I will not leave you as orphans. I will come to you. John 14:18

After 2 months of driving around with the adoption application in my car.......we finally decided that Father's day would be a great day to send it off. Those 2 months were filled with fear of the unknown, anxiety, and wondering if we were really ready to be parents. It took us 2 months from actually filling out the application to mailing it.....but we are READY! We can't wait to bring our sweet baby home. Here are some pictures of us mailing the application. June 20, 2010.

Our Adoption Journey

As we go through this journey we want to document as much as we can. We have been taking pictures through the process and wanted to share them.

These first ones are the day we actually filled out the application. April 18, 2010.

A New Journey Begins

June 20, 2010 - Father's Day, that is the day we will remember as the beginning of this journey. For many years, spanning back to before we even knew each other, we both had this desire within us. Through God's perfect plan and timing we finally made it to the starting point. On June 20th we walked into the post office and dropped off our application to adopt a child from Ethiopia! In approximately 12 - 18 months we will have a new member of our family. As we stand here at the starting line I don't know what all our future entails. I imagine there will be moments of frustration, moments of discouragement, and moments when the journey seems tough. There will also be ah-ha moments when we learn something new, moments of dreaming as we think of our future, and moments of joy as we take steps toward beginning life with our child. Our child - it makes me a little weak in the knees, I get a funny feeling in the pit of my stomach, and my heart skips a beat as this really sinks in - OUR child. We are excited to begin this journey and are so expectant and what the end of this journey holds.