We are now in what they call the "waiting period." Another way to say it is, "We are pregnant (so-to-speak), we just don't know how long the pregnancy will go on. We could be waiting for a week or a year. It's hard to say. We're just waiting...
Some specific things we're waiting for include:
- The completion of our home study report. Our caseworker is organizing all of the information she has gathered into a report for their office. We hope this will be completed this week.
- An expectant mother to visit the agency and select us to be the parents of her child.
- A due date for a baby.
As we are waiting, we will be praying for the expectant parents to make a committed decision and for the health and well-being of the baby. We will also be reading some books about being adoptive parents. The agency has started sending us some magazines and literature to prepare us for that role. And, of course, we will continue putting together the baby's room. We'll post pictures of the room when it's finished.
We want to say thank you to everyone for your prayers and support. Thank you for asking about the adoption process. We are blessed to have you in our life. It's exciting to be at this point because it was a year ago today that we found out that we were pregnant. A lot has happened in a year. God moved us in a completely different direction. Perhaps the purpose of the miscarriage was to point us to adoption. Who knows? The fact is, we are getting closer! Please continue to pray.
