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Baby update
First, I will share a conversation that I had with Gracie the other day. It was my chuckle for the day.
Gracie – “Mom, are we ever going to fly on a plane again?”
Mom – “Sure honey after we are done and get all the kids here, I would love to take them to Disney World.”
Gracie – “So we are never going to fly on a plane again?”
Mom – “Why would you say that? Didn’t you just hear what I said?”
Gracie – “I heard you, but how will we ever know when we are done?”We have received pre-approval for Faith, a little one year old with a complex heart defect (one ventricle). We are still waiting on Eli’s papers. Eli is a one year old with a heart defect. We have not sent in the papers for Lauren (Min) yet because they think our best hope of getting all three is to present Eli & Lauren at the same time. I pray that it works. My heart would hurt to tell her no. I wish I could get the information to her. I know she is sitting there thinking her time is running out and here we are waiting to let her know. She turns 14 on June 1, 2013, after that she is no longer able to be adopted.
I can’t believe that I am excited to be trying to do 3 at once. Truth be told there is another little girl and if I could do 4 at once, I would gladly do it. The other little girl, Lainey, had another family in line in front of us. We had prayed that she would be adopted by them and had to make a choice to proceed with the others. These decisions are so hard. It breaks your heart. There are just so many children who need a family, but these 4 in particular have touched our hearts. I have not lost the irony of the fact that those 4 would make my dream come true and I would have my 12. 🙂
I don’t often talk about Dan. Mainly, because he is quiet and doesn’t like me bringing attention to his wonderfulness. He truly is my soul mate. He is so on board with all of these adoptions and has, in fact, admitted that he isn’t sure when we will be done. He is sure God will let us know though. He is such a blessing to me. He truly understands my heart. Most men would think their wives have lost their minds, but Dan holds me when I cry and tells me how we will make this work. We will ask them to approve 3 children and maybe 4. If they say no, we will pray for those children to be adopted, but if they are still available when we get back, then we will start again. We will bring our babies home. It will just take longer than I would want it to. He always has plan A, plan B, and plan C. I love him for that. He is my protector, my source of strength, and my comforter.
Hopefully, we will hear something soon. Please continue to pray for the process to move forward and for our children to remain safe. I know God is in control and I try to turn it over all the time, but my heart just hurts waiting.
