Today we went to court in Missouri with Timothy. This was to officially transfer custody from our agency to us. Going into today, it was just another step in the process. I knew it would be pretty quick and honestly didn't feel any anxiety or even excitement. This is not the finalization. We have to go to court one more time, 6 months from now to complete the final step. However, as I sat in the court room, sworn under oath, and promised to take care of Timothy my heart was so full. Full of hope and love for this sweet baby boy I was holding. Excitement that we are SO CLOSE to becoming more than just legal custodians but legal PARENTS to him. My eyes filled at one moment as the judge looked at us and pleaded with us to care for our boy. The enormity of parenting hit me once again in that moment. I think as a parent you always feel the weight of that responsibility, but there are moments when it feels so intense it almost takes your breath away. Today was one of those days. Sitting in court was one if those moments. We are responsible for this precious baby boy. His health, his emotional well being, his spiritual growth, for shaping the way he looks at this world, for instilling in him a desire to seek after The Lord and to look beyond himself, to make a difference in the lives of those around him. Wow. That I have been trusted with this responsibility is humbling, exciting and terrifying! I pray that as Andy and I raise our children we are alert and focused, able to do what is necessary to fulfill this incredible responsibility.
Thursday, July 31, 2014
Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Adding to the family
It has, once again, been way too long since I have updated everyone. There are a few pretty important events that I want to share with everyone as we continue moving forward in our adoption adventure.
1) Without going into too much detail, we learned we will have to go to court twice in order to finalize Timothy's adoption. First, to transfer custody from the agency to us. Second, to finalize and make us his "parents" on paper. (Though we already know this in our hearts and minds) Tomorrow, July 31 is that first court date. Though I'm not thrilled with the idea of sitting for an undisclosed amount of time in a court room, I am so excited to be one step closer to making everything officially official!
2) I gave talked about Timothy's other parents before. I appreciate and respect them so much for their choice of adoption. It's not an easy decision and it is extremely difficult to say good bye and place your child in another persons arms and know they will be called mommy and daddy. I have chosen to be discrete in the information I share about them because I want to honor them and I will defend their choice for adoption, always. So what I share now, I ask you to continue joining me in choosing to respect this choice.
Tonight I had the opportunity to meet a very handsome boy and his sweet mom (via adoption) He is 18 months old, has curly dark hair and big brown eyes. Sound familiar? This sweet boy is Timothy's biological brother. Their parents chose adoption for him at birth and he is now part do a wonderful family, living less than 2 hours away! We have known about him since the beginning of this journey and are so excited the boys will get the chance to know each other. We will travel with this family to Kentucky once a year so the families can all be together. I cannot say enough wonderful things about this sweet boy and his family. I am thankful that we get to experience this journey with them.
3) We are on track to adopt again! We were granted an extended hold time with our new agency so we will be back on the "list" and shown to birth parents again beginning early Spring 2015. Until then we will be fundraising/saving so we have travel and legal fees paid for by the time we get our newest little one!
On another note: I am personally hoping and praying for a few little things regarding this next adoption... :)
* for a girl...though if The Lord chooses to bless me with sweet baby boys my heart will be full and happy
* for this next baby to not arrive within a month before the next big family wedding
* for close proximity to where we live so my other two babies can be brought to us easily while we wait for the ICPC court process
While these are my tiny preferences, I trust that, just like before, God will work these details perfectly, in his timing, with the right match for us.
1) Without going into too much detail, we learned we will have to go to court twice in order to finalize Timothy's adoption. First, to transfer custody from the agency to us. Second, to finalize and make us his "parents" on paper. (Though we already know this in our hearts and minds) Tomorrow, July 31 is that first court date. Though I'm not thrilled with the idea of sitting for an undisclosed amount of time in a court room, I am so excited to be one step closer to making everything officially official!
2) I gave talked about Timothy's other parents before. I appreciate and respect them so much for their choice of adoption. It's not an easy decision and it is extremely difficult to say good bye and place your child in another persons arms and know they will be called mommy and daddy. I have chosen to be discrete in the information I share about them because I want to honor them and I will defend their choice for adoption, always. So what I share now, I ask you to continue joining me in choosing to respect this choice.
Tonight I had the opportunity to meet a very handsome boy and his sweet mom (via adoption) He is 18 months old, has curly dark hair and big brown eyes. Sound familiar? This sweet boy is Timothy's biological brother. Their parents chose adoption for him at birth and he is now part do a wonderful family, living less than 2 hours away! We have known about him since the beginning of this journey and are so excited the boys will get the chance to know each other. We will travel with this family to Kentucky once a year so the families can all be together. I cannot say enough wonderful things about this sweet boy and his family. I am thankful that we get to experience this journey with them.
3) We are on track to adopt again! We were granted an extended hold time with our new agency so we will be back on the "list" and shown to birth parents again beginning early Spring 2015. Until then we will be fundraising/saving so we have travel and legal fees paid for by the time we get our newest little one!
On another note: I am personally hoping and praying for a few little things regarding this next adoption... :)
* for a girl...though if The Lord chooses to bless me with sweet baby boys my heart will be full and happy
* for this next baby to not arrive within a month before the next big family wedding
* for close proximity to where we live so my other two babies can be brought to us easily while we wait for the ICPC court process
While these are my tiny preferences, I trust that, just like before, God will work these details perfectly, in his timing, with the right match for us.
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