Adoption

Well, this post will be long and unfortunately not full of pictures as we are not allowed to post anything yet. The end of February we got a call from the music minister at our church asking us if we would be interested in adopting a nine month old baby boy. I told him that we would need more information but were willing to at least listen to what might be going on with this situation. So with that, he said that he would let the person know that we were at least interested.

Let me go back. The grandparents of this baby boy had decided after having him from the time that he was 2 1/2 half months old that they were not going to be able to raise this baby and that he needed a family that could keep up with him. They wanted to be grandparents, not parents. So, when CPS told them that they were going to broadcast the baby, the grandparents asked if they could find a suitable home for him that was a good Christian home. CPS (to my astonishment) said that they could, but that the family would have to be certified by the state first. So the grandparents, started calling churches to ask if they knew of anyone that was willing to adopt a baby boy. Well, when they got to our church, the notice went out confidentially and before we knew it, three people from our church had recommended us to this family.

So, we got the call from the music minister and then waited, and waited, and waited. Until finally we decided that the grandparents must have found another family for their grandson. So we decided that we would just continue to wait on our agency to find us a family. Well, the middle of March comes and we get another call from our church saying that the grandparents would like to talk to us. So, we prayed about what to do. Because if you know us, you know that for us, we really wanted siblings, so that we could be done with the adoption process in one fell swoop. I knew that I would be ok with one child, but I knew that my husband who was raised in a house as an only child really wanted two. So, as we continued to pray about this situation, he told me one night that he would be okay with having one kid at a time, or possible just one kid total. Depending on what the Lord decided. This completely blew me apart.

So we met with the grandparents on a Saturday in March. We immediately fell in love with them and the fact that they love this little guy as if he were their own. We were also a little surprised to find out that parental rights had not been terminated, but we knew that God had started this so He would see it through. So, again after praying about this baby for a week, we decided to meet him. Well, lets just say, we hit it off with him too. He is a very precious little boy and so much fun to be around. So with that, CPS said that we should start visitation with the baby as well.

You would think that all would be done now and we would have the baby in our home, but God has other plans. We went to court on April 13th with everyone hoping that parental rights would be terminated at this hearing, since we are nine months into this case now. Unfortunately, that is not what happened. Due to elections, we had a new judge who was not familiar with the case and gave a thirty day extension on the case. So we go back to court on May 18th, with the hopes that parental rights will be terminated at this time. We completely trust in God that He has brought all of us together for a reason and that if this is what His will is for us that this baby, who will be one by the time the court hearing takes place be placed in our home shortly after this court hearing.

We ask that you continue to pray for us as we go through this journey for this little guy. We have also recently found out that the birth parents are now fighting to get custody back. After showing no interest in him for the past nine months, so we pray that the judge will see through this little display.