8 days........

Our baby boy is due in 8 days.....every time I say it I get a little freaked out and a burst of electricity runs through my body because I can hardly wait!

We've been on this journey for 4 years now.  A journey of heartache, sadness, grief, and most recently a journey that has taught Ben and I how to love better.  This journey has strengthened our marriage, has made us go deeper in friendships, and has made us rely on God more than ever.  He says he will give us the desires of our heart.  Sometimes it's just not the way we expect.

When we found out we have fertility issues we prayed.  We asked others to pray with us, for a miracle.  We asked that the Lord give us a child, a child that I would carry.  A biological child. 
I think back to that time.  A time where we cried, we pleaded with the Lord, and he answered.  We always new we would have a child, we heard the Lord tell us this.

We could never imagine that he would choose us for the most amazing journey of our lives.  He would choose us to get to love on an amazing woman who chose life.  A woman who made a selfless decision to carry our son.  To give us the greatest gift we could ever imagine.  Thank You Lord!

This is going to be the longest 8 days of our lives.  As we wait for our son to be born.  We are enjoying every last minute as just Ben and I, but we are also ready to become a family of 4. (can't leave out Molly)  We are ready to bring our son home and become parents.

We will be going to Florida to pick up our son and stay there until all of the legal papers are filed.  Please pray for our time in Florida, our time with our birth mother, and our time with our son as we become parents for the first time.

 It's a wild ride.....some times you just have put your arms in the air, laugh, and enjoy the roller coaster!