Oh boy...so, I realized this week that I need to consider myself 8 months pregnant. You couldn't tell from looking at me, but in every other way I am an expectant mother. The hard part about not carrying your child yourself is that not everyone sees you this way...I don't get to make my husband run out in the middle of the night because I am craving ice cream (I am sure he is grateful for that), I don't get to show people pictures of my baby's ultrasound...but I get a whole different kind of 'firsts.' These 'firsts' are not necessarily understood by all of our family or friends. Like today, our profile books came in the mail AND we mailed our check to Bethany to pay for our homestudy/pre-placement services. That is HUGE. Next week we could have birthmothers looking at our profile, next week we could get a call, next week we could be parents (this is unlikely...but it could happen!).
The hard thing about adoption is that I don't know exactly when all this will happen...I don't know when we will get the call. This is what most adoptive parents call "the waiting period.' It could be a short wait or it could be long. I don't know. Dan and I are going to be registering this Friday because if we get a call quickly we won't have time to worry about doing that. I'm a little nervous about how the sales people will respond when they see me, a person obviously not preggo, wanting to register. Such a silly thing, I know. :)
Please know that Dan and I covet and need your prayers. Please pray for our baby and for the choices our birthmother may be struggling to make and please pray for Dan and I as we are less than a week away from being available to be chosen!!!
Thank you all.
3 comments:
Trisha, I check your blog every day and I have been keeping you in my prayers. I am so excited for you!
This is SO exciting Trisha! We will keep you in our prayers as you wait expectantly for your little one. I have a special place in my heart for adoptive children and parents as I have a cousin who is adopted and Bryan has 2 cousins who are adopted (all 3 from Bethany!). My best friend in Washington is also in the process of adopting from Haiti (might like to see the website for that orphanage called "Children of the Promise" - http://childrenofthepromise.org/
Glad I could read your blog and look back at the process God has been leading you through!!!
When I met with our social worker this week she shared that a couple who went through training with us is adopting a little boy! It made us so happy. I will be praying that the birth mom sees right away that you are the perfect family for the child that God has ordained for your family!!! You are definitely expectant parents!!! Blessings and Prayers, Denise Ezikian
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