ALMOST

Right around a year ago Abby and I began thinking and praying about the idea of adoption.  It was totally a God thing, but we knew we wanted a large family from the time we got married.  We obviously have a thing for kids, being we both have jobs that deal with kids.  But our love for kids is more than just our job it is what has driven us to have a large family.  As you have read time and time again we love our kids to no end and family is a big thing to us.  Not just with our kids but our extended families mean a lot to us also.  

One thing that drew us to adoption was the chance to give a child a home and family that had a life where no one wanted him and he had never meet his mom or dad.  From the moment we saw his picture we thought of him as one of ours.  There was no doubt in our mind that he was the one God had for us.  From that moment the relationship started and only got stronger when we met him.  Then we waited 2.5 months until we could come back and finish the process.  God has been good to us through this entire process and now he is ours.   

We had a feeling while we were away from Lex that our family was not complete.  Our family may be complete legally but won't be completely back together until we get home.  We miss our kids and family and are counting down the days until we can be together again.  We knew we wanted a large family and God open the door to adoption and we are almost done.  ALMOST means two weeks away from friends and family.  I miss the small things like pushing Levi's nose and telling him goodnight (strange but it makes him laugh), watching Micah hit in the t-ball game when I pitch it to her, sitting in the long car rider line to pick up Mayson and Micah to hear how their day was, and hearing Colby say she wants the same thing I get when you pick up food.  Soon I will be able to do those things again and the time away is a littler easier knowing our kids are completely taken care of by our family.  But it is still hard on us both.

God and prayer has got us this far, so please continue to pray for us while we are away from our family.  We are closer today to being done than yesterday and soon this too will pass and we will be home again.  And before I go I have to say......WAR EAGLE!