We're expecting!

No, not in the traditional sense, but we have recently begun the initial preparations to expand our family through the miracle of adoption. We are thrilled to begin this journey and can only imagine what lies around the corner for us. This plan to expand our family through adoption has been a work in progress for more than 4 years. We are beyond excited that our time has finally come.
“You’re doing what?”
On December 18, 2004, we made the ‘official’ decision to adopt. We say ‘official’ because we had long talked about it, but this time we decided to take action towards this goal. As our son was only 6 months old at the time, it was something for the future but a firm decision none-the-less. We began immersing ourselves in adoption by reading as much as possible, volunteering with an adoption agency, enrolling in Mandarin classes and generally just being excited about our future family. We began what seemed like an endless wait to finally be ‘old’ enough to adopt from China. Finally, a few months before my 30th birthday, we officially started the process to bring home a little girl. Two short months later, new rules regarding adoptive parents went into effect. Our plans needed to drastically change as we no longer met the criteria to adopt from China. We knew, at that moment, adoption was meant for our future but sadly not for our present. God knew best because in March of 2008, we welcomed Caroline Olivia into our family (the old-fashioned way). What a blessing and a true gift from God she is! Thankfully, there were roadblocks to our adopting on our first try. If not, we would never have known the joy of our sweet Caroline.