Our Adoption Journey

Hello friends and family! Thank you so much for visiting our blog. Doug and I thought this would be a great way for loved ones to keep up with where we are in the domestic adoption process and follow us along on our incredible journey. This will be a great way for us to keep everyone up to speed so to speak and also express feelings, thoughts, concerns, etc. (Those of you who know me personally know that I'm not always the best at following through on stuff like this :) but I'm going to try REALLY hard to update things regularly!) We also want everyone to feel free to post comments on here. We are hoping that someday we can turn this blog into a "Life Book" for our child so that they may read and know the story that brought them to us.

We are so excited to see what God has in store for us on this journey. We cannot wait for the day that he blesses us with a child we can love, treasure, and raise up to be a child of God and spread his good news. We also can't wait for our child to meet each and every one of you and be a blessing in his or her life the way you've been in ours. Like I said, please feel free to post comments or ask questions. As most of you know, Doug and I are both open books :) We are more than happy to share anything with you if you have questions.


Adoption is such a wonderful thing and if it weren't for our "trials" we would not be able to enjoy this beautiful blessing that God is giving us. We have no doubt that God has a plan for us and that he has a child for us to love. (Psalm 139:13-16) Please continue to pray for us as we prepare ourselves to be parents. Please pray that we can continue to grow in our relationship with the Lord and in our relationship with each other. We love each and every one of you and look forward to sharing this blog with you.
With Love,

Doug and Andrea

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Patiently Waiting

Nothing to update...just patiently waiting.  It's not quite been a month yet since we officially started the waiting process.  Just continuing to hope and pray.  It's so hard because we have no idea how long we will have to wait.  I always like to be prepared so this is really difficult for me not being able to buy things and get a room ready.  I mean, I know we could start getting things ready, but there's really no use until we find out for sure a birth mother has chosen us and that we will be following through with an adoption plan.

We have a few names picked out, which we won't be telling anyone until that time comes.  And of course depending on the wait, that could change. 

Our life could be changing drastically in the next year, two years, months...who knows.  But I am very excited and finding it very difficult to wait.  I'm going to have to find some projects to keep me busy!  Please continue to keep us in your prayers.  Pray for our marriage that it continue to grow stronger.  Pray for our family as they prepare to become grandparents, great grandparents, aunts, uncles, etc. 

Have a great week!