By the end of the month...

There is a possibility we will be parents by the end of the month! Holy Cow!!! The end of the month is only a few weeks away! We are awaiting our final approval and we will start getting calls. We are beyond excited and also very nervous. Knowing that our life is going to drastically change very soon is frightening yet so very exciting. We are going to have a new person to share our life, our home, and our love with. If only for a short time, we know they will be taken care of, safe, loved, and prayed for.

We got the opportunity to visit a sweet friend of ours who also happens to be one of her coworkers. She adopted her beautiful daughter, Lucy, from Ethiopia a few years ago and has recently decided to open her home to foster children. We did not get to see precious Lucy today because she decided to take an extra long nap. We did get to snuggle the newest sweet baby girl that she received last night. She was an itty bitty 3 week old and Tyler and I were both a little worried. It has been a long time since I have held such a tiny baby and Tyler confessed today that he has never held such a little one. We were thankful for the opportunity to snuggle the sweet little girl and visit with our friend. She helped us more than she knows!

Tyler was wonderful with her and my heart was beyond happy watching him love on this precious baby. He is going to be a great daddy and there is no one else  I could imagine going on the journey with! I'm thankful to know that he will help with anything that I may need and is going to unconditionally love each child that enters our home.

We have been asked several questions about our choice to become foster parents and Tyler and I always try our best to answer them. These are some of the most common questions we have been asked and the answers we have given:

1. Why do you want to take care of someone else's baby and then give it back?

---Because that is what God is calling us to do!

2. Do you not want children of your own?

---They are going to be OUR children, we just got them a little differently than you.

3.  Oh, so you aren't able to have babies?

---We have no idea! We are assuming that we can but this is what God is calling us to do so we are being obedient.

4. Don't you think it will be hard to give them back?

---Absolutely! This is something that we have really prayed about and we know if God has laid this on our hearts and is calling us to do it then He will give us the strength we need to get through it. 

5. Do you want to adopt?

-YES! When the time is right we would love to adopt! 

The next update will probably be when we receive our first call! Until then, please keep us in your prayers.