It is Finished

Whew! It's been a long 9 months. Baby A is growing and is healthy and happy. We are so happy that he is here with us.

This past Monday, we had to appear before a judge, answer some simple questions regarding our adoption and Baby A and make our adoption legal and final. The judge signed the final decree making Baby A official ours.

I thought I would be more emotional about it, but I made it through without tears. I thought back to Baby A's birthmother. She did such a selfless act of letting Baby A go. I wonder if she is heartbroken daily over this. Does she think of him often? Does she ever want to see him and meet him when he gets older? We may never know the answers to these questions. She is not obligated to write back when I send her a letter each month. I have to send her letters once a month until he is one. Then, twice a year until he is 18. I try to end each letter with an open invitation to starting a healthy relationship with her biological son. I expect we will never hear from her, but we will always invite her to.

The journey to start the adoption process was long, we had to answer question after question, but it was all about us. The answers were easy, black and white answers put on paper to make sure we were fit parents to adopt. Here is the blog that started our adoption journey: Check it Off

The next part...waiting. Boy that was hard. We experienced rejection by potential birthmothers. We trialed though a failed match. Read it here: All in 24 Hours

If I thought the waiting part was hard, I was way wrong. The waiting for Baby A to gain weight and be ready to come home with us was excruciating. The struggle can be read about here: Redemption & Revelation

But now that he is finally, legally ours, I have to think these are not going to be the hardest parts of having Baby A join our family. I need to pray about all the answers that I won't be able to give to him as he starts to question his adoption. The answers are not going to be black and white. The questions are going to be hard and the answers are going to be harder. The adoption part doesn't just disappear after finalization. It's there for the rest of our lives.

The anticipation and excitement of waiting for Baby A are long over, but there is one looming detail of this adoption that we face monthly. Our hefty adoption loan. We did not meet our $20,000 goal before we left to get Baby A. We are closing in on having $5000 raised so far! How awesome is that?! We are thankful for all who have supported us, through prayers, money, and advice. If you feel lead to help us along with our adoption, we would be grateful. We took on this debt after clearly hearing from God that Baby A is for us and that He will provide our every need during this journey. He has met us each month and we are thankful that God keeps His promises. The sooner we can pay off this debt and start saving money again, the sooner we can start the whole process over again to bring home another child to add to our family. I can't wait!

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