A little bit of our story...

For those of you who don't know, here is a little bit of our story. After we got married, Jeremy and I imagined getting a cute little house, an adorable puppy, and having 3 red-headed/blonde kiddos. We got the house and the dog (yes, she is adorable). I started freelancing from home so that I could keep working but stay home with our babies. We both have a huge heart for adoption and have always said that it was something we wanted to do even if we could have biological children, but we decided to try to get pregnant first before pursuing adoption. After a year of trying, we were being treated for infertility: undergoing test after test, ultrasounds and blood draws every couple of weeks. I took drugs to make me ovulate (even though I was doing that just fine on my own), and we waited month after month, only to be disappointed each time.

In August 2011 I had a laparoscopic surgery and was diagnosed with moderate endometriosis. (You can read about that here if you don't know what it is.) We were told that we had the best chance of getting pregnant within 3-6 months of the surgery, but that we should see a specialist. We decided to wait it out on our own, but only lasted a couple of months before we scheduled a consultation with a reproductive endocrinologist to see what our options were moving forward. We decided to try three months of IUI. More waiting. More disappointment. The only thing left was in vitro (IVF), something we were uneasy about and had said from the beginning we wouldn't do. As time went on, though, and after seeing pregnant woman after pregnant woman, the desire for biological children was overwhelming. We saved the money, prepared ourselves for the possibility of twins and scheduled an appointment. We just had one or two questions that we needed to have answered before moving forward.

After a quick meeting with our doctor, we felt defeated. Our concerns about IVF were confirmed and we decided it was too much of a gamble with the lives of our precious babies, not to mention an incredible financial risk. That's when we came to see that God was calling us to adoption now--not later in life. We mourned (and continue to mourn) that we might never get pregnant, but were filled with incredible excitement that our dream of adoption might actually come true--and soon!

We jumped right in--speaking with dear friends who have adopted children, researching agencies, social workers, etc. etc. In February we turned in our application to a wonderful agency here in KC, we've made connections with a social worker in Florida, and we've been consumed with gathering paperwork in preparation for our home study. The wheels are moving!

We couldn't be more excited for the possibility of a little one in our home. We don't know if it will be a month or a couple of years until that becomes a reality, but right now we're feeling optimistic. Looks like my home office will soon be a nursery! 

Romans 8:28  And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.