling I have. You try so hard to not get too excited but it's unavoidable.
It will be 2 years this summer that we have been waiting and have a lot of hard decisions we have to make soon if we will continue this journey or not. It's truly an exhausting process, one we could have never prepared ourselves for 100%. Some days I feel like I am constantly on a roller coaster. Please pray for our family. We are not ready to give up, yet we also don't know how much longer we will be able to continue. I love this quote......
I am at the point where I have removed most emotions from the profile showings and have refrained myself from getting really excited, but it truly is hard to remove all emotions 100%. Every profile showing that goes by we wonder "is this the one?" Like a woman trying to get pregnant, every pregnancy test she takes wondering if this is it, that's the feeling I have. You try so hard to not get too excited but it's unavoidable.
It will be 2 years this summer that we have been waiting and have a lot of hard decisions we have to make soon if we will continue this journey or not. It's truly an exhausting process, one we could have never prepared ourselves for 100%. Some days I feel like I am constantly on a roller coaster. Please pray for our family. We are not ready to give up, yet we also don't know how much longer we will be able to continue. I love this quote......
Thursday, March 21, 2013
March Profile Showing
Just wanted to give a quick update that we will be having an out of state profile showing on Monday of next week (25th of March). There will be approx 14 families shown coming from all over United States! Baby is due in early May. As always, please keep all the families involved in your prayers! We would LOVE to welcome a spring baby to our family this year :)
Monday, March 4, 2013
Quick March Update!
Hello All! We have just returned from our Mexico vacation and it was so amazing! I forget how much I love going on trips with JUST ROSS :) Though we missed the kids dearly, that one on one time is sure priceless.
The adoption front has been a little busier than normal this last month. We've been contacted to show our profile for two separate situations. Unfortunately, both of them did not quite seem to be a good match for our family so we did not show our books. In both situations, we prayed before we made the decisions and both of them seemed clear that it wasn't meant to be. So we continue to wait!
Eagerly waiting for Spring and Summer. This winter has seemed like the longest winter ever. I'm sure all of you can relate!
The adoption front has been a little busier than normal this last month. We've been contacted to show our profile for two separate situations. Unfortunately, both of them did not quite seem to be a good match for our family so we did not show our books. In both situations, we prayed before we made the decisions and both of them seemed clear that it wasn't meant to be. So we continue to wait!
Eagerly waiting for Spring and Summer. This winter has seemed like the longest winter ever. I'm sure all of you can relate!
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Monday, February 4, 2013
The "Perfect" Family
In reflecting this weekend after our last profile showing the title of this post popped into my mind. "The Perfect Family." I cannot tell you how many times I have heard people say to us, "I cannot believe you guys have not gotten chosen yet, you're the perfect family"! (On a side note, I am not telling you this to brag, I am telling you this to make a point. I actually get offended when people say this to me.) It got me wondering.....what constitutes "The Perfect Family?" What do Ross & I have that makes us "The Perfect Family?" The real answer is nothing because we are FAR from perfect! We fight, we sin, we make mistakes. Lots, and lots and LOTS of mistakes. We ask for forgiveness, we cry, we say things we regret, we lose faith, and we are don't always appreciate what we have. We are far from the perfect family. However, we love as hard as we can, we try to live each day as the last, and we try to follow God's word each and every day, and when we don't we wake up the next day and try again.
When looking at the profiles of the 30 waiting families at our agency, they all "look" perfect. They all have perfect family pictures, choose the perfect words in their profiles and have the perfect jobs. Each profile is unique in it's own way and almost all of them seem...well...."perfect!" There are times when I think, "wow, I want this family to adopt me!" :) However, when prospective birth parents look through the profile's they are not looking for the perfect family. They are looking for families that have a connection with them. They are looking for families that when they close their eyes, they can visualize their child being a part of that family. So as we wait to be chosen, we pray that a birth family can look through the profiles, and see past the "perfectness" and find the real connection to the family.
Thank you everyone for the thoughtful notes, texts and emails this weekend. It is clear that this is what is meant to be. Friday night I opened my my daily devotional book and this is what it said for Friday, Feb. 1st. : "Wait with Purpose" "My (inner) self as well as my body is also exceedingly disturbed and troubled. But you, O Lord, how long until You return and speak space to me? Return to my relief, O Lord, deliver my life; save me for the sake of Your steadfast love and mercy. Psalm 6:3-4. It then goes on to say, "Avoid getting negative when you look at your circumstances. Actively wait on God to give you strength to walk in the fruit of the Spirit. Wait with purpose, silently listening for Him to speak, eagerly watching for Him to Act." My tears stopped immediately after reading this scripture and I haven't cried about this profile showing since. How amazing to have this reading for this exact same day. I can tell you for sure, it was not coincidence.
Many Blessings to you all this week. We will be busy getting ready for Nolan's Monster Truck 5th Birthday Party for this weekend:)
When looking at the profiles of the 30 waiting families at our agency, they all "look" perfect. They all have perfect family pictures, choose the perfect words in their profiles and have the perfect jobs. Each profile is unique in it's own way and almost all of them seem...well...."perfect!" There are times when I think, "wow, I want this family to adopt me!" :) However, when prospective birth parents look through the profile's they are not looking for the perfect family. They are looking for families that have a connection with them. They are looking for families that when they close their eyes, they can visualize their child being a part of that family. So as we wait to be chosen, we pray that a birth family can look through the profiles, and see past the "perfectness" and find the real connection to the family.
Thank you everyone for the thoughtful notes, texts and emails this weekend. It is clear that this is what is meant to be. Friday night I opened my my daily devotional book and this is what it said for Friday, Feb. 1st. : "Wait with Purpose" "My (inner) self as well as my body is also exceedingly disturbed and troubled. But you, O Lord, how long until You return and speak space to me? Return to my relief, O Lord, deliver my life; save me for the sake of Your steadfast love and mercy. Psalm 6:3-4. It then goes on to say, "Avoid getting negative when you look at your circumstances. Actively wait on God to give you strength to walk in the fruit of the Spirit. Wait with purpose, silently listening for Him to speak, eagerly watching for Him to Act." My tears stopped immediately after reading this scripture and I haven't cried about this profile showing since. How amazing to have this reading for this exact same day. I can tell you for sure, it was not coincidence.
Many Blessings to you all this week. We will be busy getting ready for Nolan's Monster Truck 5th Birthday Party for this weekend:)
Friday, February 1, 2013
Another Profile Showing
This morning our book was shown to a couple who live VERY close to us. I have to admit, I was the most excited for this profile showing. We first heard about it a week ago but I didn't want to announce it until after I knew more information. It seemed like the birth parents had everything that we were looking for and we loved that the baby would be born in the same hospital as Nolan was. What a cool story to tell, right? The only kind of scary part was that the baby was due Feb. 17th which is 2 weeks from now! We were prepared to cancel our trip if this profile showing went well but I guess we will not be doing that.
I hate that I let my guard down and let myself get so excited about this one. I haven't slept all week and if I did, my dreams were filled with this baby in our arms. I had really almost 100% convinced myself this was it. I also liked that the birth mom was open to everyone but would put preference on the longest waiting families. Well at 18 months, we are in the top 10 of longest waiting. On a happier note, she did choose a family who had been waiting 2.5 years and my heart does smile knowing after 2.5 years they are finally getting their call.
So back to looking forward to the wonderful things that February is bringing us! Birthday parties and Beach trip.
Have a blessed weekend,
I hate that I let my guard down and let myself get so excited about this one. I haven't slept all week and if I did, my dreams were filled with this baby in our arms. I had really almost 100% convinced myself this was it. I also liked that the birth mom was open to everyone but would put preference on the longest waiting families. Well at 18 months, we are in the top 10 of longest waiting. On a happier note, she did choose a family who had been waiting 2.5 years and my heart does smile knowing after 2.5 years they are finally getting their call.
So back to looking forward to the wonderful things that February is bringing us! Birthday parties and Beach trip.
Have a blessed weekend,
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