I don’t think I’ve ever really shared the story of something else amazing that happened on the Eve before Little Bug’s birth.

We arrived at the hospital after the birth mom called to tell us she was in labor.

After sitting with her in the hospital for a couple hours we left her hospital room and went to this waiting room so everyone could try and get some sleep. 

When we walked in it was dark and a woman sat on a couch talking on her cell phone while her two children were sound asleep on another couch.

When we walked into the waiting room, I was so weary. Not just physically weary but emotionally and spiritually weary as well. While adoption is not stressful in the same ways infertility treatments are, adoption still brings it’s stresses along the way.

At this point in the journey to Little Bug, I was weary because I knew the best day of my life was approaching in that I was about to witness the birth of my daughter. And then at the same time, as always, in the back of my mind, I wondered if the birth mom would follow through with her adoption plan.

Dave and I went in the waiting room looking for physical rest. What awaited us was nothing short of another miracle only God could orchestrate.

It wasn’t long and the woman got off her cell phone. She turned to me and asked, “Are you waiting for someone to have a baby?”

“Well, we are actually adopting a baby and the birth mom is in labor right now.”

The woman got a HUGE smile on her face while she said, “My sister-in-law is adopting and her birth mom is in labor too!!!”

It is amazing how one spoken sentence can make an instant connection between two complete strangers.

Upon hearing Laura say that I could literally feel some of my stress melt away. It was just so relieving to know I sat in that waiting room with someone in the same boat as Dave and me.

We started sharing our stories. Turns out Laura had adopted the two adorable children sleeping on the couch. And now, after waiting 17 years to become a mother, her sister-in-law, Jean and her husband, Jim were about to become parents.

To add to the excitement, Jean and Jim did not know the sex of the baby they were to adopt!

At one point during our conversation Jean flew through the waiting room door. Laura introduced us to her and shared that we too were there waiting for the child we were to adopt to be born.

Jean and Laura soon left the waiting room and I sat in silence in awe of a God who takes the time to do something as amazing as that when He is already working the miracle of bringing Little Bug to us as our daughter.

God is a God of no limitations.

Dave and I attempted to get some rest (I failed miserably). Little Bug was born at 7:11am.

I kept wondering about Jean and her baby. My memory is foggy about when our paths crossed again with Jean’s.

Both babies ended up in the NICU. There I learned that Jean had a son who had been born just after midnight the day after Little Bug!

Later, my mother would show both Jean and me this incredible picture she took around the time of Little Bug and Ethan’s births:

Do you see it?? Look closely and you will see a double rainbow!

God brought our families together and gave life to these two miracle babies on (almost) the same day and placed a double rainbow in the sky as if to give a concrete reminder of His faithfulness towards two women and their deep desire to become mothers!

Our God is an awesome God!

Little Bug and Ethan became NICU buddies. Their beds were close and Jean and I would sit by our babies and talk when we could. It certainly helped the hours spent in the NICU to pass a little more quickly at times!

Here we are holding up Little Bug and Ethan’s going home outfits.

Ethan went home a day before Little Bug. We broke the NICU rules (opps!) for a picture of the babies in the NICU before Ethan left. (Ethan and Jean came over to Little Bug’s area so we could get a picture together in the NICU. Rules are you are to stay at your baby’s bed.)

Ethan was almost twice Little Bug’s size!!

Jean and I have kept in touch through facebook and email over the past two months, but yesterday, she and Ethan came over for a visit!!

Little Bug and Ethan in a conversation with each other!

Holding hands!

Don’t think for one minute that God isn’t concerned with minute details in life. He didn’t have to bring our families together like this. But He did.

And it serves as a reminder to me that He has every piece of our lives planned out to the very detail.

- Elaine