Disappointed with agency

Well it's seems I can't ever get clear answers out of our agency. But today while talking to another "waiting" mom, she said the agency told her there are 30 families waiting. They do 50 placments a year and 50% of those don't match our criteria. So We could be waiting 1 year or longer (probably longer since we already have a child).

The most disappointing thing is that if we were made of money we could work with other agencies and have our baby sooner. But financially we cannot go in debt anymore than our current $30,000 for Carson's adoption loan. UGH!!!!!!!

It's been 3 months

The good news is we are so busy, so we kinda forget about it. Carson is such a joy at almost 18 months and keeps us very entertained with his new words, new tricks, and his silliness. What a joy! He has really started noticing babies and gets very excited about them. We are working on getting his "big boy" room together in preperation. I hope and pray that our wait is not too much longer.

A few situations

A Christian woman in CA works with birthmoms and we have sent her our "book" and information to be considered. She is working with 3 potential birthmoms right now that are all in their 1st trimester (so it will be awhile before a decision to create an adoption plan will be completed). We are praying for these young women that they have the strength to either parent their child or create an adoption plan - I'm sure that this decision is very difficult and emotional.

Sacred Selection

A group of Christians (from the conservative Church of Christ) started an charitable orginazation to assits Christian couples adopt. We are completing our application now and will hope to know if they can provide us financial assitance in the next 2 months.

Opportunities in the Sunshine State

A friend's sister is a nurse in FL and there are sometimes (not very often, but times) where mothers come in to give birth and create an adoption plan at the hospital. Sometimes the nurses adopt the babies. She is going to get us connected with the social worker so that we could be considered IF one of these situations came up. So we are still working with our agency, but this is another option that may present itself

Keep praying!

We had to say "No"

I was very excited tonight when the phone rang and the caller ID said it was the adoption agency. They wanted to know if they could show our book to a birthmother who was having TWINS. After 45 minutes of discussion, we decided that we could not afford the fees for two adoptions. Unfortunately it's not BOGO (Buy One Get One Free). The fees are double. So with hesitation, we said "no".

So we will keep our hopes up and keep praying for the right call.

The Waiting Game

It seems like every plan I make goes something like this "unless we have a baby then" or "can we plan that if we might have a baby then" or "hopefully our baby arrives in 2008". It's hard not knowing...

I don't get a due date. I don't get to say I have 40 weeks to get this prepared or this finished. I may have 24 hours or maybe 2 years.

One thing I do know is that we will have another baby. God has a plan, and I have to trust that.