You are not alone

I didn't realize anyone was actually reading this blog.. but really if I would've been a better writer I may have had more readers. I realize after these past few years that more of us than ever, men and women, are hurting from infertility. You all have shared your grief with us after learning of ours. And more of us than ever have felt led towards adoption either domestically or internationally. While there is much of baby L's story to tell you all, the first thing I want you to know if you found this page is that you are not alone. Nothing is wrong with your body, or your spouse's. God doesn't make no junk. Know what I'm sayin'?  Now when I look at my 6 week old baby boy, I see Gods hand. In every doctor appointment, every negative test, every month gone by, every month of no news from our agency, I see God was at work. Hang on friend. Your time will come also. We will share more of Baby L's stories and photos soon.
Kelly

Baby L is home!

I wanted to update my four readers..wait..three readers that baby L is home home home! Five years after our infertility journey started and two years after the adoption paperwork was submitted Isaac Is home! I hope to find time to start documenting more about us and the entire process soon.
Kel

13 months....

I realize I never posted baby shower photos from May 7, 2011... Eeek. Here ya go!

Baby L got a car full of surprises that day. Hard to believe 13 months has passed... Where are you baby L?

Gods been good

Ive been so bad at posting and I know someone out there could really use some encouragement in the "waiting" period. I know I always can!  This summer was full of good stuff that God just used to keep my heart and mind occupied. Our 2nd nephew was born, my brother became a firefighter for the city where we live, and we've been blessed with good health and plenty of everything we could ever need and lots of the things we want.  Our church life is good and I feel like we are growing in our new place there.  Tony went on a mission trip (his first) to Alaska and learned alot and God showed him lots there.  I intend to do better posting about our adoption and ourselves and where we are with the waiting and where we are with God. Its hard. Waiting just plain stinks. Its been over the "average" wait period our agency reported for the previous year so I am anxious and ready for our little guy or gal to come home to us.  Our nursery was finished last Sept/Oct and it continues to be a place of refuge for me when I was concerned it would be a place of pain.  Thanks for reading and I look forward to posting more and encouraging you guys.  Love. Kel

Baby Shower Day

Hard to believe its the day of our 1st baby shower ever....

for our sweet baby we do not know....

We started the adoption journey a year ago this month...

I fully believe he or she is somewhere already conceived growing in our birthmothers belly...

I pray today for her and that dear baby and their family....

Soon they will make a hard decision....

To give their baby a forever home with us....

For that I will be and already am forever grateful....Forever.

Psalm 27:14



Sealed

This is one of my favorite wedding photos I've ever taken while shooting someones big day! I ran across it the other night while uploading some photos to print of my sweet nephew for the family and it just reminded me how much I love photography! More than that it reminds me of my husband and how we are like this ceramic couple: sealed forever under God-two as one.

Oh how sweet it is to be loved by him and Him!

Kelly

Doubters? Haters? Protectors?

Recently Tony and I have really started preparing as if our baby may be home with us any day.  Some dont understand this notion and I dont really expect everyone to understand what we are going through and the whole adoption "thing".  The most common response we've gotten about our recent desire to have a pre-baby baby shower is--Well why are you having a shower? You arent even matched yet with a baby. True. But pregnant folks have showers before their baby comes out of the belly...I guess you cant really compare apples to apples here but you get the jist.  Another common response is: "Well you dont know if its a boy or girl?"  True.  But dont some expectant families decide to wait til their birth to find out (I know alot dont these days)? Well this is no different to me.  There are ALOT of stark differences between pregnancy and adoption and really, I know them ALL and I know them better than "you" do :-)  Now mostly folks are like, "Yay, when is the party I want to come!" So for that I am thankful and for the doubters I am thankful because they are usual guarding my feelings when they wonder if its time for a shower yet.  Other than the shower in preparation for baby we've went to infant class at our local hospital, registered on Amazon.com, bought several cases of diapers on sale-all sizes, and have our nursery ready to go(sans decor).  It is hard some days to go into the baby's room knowing there may not be a baby in there for a week or a year from now.  But I still stand on the promise that God is faithful and where He leads thats where we are heading and there will be a baby in our household through ADOPTION.

Love you guys,
Kelly