Our Journey Starts New

November 2011

For about a year and a half we have been praying that God would bless us with a child. We never imagined having any trouble pursuing this dream, but after a year of seemingly getting no where, we decided to start pursuing infertility treatment. Though we have not been told we cannot have children, the odds are not in our favor. This has been a very difficult journey, which has led us to start the adoption process. Adoption is something we had talked about even before we were married. Our desire is to be parents and raise children to teach them about our Savior, Jesus Christ. At times we wonder if it would have been easier to be told we are unable to have kids so that we could have started the adoption process sooner, but we know God’s timing is perfect, as is His plan for us. We are in the beginning stages of the adoption, we have finished reading the manual, and have started the Adoptive Planning Questionnaire. Once the APQ is finished we will apply for our Home Study. From there we will start working on our profile to be shown to potential birth mothers. We are very excited to have the opportunity to be blessed with a child, and know as hard or as scary and tough the process might be in the end God's will, will be done and we hope we are able to glorify him in every way.

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

A video of her first night in NICU

Here is a video of the first night after Hope's birth when she was in NICU.  She was hooked up to a CPAP breathing machine to help provide a little pressure for her oxygen levels.   She went from a CPAP to a smaller tube to just provide a little help.  She has been off both now and getting plenty of oxygen on her own. She has been eating from a bottle for over a day and doing really well.   Her CRP levels (C-Reactive Protein = indicator of possible infection) are lower than they were last night.  The levels are not at the 0.2 they need to be but moving in the right direction.  So she still has one IV for antibiotic.   I will add newer videos when time permits to show what awesome improvement she's been making and what a little fighter she is!

We are praying that adoption paperwork will be signed today by both parties but have not heard yet.  We are very much taking it day by day and loving every minute we get to spend with Hope feeding and caring for her.  The nurses in the NICU have been AWESOME in taking care of her and us for that matter.  Please continue to pray for the adoption paperwork and also for the birth mom and all parties involved.


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