THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU for your heart-felt joy and congratulations! It's all so exciting and surreal!!! If you missed our good news, click here!
We haven't heard anything from BM (Birth Mom) or the agency, but I didn't expect to over the weekend. I'll probably call our social worker just to check in today.
My family came in town Saturday night. They were already planning to come, and the timing is great as they can join us in celebrating and help us get ready! We've had some friends move lately and they have been VERY generous in giving baby stuff to us! So we already had a crib stuffed away in the closet. Another friend told me she had bedding to give me whenever I was ready, so of course I called her over the weekend! She came to Mass on Sunday with a TON of stuff to pass on to me! I could not believe it!! She had an infant seat, all the bedding & accessories, receiving blankets, baby towels and even his first little outfit!! Won't this look adorable on him?!
My husband put the crib together! We don't have a mattress yet, but this is what it looks like with the bedding inside! He'll be cute as a bug!
I cannot believe there is a crib set up in my house. It takes my breath away to see an infant seat. I know it seems so soon to do these things. But if I was 24 days away from delivering, wouldn't I have a nursery set up? And yet...I'm not 24 days away from delivering. His mom is. It's so overwhelming. My Mom wanted to take me shopping for stuff, but as we got ready to walk out the door, I freaked and couldn't do it. It's one thing to get out the stuff we already had, but I don't think I can go buy more at this point. I don't think I can make it through Target right now. (If that statement doesn't make sense to you, click here.)
And yet the Lord is speaking to my heart and telling me to trust Him. Knowing that "perfect love cast out fears" I was fighting any fear that arose. But my husband reminded me that courage is not the absence of fear, but facing your fear. Somehow I had not applied that to an emotional fear- only physical. This Sunday's first reading was amazingly similar to our "personal promise from Heaven". Years ago, the Lord promised to render me "exceedingly fertile" from the promise He gave to Abraham. This Sunday's reading was from Genesis 18 and the Lord again (18 years later...ugh!) tells Abraham, "By this time next year, you will have a son." My husband squeezed my hand as we heard this and I whispered, "this time next MONTH perhaps???" (***Thank you, Lisa and Melissa, for commenting on the providence of this reading yesterday! It meant so much to hear you're thinking of us and understand!!!***)
So we carry on and continue to get ready! We're supposed to meet the birth father this week and I think we'll wait for that before we start to buy things. We don't want to be caught unprepared, but I can not handle another Target experience! Pray for us!!!
21 comments:
So very, very exciting!
Praying for you!! How exciting!
Praying for you! So exciting!
Love the outfit! Very exciting!
Cute stuff. I'll be praying for you guys!
So excited for you! This is wonderful news!
My prayers for all. The month will fly even as the days drag. The 48 hours between birth and signing will be a tumble of love, joy, fear while waiting and sorrow at watching the birthfamily's pain. It's a time if great grace where Our Lady's arms are a place of rest.
Praying, wow!!
And, thanks to you, I am singing "Gather Us In" in my head all day! Thanks a lot, ha ha!!
Love the outfit - it totally looks like a chilling Florida baby boy outfit! :) I can't wait to see how this story unfolds in the next few weeks, thank you for letting us come along for the ride - it is going to be so very beautiful! God Bless you Lauren!
ooooo... I love it all!! I can't wait to shop for him, either! (But if you don't feel comfortable doing it beforehand, don't do it! It won't hurt to wait... all you really have to have is diapers and a bottle, and you can run out to Target after you have him home! Don't worry!! Just do what you feel like you can handle!)
I vividly remember feeling so reluctant to go out and purchase baby things. For so long, the baby section in Target was one I'd rather just pass right on by!!
We were basically "forced" to step out in faith by our birthmother herself, though! She kept asking for pictures of our nursery, and wanted to hear all about it. Our social worker said this is very normal and common for birthmothers, bc they still do have a "nesting" instinct for the baby they are about to deliver, and want to know there is a place prepared for the baby. It was so reassuring for J to see pics of our nursery as we progressed in putting it together.
It was also good for me to do, just stepping out in faith and trust.
I will pray for the meeting with b-father!!!
My prayers are with you. Hope all works out this time.
I'm praying for you!
Love this crib! So, so beautiful. So, exciting. I can feel the joy in this post. You two are such amazing examples!
Love the crib and the outfit! So exciting!!! Praying you hear from the sw soon! Update us!
Woohoo! I'm praying too!
Okay, so is it wrong to check to see the reality of this beautiful adoption by seeing if it's blog-worthy? It must be!
My heart is bursting for you!! I can't wait to have a nephew to spoil!
Justin and I were in the car listening to the radio, and the new Michael Bublé song came on, I call it the "just haven't met you yet" song (I don't know if it's actually the title). In the light of the recent news, I totally heard it in a different light!
PRAYING FOR YOU AS ALWAYS!!!
I thought of you when I listened to the readings on Sunday! Can't wait to hear more!
Awww, what wonderful news!!! Thanks for letting us know and as always we'll be thinking and praying for you and Jaris :) Keep us posted please!
Love you!
A.Deb, U.Scott, Virginia, Clarissa and Andrew
I am late in posting a comment. I am not very organized. I thought of you and looked for you as the first reading was read last Sunday. I am so excited for you and also understand the fear (a little). As my cousins were adopted through foster care I recall the anxiety in waiting for it to be final. there is so much to say and not enough time or space here. I am praying for you everyday and we are so excited for you!
I'm SO excited to see that bedding on there and am so happy that my wonderful friends can get such good use out of it (and Lee Ann has the other matching set for our Godson, Michael). How fun!
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