Our quest for babies...

Yes, we are sooooo dorky, but we have fun!!!! Well 13 years ago on June 19, 1999 I married the love of my life, Michael. We have known each other since the 4th grade, but life takes you to unexpected places. He went to into the military and got married and I went off to college. After a broken marriage, God brought Michael and his daughter Tiffany into my life. We knew it was God's plan for us to be together. God was ready to show us a life of his holiness, his hope, his patience, his love, true laughter, blessing, and endurance. In 2001, we knew we wanted to build our family, so we ventured down the road of fertility treatments, not knowing exactly what all that would entail. It was our first IUI cycle, so of course I went to Motherhood Maternity and bought my first maternity top before we even knew any results because I just knew that this was going to work! Hee hee! Then after a grave disappointment we realized that this was going to take a few more tries. Three attempts and five grueling years later we decided to wait. We were told to seek out IVF or look into adoption, both seemed so impossible, so yet again we waited. In 2009, we decided to try an IVF cycle. Now this was a big investment, but we were fortunate to be a part of a study group and received a substantial discount. For what unseeming reason I lost my three embryos. I know God has a special place in his heart for all the heartache and loss of babies. Yet through it all I still had this tug, longing, desire, to have a bigger family. Our church started a new ministry that focused on adoption by helping a local maternity home be rebuilt, renewed, and new moms feel loved. So the idea of adoption went from the back of my mind to the forefront again. We began filling out paperwork, seeking agencies, looking up all kinds of amazing adoption stories...that's when it became so clear. God wants to build our family through adoption. He wants to show how much he loves his little children. So here's our story. We're fumbling through paperwork, praying for a child, praying for that child's mother, praying for what seems so distant to become near if it's God's will. Thanks for reading my very first post! Stay tuned!