We will be boarding a plane in 11 hours! Yeah! We won’t see A until Sunday, so middle of the night for all of you Americans.
Anyways, can you please be praying for us?
Also, let me know if you need the blog password, as all posts abroad will be password protected until he’s home with us. The password will be the same that it has been since November. 🙂 If you emailed me about the password and I never got back to you, please email me again.
I took a break from regular blogging for awhile there, but I think I am ready to get back in the groove! There has been a lot that I haven’t felt ready to blog about, so I felt best stepping away for awhile. However, I am feeling inspired again. Partly because our adoption is moving along and partly because our life is getting interesting.
I really enjoyed putting that blog post together for Danae, and thinking about what I wish I knew or someone had told me. It was fun to hear from everyone. I’m actually working on another post with some input… should be interesting!
For those of you who need a Reed and Lena fix, check out this video that Reed, Lena and Danae made me for Mother’s Day…
9 days and I’ll be on a plane to go see a sweet little baby boy! I can’t wait.
We have a court date of May 29th.
We are happy, but approaching it cautiously. We are praying everything goes smoothly, as we have learned that ANYTHING can happen.
But, I am very excited to hold my baby again in 21 days!
I usually find a few songs that I listen to when I am “dealing” with something. Songs I can listen to over and over again.
Right now, I have a play list called “Encouragement”. Any suggestions? Â And I’ve been listening to Gungor’s “Beautiful Things” album over and over again. The title song, “Beautiful Things”…
…Could all that is lost ever be found?…
Out of chaos life is being found in You.
You make beautiful things
You make beautiful things out of the dust
You make beautiful things
You make beautiful things out of us…
All of the ways our family and I personally have been broken over and over again to be glued back together in a more beautiful way. We each had to broken to come together as a family.
The coolest thing is that the person who loves this song the most is… Reed. He belts it out when it’s on the radio, or just randomly.
But, last Friday, he asked if he could listen to “You make beautiful things out of Gus.”
Gus. The name we call Baby “Anderson” around our house. You make beautiful things out of Gus.
I’ve missed SO many moments with Reed and Lena. So many scary things, when they needed someone to step in and protect them and take care of them. Bronchitis. Chicken Pox. Nightmares. And I’ve missed so many milestones, moments when someone really should have been there with a camera. First word. First steps. First birthday. Things we can never get back, no money can buy those moments back.
Tonight, I poured over every detail I have about Baby A, trying to make him feel closer and not so far way. But, then I read “holds head up at 2 months, roll at 3 months, crawl at 6 months…” and all I could think about was each milestone we miss as time grows on and on. He’s probably walking well now. He probably has lots of new words. How many teeth does he have now?
For better and for worse, I’ve kissed him and held him in my lap. He’s real to me. There is a baby boy 5000 miles away. Learning new things every day. Growing up. And we, the family who loves him, we’re here. We’re missing moments.
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