Author Archives: admin So I pulled out the old faithful front door wreath that I made like 4 years ago. Yep…she’s still hanging in there. I like to decorate—but more than that…I like to save a buck. SO, as much as I wanted to copy Southern Living’s design for making fresh magnolia wreaths (after all I have 3 […]  Somebody in our house TURNED “4” today!!! Happy Birthday baby girl! I am so thankful to have you as MY sweet love!!! FOUR things I love about you are… 1. I love how you dance EVERY day in the living room…with our WITHOUT music…you twirl in circles…you dance on your toes…my prayer is […] Someone told me that. I had heard it. But now I’m starting to really get it. And I’m afraid my agency should have had “faint of heart” on my physcial for my doctor to check off during my paper chase…because I think I might have had to check it. But since that wasn’t asked—we slid […] I can really sympathize with how you're feeling. It is so hard to try and think about anything but my baby and it just doesn't seem like anyone in real life gets that! They all think I'm crazy! Thankfully I have people in blogland who get it! I think the fact that referrals are slooooooow right now is making it worse. I have felt really desperate with the waiting lately and I just know that after we get our referrals and have to wait for court dates and travel dates it is going to be so much worse. I honestly have no idea how I'm going to make it through this process. Thank God for blogging friends who understand 🙂 i am sorry for the heaviness in your heart. i know this journey is full of joy and pain. it can be really confusing. i remember the longing. the adoption process lives out the truth of proverbs 13:12. hope deferred makes the heart sick but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life. i look forward to the day when you will be able to say those sweet things to your son, face to face. until then, your love for him, as expressed in your longing, is beautiful albeit painful. great post…Ok, so i so can feel your pain…BUT I thought the worst heart ache..you know the kind like I can't wait one more minute or I might explode, was AFTER referral…knowing she was waiting for me…Oh, the heart ache!! but just like child birth, the pain is gone instantly when you meet your child for the first time…amazing how God does that 🙂 so excited to see WHO it's gonna be..AND keep watching that wait list..cause I saw many babies and children come through while I was waiting 🙂 And, they'd keep your birth order 🙂 hang in there, kj Praying for you today… remember that, as you already noted, God knows your son, and He knows just the timing needed to bring your family together. I can't imagine being in your position (although we prayerfully hope to be someday soon!). Are the referrals slow all around right now? Any reason for the delay other than the age restraints for your family? Nikki This breaks my heart–I don't understand but I "get it" and I know our LORD knows EXACTLY what you are feeling. Praying for you dear friend! As we are doing our Jesse Tree (thanks to you and another bloggy friend) we KNOW that God has begun this work in you and HE will be faithful to bring forth the ONE! Praising HIM in advance for the miracle of your SON (or daughter)! We are loving the most glorious time of the year in the Young household! I can’t wait to share our cute Christmas card, our holiday decorations…still working on our playroom tree:)…and to share Laney’s upcoming birthday. The princess will be 4 on Tuesday! She’s having an Ariel party on Friday night:) I thought I’d share […] that is so sweet..what a great idea, kj Thank you for spreading the Christmas cheer and sharing such great ideas to ensure we too are embracing the most wonderful time of the year and preparing our hearts for our Saviors birth!  UPDATE: A quick update because I originally shared this post 9 years ago;)—I *just* got this SWEET book in the mail that was just published in 2015 called “Our Family’s Jesse Tree”. You can purchase it on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/Our-Familys-Jesse-Tree-Activities/dp/1535461470 It’s a GREAT price and it comes with templates for all 25 ornaments, an opening activity, scripture […] Perfect timing! Love this post! That sounds so neat. Will have to look into it. Thanks for the links! I have friends who have made them, but I haven't gotten around to doing it. Buying it all made up sounds much better! What a great idea to add to our traditions. […] speaking of crafts and Christmas…it reminds me to remind you of my last year’s post on preparing your children for Christ a Christmas post…with the JESSE TREE!!! Ok…off to take a nap while the kids nap!!! (SOMEBODY has decided to stop sleeping at night […] |
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really beautiful Andrea! wait on God and He will give you the desires of your heart (you just may not know what they are yet). praying and waiting right along side you!!!
Jenn
The birth order issue. It was a burden for us, too. We had our hearts set on adopting an older child for our 2nd adoption… for a year that is what we thought we'd do. However, the agency didn't want us to go out of birth order either, and our daughter was just 15 months at the time. Ironically, as we were deciding that our hearts were open to an infant, that was about the same time that our sweet girl was born. So, although I feel your frustration, I am going to tell you to have faith in the process… When I saw my girl for the first time, I knew it was worth giving up what we thought we wanted for what we were really supposed to have for our family. (We're currentlky waiting to hear from our case manager to find out if we passed court last night!)
LOVE my adoption mommas and their encouragement. Seriously, you all are such a part of my heart. Thank you for your words of encouragement. XOXO.
Your pictures are beautiful! Btw – What do you mean by "birth order?
Siler FAmily:) Birth order is just the order your kiddos were born and your adopted child's birthday too. So, if you have a 1 and 4 year old, you couldn't adopt a 3 year old or 6 year old with our agency as it breaks birth order. You can only adopt a child younger than your youngest child.
so beautiful…love it…my favorite is the pic of the Zambia kids…beautiful!! kj
My sweet cousin just got me the same ornament…don't you love that the baby is chubby and happy! Me and my husband both just said we didn't really have a image in our mind yet of what our boy looks like, but he sees chubbyness and I see big cheeks! 😀 Oh girl please pray we see him soon! I am strugglin with being so close!!!