The Hopeful Parents-To-Be

Well so much has happened in the last few months. Early in November Jessica's nurse/friend at the Pregnancy Resource center that she works for mentioned that she had given our information to a woman in her Bible Study who knew of a family (parents of a mother-to-be) looking into placing a child for adoption. Since this has happened several times through out our journey we were excited, but didn't get our hopes up too high.

November 17th the family contacted my and we arranged to meet on November 23rd. It was a short meeting. After we left we thought of many questions. We arranged another meeting with them on November 28th. We felt this meeting gave us an opportunity to express our feelings and get to know the family a bit better. We decided we wanted the mother-to-be to see a doctor before we made a decision for sure. We have been experiencing a whirlwind of emotions.

On December 19th we traveled to meet the mother-to-be and her grandmother. K. was a sweet girl with smiling eyes and a big smile. We got to be in the room for the ultrasound and hear the heartbeat. She even allowed Jessica to touch her belly and feel the baby. The baby was doing well. It is a little girl to be born February 14th. Clint and I along with our families are excited about the upcoming birth of this sweet baby girl. It is a strange place to be, knowing that your joy comes in the wake of another families grief. There are times our souls are elated with great joy, yet others where we feel deep sadness at sense of grief and loss this mother must be experiencing. We are praying that God gives us the words to say to this family to empathize and offer His grace and mercy. We are so grateful to K. and her family for choosing us.

Logistically things are progressing well. The mother-to-be has arranged all of the medical care information and has signed the initial paperwork. The lawyer has been contacted and is working out the details.

We went to Target the other night to complete a baby registry, it was a surreal moment, "is the really happening?" kept going through our heads. Thanks to a super excited grandmother-to-be We already have a tub of brand new baby clothes. We just know that this baby will be worth the wait. We are praying that all of the details fall into place.