An adoptive mom/friend of mine put this quote on her fundraiser Tshirts.
"What looks like crazy on an ordinary day, looks a lot like love if you catch it in the moonlight."
I love it... there's something about it that resonates with me. To a lot of people it may seem crazy that we are adopting again. I've seen the blank looks, heard the pauses, felt the silence when we share our joy. By and large our friends and family are very excited for us and support us through it all. For that... we are thankful. We know it seems crazy. We are old. We already have two that keep us super busy. With all that considered, we know we have more love in our hearts to give. We have prayed and prayed about what God has for us and in a flash he handed us the gift of our son.
It's so amazing to get to watch God reveal himself in a situation.
There is NOTHING like the feeling of being smack in the middle of God's plan.
There's a Facebook group for Henry's orphanage. Several mom's going before us have taken care packages and pictures and sent them back. This is such a wonderful gift to those of us waiting. We only get "updates" every 90 days. That's not nearly enough for us, of course. Our first "update" consisted of one picture and two sentences so that makes me even more grateful for these Mama's taking the time to check up on our son.
One of the sentences on our update says that he's walking some. Pretty exciting stuff! I hate we are missing it but so excited to have a couple pictures of the progress. He is also totally rockin' the pink "big girl" outfit... hahahaha.
Today was our most recent picture update from a fellow adoptive Mama. Our boy is sure growing and so very handsome, adorable, cute, perfect, and every other adjective you can think of.
Last time we adopted I posted this picture of the process. We are currently at step #7. More than half way there and after step 7 we are about 8 weeks from holding our sweet boy. It could be mid October when we get to move to the next step and it could be the End of October. We are negotiating a big week long National Holiday in China and that will either slow us down or speed us up. It just depends on if they want to clear off their desks before the Holiday or not. Clear as mud? I get it... there are so many variables in the process that change the end result. We appreciate your prayers and positive thoughts as we wait and move through the rest of the process!
The girls are trying to wrap their minds around the concept of "Brother". We keep showing them pictures and telling them about him. I cannot wait until we have them all together. I know there will be growing pains but it will be fun i'm certain! Please pray for the girls and for Henry, that God would prepare their hearts for the changes and all that is ahead. When we got the girls, one of my constant prayers was that they would know me when they looked into my eyes. On Gotcha day as I was holding Livvy, I looked in to her eyes and I know there was recognition there. I know that she knew me. I pray the same for Henry.
Speaking of the girls... they are busy in school. Emily is in Prek and Olivia is in PPCD, which is a program to prepare kids that are delayed (her speech is delayed due to her cleft lip/palate) get ready for PreK and Kindergarten. Here's a few pics in case you've missed the constant posting on Facebook. They're growing like weeds, full of sass and are the two most beautiful girls on the planet. (I'm not biased at all.. lol)
Until the next update.... have a great weekend!
~ ~Team Taylor~~
