Our homestudy

Zach and I have decided to continue on with our home study even if we aren't getting a baby in January as we had hoped.  We just want to be prepared if something like this comes up in the future.  We can also use our home study with an agency if that's the route we decide to pursue.  We will need 4 references to complete the process so some of you may be asked to complete one for us.  For those of you who don't know what a home study consists of it's a lot of paperwork.  Not looking at just your home, but the entire lives of adoptive parents.  We have to have physicals, be fingerprinted, cleared by the state, write an autobiography, have adoption training, have references, provide financial statements, copies of driver's license, auto insurance, health insurance, evacuation plan, pet vaccination record, a family picture, and a few more forms from the state that the home study agency will help us with.  So needless to say we will be working on this stuff for a couple of months at least.  It's a very exciting step that really gets the ball rolling for us!!

Our Journey Continues

Last night I got the answer, not the one I wanted to hear, but I did say I just wanted to know her answer and now I do.  This young lady who was possibly going to give Zach and I her son has decided to keep him.   Zach and I are of course saddened by this, but know that God has a plan for us and our child.  We feel with patience and obedience His plan will be fulfilled.  Please continue to pray for this young woman and her unborn child.  I'm not sure she really knows how difficult this is going to be, but it is her decision and I can't even imagine how difficult of a decision it would be to give your child up for adoption.  Thanks again for all of your continued support and prayers! 

Jump - Start

In the past few weeks Zach and I have been taking some time to deal with the news, reading some books, and just praying that God will help us with this loss and lead us to our child.  I received the most wonderful phone call from my mom yesterday morning and to keep the story simple and short, there's a young woman who is a friend of a friend of my mom's co-worker who is pregnant and looking for adoptive parents for her child.  She heard about Zach and I and wants to meet us!!!  We don't know if this is going to turn out to be our child, but we are definitely excited about the possibility.  We are caught off guard because we didn't expect anything to come about so quickly!  I spent my afternoon today contacting a lawyer and questioning agencies regarding the completion of a  home study that we need done ASAP since this young woman is due in January!!!
 I will definitely do my best to keep everyone updated.  Please keep this young woman and her child in your prayers as well as Zach and I- that we will have faith in the Lord's plan regardless of how this turns out.
Thanks so much....we love you all!!