Goodbye to our August Baby!

The agency called today to tell us we are no longer matched. The expecting mother is not living where she was suppose to and her father said she is living with a friend and he has had no contact with her. Since the agency has left 5 messages, 2 letters, and one visit to her house (where she isn't living) - they are confirming that she has obvisously had a change of heart.

So they will start showing our profiles - BUT she said that things are very slow so it could be awhile.

Still no news.........

A little worried

This is so hard!!! We have NO control. The agency hasn't been able to get ahold of the expecting mom. They have left 3 messages. They will send a letter this week and drive to her house to make sure everything is ok. This is common, but still hard for adopting/waiting parents. You just don't know if they haven't had a chance to check in with the agency or if they've changed their minds.

Keep praying for the expecting mom and for us!

Names

We won't know boy or girl for a few more weeks. So we've been discussing names. Darren does not like this discussion. He thinks we should do it on the way to the hospital and I think we should do it now. For all of you who know us well...this shouldn't be a surprise. So here are some ideas.

Boy Names:
Ethan
Landon
Gabe
Owen
Cole
Collin
James


Girl Names:
Kayla (this has always been our 1st choice, but I have a cousin who might use Kaylee and a some friends whose little girl is Michaela, but they call her Kayla or Kaylee. We are picky about not having any friends or family with the same name, so we are discussing other options)
Leah
Claire
Amelia
Paige
Maya
Mia

Now, Darren is very picky and usually scrathces out most of my names. He's approved the boy list, but not the girl list yet.

I talked with the social worker today and since the expecting mother is moving in the next few weeks they will give her sometime to get settled, then we can setup a meeting. Maybe in the next 4-6 weeks. Until then we wait - and pray.

The agency did say that her due date is the end of August, but she delivered her other babies 2-4 weeks early. I guess we'll know more once she has a dr. appt and ultrasound.

We are matched!!!!!

This means that a expecting mother has chosen our family to adopt and parent her baby. We are very excited! It just came out of the blue. This morning we got the call at 8:54am.

The baby is due in August (but there a chance the baby will come a few weeks early). The baby will be Cauc/Hispanic. We are very excited that Carson will have a sibling with similar hertitage. We don't know boy or girl, but hopefully there will be an u/s in the next month or so.

Here's where you come in.... pray, pray, pray. Nothing is final until after the papers are signed (no sooner than 72 hours after the birth). Until then, this baby is not ours.