Not the baby for us

We were called yesterday morning and told that the baby boy was born Saturday and he was healthy. The birth mother said she decided to keep him and I believe she is stable enough to offer him a good home.  We are saddened by our loss of the baby we thought was for us, but this is not a tragedy, this baby will be loved and cared for by it's mother.  We are back on the waiting list.  The last two matches happened very quickly; this match was only a day after the agency received our photo books. We are praying that God would allow us to be matched and placed quickly so we do not need to update our entire home study, which is time consuming and expensive.  We have until mid September before we will need to start the process of updating since we completed it early October last year.  We trust that God has a specific baby for us that really needs a family and we will see what He brings to us in the weeks ahead.

Preparing for baby

Things still look really good with our match and we are preparing for baby boy to be born!  It looks like he may come a little early since he is on the big side and the due date is a rough estimate.  We are very excited!  To clarify what I said below, I did not mean that we would stop searching for a baby if this situation fell through, but rather that we really think this is the baby God has been preparing us for.

Here are some pictures from our July 4th party.

Matched!!!

We have been chosen by another birth mother who is due with a baby boy on August 23rd.  We are very excited, this birth mother is so sweet and sounds committed to this adoption.  She wanted to visit with us over the phone and it was such a wonderful experience.  A recent ultrasound told us that this sweet baby is healthy and a big boy.  With this news we realize he may be born sooner since the due date was an estimate by the doctor.  We truly believe this is probably the end of our adoption journey. Our prayer during this time is that if for any reason this adoption is not to happen for our family that God would make it clear soon.  Our hearts are very eager, but I think saying we are a little bruised from all the ups and downs we have faced this year would be accurate.  All of us have been excited about many possible situations we have heard about this year and none of them were the baby for us. We are very hopeful that this truly is our baby boy and we will be united with him soon!