Waiting for you

We've had a lot of good things happen over the past few weeks! We've had our home study done and approved! We spent hours up hours last weekend working on our profile book, which will be shown to expectant mothers choosing adoption for their child, in hopes that they choose us! We printed one book just to make sure we loved how it printed and thankfully we are so so pleased with it! It represents our family perfectly. We have shared an online link of our book with some family and they all have commented on how it's "totally us". That's exactly what we envisioned when we set out creating the book- we wanted it to reflect us absolutely to the tee. 

Now that we are pretty much ready to move on an adoption situation, if you know of or become aware of an expectant mother who finds herself choosing adoption for her child, please consider telling her about us! We will be happy to send her our book so she can get to know us better and we can arrange for her to work with an adoption attorney and to offer counselling. Private adoption is done all the time and takes the agency out of the equation. 

The next step in all of this is applying to agencies, sending our profile book to anyone that will cosnider it and then waitinnnnnggggggg.... this is going to be the hardest part for us. We feel like this whole process so far has been, hurry- get our home study done, hurry- get all the documents needed, hurry- fill out this form or that form, hurry- make our book, and now all that hurrying brings us to the waiting time. 

Wikipedia even defines the phrase "Hurry up and wait" as: 
" a humorous phrase used to refer to the situation in which one is forced to hurry in order to complete a certain task, or arrive at a certain destination, by a specified time; only for nothing to happen at that time". 

This is kind of how adoption is at the stage we are in right now. I could complain and get upset and loose faith in the waiting part, but I choose not to! I saw a message on Facebook through an organization that we are working with and it spoke to me: 
"Today we want to send you all a reminder that no matter if you are working with one agency or 15, your wait will not be one day less than the time god has planned for you." 

..... so we wait! 

This chalkboard sits in my current "adoption paperwork office", which will eventually be the baby's room. <3

Private or not?

In the excitement of our recent news, we've heard from someone saying how shocked they are that we are sharing something so private. Yes, we've shared some news, but I don't think it's anymore private than sharing ultrasound pictures with friends or telling them you are pregnant or even asking for prayers because you are hoping for a baby. We announced this because we feel the love and good wishes surrounding us every day will be exactly what we need to go through this journey. We know how amazing our family and friends are and how this isn't just our news, it's happening to all of us. There will be a new grandchild, a new cousin, a new brother or sister, a new member of our Church, a new friend, and so much more!

I think people also have to realize- everyone is different. I am not a super private person, while others are. Guess what? That's OK! I know I don't really need to justify myself here, but I do want to say this- it's not always easy to live so far away from a lot of the people I love dearly. Social media has been an amazing tool for me to stay "close" and "in touch" with some of my best friends and closest family members. In my eyes, social media is NOT a bad thing. Others think it's the devil. Each to their own, but please do not fault me for being open and not private. 

Yes- we are excited, yes-we want to shout if from the rooftops, yes-we want everyone to support and pray for us and yes- we are terrified!

Sharing this with our family and friends is special to us and we want to thank you all for your kind wishes so far. Xxxxxxx

So much to say but I'll keep the first post short!

We are adopting!!! Yes- us!!!! First of all, I need to rewind a little. When myself and Paul met, I immediately fell in love with his children (K and E). I felt an instant connection with them, as if I carried them in my own body. This may seem weird to many, but it's true. 

I have always known I would be a mom- whether biologically, adoptive or step. Well, step it was.... until..... we decided to take the plunge into the adoption world, because frankly, we have TONS more love to give! Adoption is always something I have carried in my heart... along with the baby that will join our family. 

Rewind again a few years... When myself and Paul started talking about getting married, we also talked about expanding our family. We have infertility and so we always kind of tossed the idea of adoption around. We requested adoption information from agencies, but other things always came up and we were always distracted and busy. A few months ago, we decided adoption was our priority going forward and so we started really delving deep into the wide world of adoption and found an amazing consultant. While we are just getting to know her, we can already feel her love and support for us on this path. She will be our "right hand woman" on this journey. She has been through this with her own child and is actually on her second adoption, so we have full trust in her. God is leading us on this path and putting us in touch with the right people- we just know it. 

We met with our social worker last week, who will be writing a home study report and basically recommending us to be adoptive parents. Prayers and good thoughts are appreciated! 





The Lindbergs are ready to make this a 5 piece!