September 1, 2009

That is the date set to make Little Bug’s adoption final in the court system!

If I’ve said it once I know I’ve said it a million times over …

Adoption is beautiful!

This past week it hit me once again what a miracle Little Bug is. People don’t just walk into an adoption agency, turn in the paperwork, get promised a baby that very same day and then 48 days later become parents!

And yet, that is exactly how it happened.

It was God’s work, God’s plan. There is no other way to explain it.

I know my baby is just 9 weeks old today, I am just coming out of “survival mode” and just beginning to establish somewhat of a routine with her, but I am already thinking about baby number two!

I’ve always wanted four children.

It is actually fun to me to sit and think about how God will bring our second child into our life.

Most likely, it won’t be through natural conception.

But then again, God is a God of miracles. We know that full well and it wouldn’t surprise me in the least bit if one day I ended up pregnant.

Well, I guess I would be a little surprised. Okay, I admit it – seeing two pink lines on a pregnancy test would probably send me into heart failure.

Then, there is going through the same agency again. But that is going to take years of saving up to be able to do that again financially.

Someone sent me a link to a website about “Embryo Adoption”. I was looking at the site last night (when I should have been in bed!). I’m not sure how I feel about something like that yet. I just know from my research last night that Embryo Adoption is a whole lot less expensive than domestic adoptions.

Infertility has definitely taught me that there is more than one way to build your family!

I don’t know what God has planned next. I just know even now I am anxious to know what that plan will be!

I am not worried about the hows and whens of our second child.

I know there is a God who already has every last detail already written and planned out to the T concerning this child.

And when it’s time, God will move again and do another miracle for His glory.

I really need to sit down one day and write out all the miracles God performed in bringing Little Bug to us.

It truly is amazing.

God orchestrated every single detail, from the time of her conception to the day I walked into the adoption agency.

His Hand was intricately in it all.

Like the children’s song says, “He’s got the whole world in His hands!”

He’s in control and if we step back and allow Him to work in our lives, He performs miracles.

I am reminded of that every time I look at this sweet little face.

- Elaine