So When Are You Getting Some Kids, Already?

This is currently the number one question we receive from friends and family, and we are excited that we are finally SO close to being ready to "get some kids, already". This has been quite the journey for us, and we have learned so much along the way. I meant to be much better about documenting this process so we can keep you in the loop. I plan to post regularly about what's going on with us, but first - the back story.

Some of you might already know almost all these details, and maybe have heard them five times :) But for those who haven't, here is our story.

Chris and I have been married for 4 years now, and just for the record - we love adoption. We always, even before we were married, had a deep desire to have both biological and adopted kids. It just made sense, and to us the question really was not, "why?" but, "why not?" Fast forward a year and a half into our marriage and we welcomed our amazing daughter Eden. She is our joy and delight on a daily, minute by minute basis. We cannot express how grateful to God we are for her, what she has given to our family, and who we have become as her parents.

After Eden was born we felt strongly led to have another child as soon as possible. Due to no known reason though, we found ourselves celebrating her 2nd birthday without being pregnant again. On one hand this brought up lots of fears and insecurities on our part (mostly mine), because let's face it - not being able to get pregnant in the time frame you were expecting is just plain hard. Many of you have experienced this challenge personally, and we definitely understand. Around December of last year, as we were talking through this challenge, we remembered back to our early conversations of adoption and it hit us so strongly - "what are we waiting for??". Originally in our mind, we had just imagined that we'd have a few kids "the traditional way" and then begin our adoption journey. But we decided that for whatever reason, we have not gotten pregnant yet and we believe that God allowed this season in our life to pursue something that He clearly put on our hearts years ago. To adopt.

Do we want to have more biological children? YES! (Yes, we have been asked that question pretty regularly) Do we believe we will get pregnant again? Yes. But something I have learned through this process that is truly invaluable, is that being a parent is just as real, whether adopted or bio. We are not  choosing "plan B" for our life, we believe beyond a shadow of a doubt that this is clearly plan A. We are not adopting because we can't get pregnant, we are adopting because it is something we always knew was God's plan for our life. And this just happens to be our window of time to pursue those dreams.

That is our back story in brief, hopefully that explains how we arrived at step 1 of the journey. Stay tuned for more posts on our journey through adoption, foster licensing, future placements and more. Thank you for being so encouraging and supportive of our family, it truly means the world to us.