I often describe the adoption process as a ride on a roller coaster, up and down, round and round, highs and lows. There is never a dull moment in this emotional yet exciting journey. The past few weeks have been very interesting. Two weeks ago we held our final yard sale where we raised $700! Not only did we receive so many donations of items we also received some very generous gifts. Also one of my good friends gave a Norwex party and donated 20% of the amount made to our adoption fund as well! Little by little God keeps sending these blessings to us as we head towards the end of this part of our journey. In so many areas of life you develop a "family" like bond. Whether it be a church group, a group of moms going through the sames stages with there children or even a bond with people who have experienced some sort of devastating loss. As humans we feel a closeness with other people walking the same path we walk. The world of adoption is so much like that and the fellow adoptive families who have come out of the woodwork to walk beside us on the journey has been incredible. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts!
All of the recent craziness began on Friday April 24th, the day of our yard sale. We were able to sneak away (thanks Bailey!) and Skype with our birth mom. It was then that we learned her blood pressure had sky rocketed and she was most likely going to be admitted to the hospital. If this problem continued, they were going to have to take the baby sometime that week for fear of pre-eclampsia. At this point, I was a wreck, not only is Dan still in school, the baby would be almost 2 months early which also meant that I would have to stay in Florida for longer than anticipated and to top things off our home study had not been finished! So, we did the only thing we could do, we prayed. That next Monday morning, I waited for the call from our attorney to see how the appointment went. That afternoon I talked with my attorneys secretary and she told me that they wanted to admit our BM, however they were going to wait until Wednesday to check her again and if there were no changes she would be admitted. After I got off the phone I sobbed, I got down on my knees and begged God to be with her and the baby. I reached out to our family, the church prayer chain and friends on Facebook, and guess what? On Wednesday I received word that her blood pressure had stabilized! Praise the Lord! We were able to Skype again on Friday and she looked like a new person! With all this being said we are still praying daily for her blood pressure and for her to be able to make it to her scheduled c-section date, which is May 29th. We also know that anything can happen until things are official and pray daily for the Lord's will to done and if he sees fit to give us this baby boy that everything goes smoothly. I can't even imagine being on the other end of this, so we pray numerous times a day for our BM (birth moms) heart. Everything is falling into place with housing and we are so very thankful for everyone who has stepped up and connected us with friends and family in Florida!
Thank you all so much for your prayers, gifts and encouragement as we enter this last stretch! We desperately covet your prayers. Hopefully my next post will be to introduce you all to our miracle baby, baby wall #3!
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