First Call We Received

Well, we had quite the exciting week this past week! Talk about your heart strings in knots for a few days!!
Last Monday we were e-mailed a potential birth mom. It was an urgent situation because her adoptive parents she had picked had backed out for some reason, and she was due May 1st. So all day Monday we tried to reach our representative to tell her that we definitely would love an opportunity for this child. We were never able to get a hold of her. So Tuesday morning we started calling again and found out that we could call down to Texas and kinda do it ourselves. So Josh took charge and called and discovered that the baby HAD ALREADY BEEN BORN the day before!! The receptionist told him that the birth mom's case worker was on her way to the adoption agency to pick up some profiles to take to the hospital and if we could e-mail ours in the next 5 minutes she would take ours as well. So we all started praying, scrambled to find our profile on a sent e-mail since neither of us were at home, and got it sent just barely in time. Then we sat on pins and needles for 3 days!
We TOTALLY and 100% know and believe that the Lord has a baby already picked for us, and we want His good and perfect will even most of all. So we had that to relax us, but the not knowing if that is the baby or not was enough to make you go crazy!
So on Wednesday morning a verse just popped out at me during my devotions and really calmed my heart. It was Acts 4:28 "They did what your(God's)power and will had decided beforehand should happen." So I just kept reminding myself of that all day:)
Then Thursday at about 12:30 our case worker finally called us and they had notified her at 10:30 that the birth mom had chosen a different family.
It was really nice just to have an answer. We also rejoiced that we were able to pray over that mom and baby too. I was so happy she picked because I couldn't stand the thought of that baby not having a mommy to hold and love him. Oh, I forgot to mention it was a sweet little black boy.
The whole experience made us even more excited for when the call is ours. What a wonderful adventure it will be. It also helped prepare us because there were things I had not done that needed to be done, and you wouldn't believe how quick I got them done on that Tuesday:) Jeni and I were figuring out that nursing trainer thing, and I'm so glad we got that done! We were laughing because it reminded us of a bad high school experiment in science class or something. At any rate, we are more ready.
The other good news is that we are on the list in Texas as well now. Josh and I have been interested in Texas, but our case worker hadn't put us there, and with all this happening, we are being viewed there now too.
So now we are back to waiting:)
Oh! I also did a due date calendar the other day. I used the day we filled out our first application, which was the day we officially decided we were going to do this, which was August 23. It came out to be May16th or 30th depending on if we used that for ovulation or last period. Also, I will have to look, but we never actually turned that application in, and ended up redoing it in October or November...I need to check on that. It will just be fun to see God's timing with it all.
Thanks for all your support and encouragement!!

On the LIST!!!

So, as of yesterday we are officially on the list!!! Which technically means any day...or month:) we could get "The Callllll"....The whole thing has been very surreal. I mean when you are pregnant you feel the baby, you feel yucky a lot(in my case anyway), and you have an approximate due date...It just seems so strange to do paperwork, go to classes, pay money....It just seems so strange that there is a baby at the end! I have actually enjoyed the whole process. For us the whole thing has been a very positive experience. There is much waiting involved, but up to this point our waiting has been busy, so it hasn't bothered me all. We are just very excited!
I have been busy getting things ready. Washing baby clothes...etc. So our profile has been sent to Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Missouri, Utah, and possibly Texas. They are also searching locally. Just a big adventure waiting to happen!
I'm also planning on nursing the baby. We have researched all kinds of options for this and I ended up going with the Nursing Trainer. It is a pouch that sits on your shoulder with the formula, and it has a tube that goes down, so while you "nurse" the baby, it gets the food while nursing. The child nursing stimulates you to produce milk, and the hope is to start producing majority of the milk supply. The man invented this contraption because he and his wife were not able to have children, and when they adopted she really wanted to nurse. So he invented this, and by the time their adopted baby was 4 months old she was producing 75% of the milk herself, and she had never been pregnant before! When I called to order this contraption I actually got to speak with this guy! It was really cool, and he seemed to think in no time I would be able to build a decent supply since I had previously nursed. Oh! I forgot to mention he invented this thing in like 1969...I guess there are hundreds of stories of women that this contraption has helped. So I'm really excited about that. I was reading the side effects of the drugs they use to help women get the milk, and I just didn't want to risk it. So, in a few moments here I'm going to go into the kitchen and whoop up some baby's formula. It's a recipe from Nourishing Traditions. I'm planning on making enough to last about 2-3 weeks. I'm hoping to have enough for traveling to get the baby. From what we have heard you can end up in another state for up to about 2 weeks. So once I get that formula made and frozen, then you can ask me how I'm doing in the waiting period....That's the last thing on my to do list before "the call". dun dun dunnnnn...that's music btw.
So the girls in the family are heading to Chicago, with no children!!, in the start of May...Lookout Chicago...I think Josh might try to put a stop on my credit card for the weekend...we'll see:) Anyone need their hair done? JK! JK! Really, I don't think he would do that to me. Let's not give him any bright ideas. Then in the end of May Josh's sweet cousin is getting married! So fun! Then in September we have a family trip to Disney in Cali planned!!! Fun year! I'm mentioning all this because I'm just so curious about the timing thing. It's just so fun to wonder when in the world we might be traveling to get a baby!! I'm ready!
Chow