His Promises Kept

I have had a few people ask us where we were on this journey, what was new, and how things are going...so I figured...now that I'm done with work for the summer and I have time...I can update everyone. We have decided to take a break from the adoption route...especially since with our match that we had we lost all our funds...However, we are now trying a holistic path to healing my body. Back in December I found a doctor that did a few tests and found that I don't digest food well and because of that can create a domino effect. Since then, I've been able to get that fixed, but she's now finding a few other things that because of the digestion issue, have messed a few other things up and is starting to get things back to normal working order. She is confident that we'll be able to conceive on our own.  I started blogging a bit about this path that we have started to go on and you can find it at...  http://joyfullytryingholistic.blogspot.com/ I will be doing update...

We will be having a fundraiser next month on Saturday Dec. 7th...all are invited and it should be a great event!! Below is the flyer. Please feel free to spread this around to all your friends, family, neighbors, and even strangers. :) It'll be a great time to get unique Christmas gifts, support a good cause, and just have fun during the holiday season!! :)

Well, we are back to the waiting game and even back to being in the second trimester.  I would be lying if I told you that it's been completely easy after we lost our match with the birth mom...because it hasn't...however...it's been pretty easy to deal with it when the support system that surrounds me is so strong! Between prayers, God's comfort, and the support system, it sure has made it easier to bare.  So...where are we now in all this? Well we are back to the waiting game, but most importantly, we are back to gaining the money that was lost during our match.  We are back to fundraising the best we can and just trying to save as much as we possibly can.  I have a craft show that I'm in this Saturday...then we are going to through our own craft show in December (the 7th from 10-4).  For this I will be charging vendors $25 to set up a table...and I won't be getting any of their commission for this event.  Then we will also have our own booth, as well a...

Well, it's been one roller coaster ride with our adoption.  So much stuff has been happening and it has completely spiraled out of control!! We tried to save what we had going, but sadly in the end, we decided to walk away from this adoption.  My heart is heavy and I have cried A LOT, but in the end I just have to thank God that He is bringing us through this. I honestly don't know where I would be without standing on the hope that I have in God. I also have to say HUGE THANK YOUS to both my husband and my parents for all the love and support that they have given.  I know Steve and I have both stood there as this was all unraveling like a bad sweater snag...thinking, how are we ever going to fix this and pick up the pieces to do this again.  God's plan is bigger than ours, He is the author and finisher of this plan...I still feel called to be a mom...I feel called to be the woman He wanted me to be...and this stuff that had happened I lean not on my own understandi...

Well, baby wanted to be modest and not show if we are going to have a boy or a girl...but that's ok. :) Either one we will be completely ok with because God has a plan and a purpose for this little one and we will do our very best to raise this baby to be a follower a Christ. Even though we couldn't find out what the gender is, we still were able to get some very awesome pictures of the littlest one. :)  The lady doing the ultrasound actually said that birth mom was measuring at 17 almost 18 weeks, putting her due date to be around March 5th...so we will see what happens when we go for future check ups. This appointment was my first appointment both with birth mom and where I got to see a baby and hear the heartbeat. Wow! That was the coolest thing I could have ever asked for!! I am very blessed to be able to have such a great relationship with our birth mom, and to grow such a bond and love for her and her own family!!  She truly is an amazing woman and God knew what he wa...

It has been absolutely wonderful being in contact with our birth mom! We were actually able to hang out and have lunch with her on Sunday, along with her 1 year old.  We also were able to meet birth dad for just a few minutes too (he didn't eat with us though, it was at the end when we were saying good bye).  We had such a great time just hanging out and chatting.  We feel completely blessed to have been chosen by such a great person! We are so thankful she's in our lives!!   Birth mom and I have been chatting through text for awhile now, and it feels like we are long lost friends! We have found several things that we share in common and just being able to chat off and on with her has been awesome. I have enjoyed every moment of it!  We have our first apt together this Friday too, and I'm excited because afterwards we get to hang out and chat some more. :) Also, we are hoping that we get to find out if baby O is a boy...or a girl... :D  Either w...

Dear Baby O, I wanted to take a few moments to tell you how exciting we are to be able to meet you (and soon!!!)!!  We found out a week ago today that you were going to be in our lives and we couldn't be happier!!!  We don't know yet if you're a girl or boy, but either way we are excited to call you our son or daughter!! :)  You are going to do amazing things and be an amazing person that God has called you to be.  Please note that not only does your mom and dad love you very much, so does your birth mom and dad!!!  They love you so much to be doing such a selfless act. We have been praying for you before we have even known about you! You have been on both daddy and mommy's heart for a long time! You have started to grow in there long before you were conceived!!!! We love you so much already that it's hard to even imagine me loving you any more...yet I know I will!!! :) Today when I was at work I got a picture of your first photo that was taken. I wa...