Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Placement Pending....

If you click here you will see that our adoption status has changed!! :) We have been so blessed this past month to grow in a relationship with two birthparents who have chosen us to raise their son (due June 7th)!! Warren and I recieved a call from our caseworker on March 25th telling us the news and we were able to meet the birthparents and the birthmother's parents two weeks later. Since the initial meeting, Warren and I have spent time on two seperate occasions at the birthmother's house with her family, the birthfather, and the birthfather's dad. While I can't say much right now in this venue...what I can verbalize is how much we adore the birthparents! They are the most precious, adorable, sweet, Christian, young couple...and we are blessed to be on this journey with them!

As the birthmother and I have emailed back and forth almost every day for the past month, I feel I have gotten to know her extremely well...I truly respect and admire her courage and love for this baby boy. Warren and I look forward to having an open adoption with them. She has verbalized several times that she just wants what is best for the baby, even if that involves him never knowing who she is. However, she is just the kind of person I would want our child to be around--a beautiful, young woman who loves the Lord.

Last weekend, when we got to her house, she and her mother had purchased and wrapped several gifts for the baby...they had me open them and then sent the items home with us...such a sweet and beautiful gesture!...







We are so thankful for what God has been doing in our lives and for giving us the opportunity to know this amazing couple. We feel a peace about moving forward on this journey--and we are excited about the possibility of this being the child God has for us to love...While the fear of another dissapointment still looms in the back of my mind, Warren and I realized a few weeks ago that we have to go into this wholehearteldy--we have to take a step of faith...trusting that the God who carried us through two dissapointments earlier this year will do the same if heartache should face us again.

Thank you all for your prayers and encouragement along this path He has called us to...Even in spite of the difficulties we have faced in our journey to grow our family, we wouldn't change a thing! We are thankful, blessed, and are clinging to Eph. 3:20 and Phil. 1:6.


28 comments:

  1. I am SO happy to read this! :) You don't know me but I have been following your journey and this put a huge smile on my face! :) I will be praying for everyone involved!

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  2. We are thrilled and will keep praying!! God is good all the time!

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  3. I AM SO HAPPY FOR YOU!!! I hope that your relationship with the birthfamily is wonderful. It sounds like it has already started out perfectly.

    God is so GOOD!

    You are right, love with all your heart and God will take care of the rest.

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  4. So exciting!!! Praying for you guys and that sweet little boy God has created for such a time as this! Love you!

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  5. This is such wonderful news! I am so excited for both of you and will continue praying for you guys!

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  6. So excited to see the LORD at work in this journey you are on. It is an amazing blessing for us to know Nathan's birthmother. He will grow up knowing how much she is in love with him. We consider her part of our family. We will keep you all in our prayers.

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  7. So happy for ya'll!! Will continue to pray and just know how much we love you!

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  8. So exciting! I have been where you are and I'm so very hopeful for you and for this precious baby too! I'm glad I found your blog today. :)

    Enjoy this!!

    PS, we had the same frog jammies for Aidan, they are painfully cute!!

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  9. I'm so excited to read this post - such wonderful news! Praying for your family!

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  10. Oh I have been waiting to read this update for what seems like FOREVER!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!! I couldn't be happier for you!! Don't take a step of faith...take a GIANT leap, it's your turn!!!!

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  11. Yippee!!! We are praying that all the kinks are worked out and you will be holding a sweet baby boy SOON!!!

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  12. Congratulations! So exciting!!

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  13. Hi Jill...although you don't know me, it seems we have several mutual friends and have quite a bit in common. I am an adoptive parent to a sweet little boy (with whom we have an open adoption with his precious "momma sarah") and are in the "waiting" stages of baby #2. After happening upon your blog months ago, I have been praying for you and your family and have been so encouraged by your willingness to share your heart. At times, it was as if I were reading my very own thoughts :) I will continue to pray for you through your journey and will be checking back in for pictures of your newest additionS (when you have an open adoption, you extend your family by more than one)!!! :) Blessings, Cassie

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  14. Whoo hoo!! So excited for you guys!! Praying!

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  15. Well sweet daughter of ours....this journey God has placed you and Warren on continues and we, the grandparents, are SO excited. Of course we cannot wait to hold a grandson but it is so much more than that....it's about the process and all of us can see more clearly the steps God has choosen for your family to be created. Funny how theconnctions in the past continue to bring a prayer to my heart for the other babies and their mothers. A privlege, I think, just to pray over them. Then this birth mother and father.....how I thank God they have chosen to give life and spport to their child. AND to choose you n Warren as the parents! Of course your dad and I know you are the right parents b/c we know your hearts...and now these parents know your heart as well. We continue to trust God and His wisdom as you begin another part of this journey to a Baby to Love!

    What a wonderful story of love this little guy will hear one day! I remember when you girls thought that "every kid had 3 sets of grandparents" You were surprised to find out that "your norm" was not norm to others ....but you had the love of 3 sets of grandparents who only had your best interest at heart....and would fight for you! This will become his heritage as well! More people who cares for a life , the better.

    We wait with anticipation over a little boy in our family! I walk the isles of the boy secetion in every store I am in. YIPEE!
    Love n Joy....momma and mom2

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  16. That's awesome news! Many prayers for you as you continue to wait!

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  17. So excited for yall! My husband and I are also adopting through Bethany.
    Keep us updated on how things are going!

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  18. My heart sings with Joy for you Jill :) Love - April

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  19. Yay! Such exciting news!!! Praying for you guys :)

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  20. Thank you God for this precious miracle! I am SO excited for you! Only a few short weeks until that beautiful baby boy is in your arms!

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  21. I've been following your blog for a while but have never commented, but I had to here. Congratulations!! God is good!!

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  22. Hey Jill! Just found out about your placement pending. I'm thrilled for you and praying that this works out! God is willing and able to make miracles come true and I hope and pray that your little one is in your arms very soon!

    Amy Brooker

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  23. I am so excited for y'all. I am praying that everything goes perfectly. I am so glad we met at Created for Care and I get to keep up with your journey through your blog. :) chris anne

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  24. Hope everything is going okay since you have not updated. Praying for you...

    Dawn in NC

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