Quick this & that...

• Our court hearing did NOT happen this past Monday.
• Yes, we grieved, but we're ok now!  :)
• Our new court hearing is set for July 16th.
• Yes, we are super psyched about this!  :)
• And last but not least... our little M.J. is coming for a 2 night, 3 day visit to our house for Respite Care while his Foster Family takes time to focus on their precious family!
• We're ECSTATIC!!!
• Please help us pray that the adjustment time is simply a few hours instead of the entire time he's with us.  

We received a very AWESOME gift on our door step today and Matt put it together this evening:  

• We'll share a picture of the finished product with 2 boys enjoying it, soon!

Thanks for keeping up with our little journey!  Love you guys more than you know!

Little BIG Update

So VERY behind on updating you guys.  Sorry!
For those following along,  here's the latest:

• Got word from our Adoption Worker the day after the tornado that were approved to adopt Bubba!  So we shed happy tears in the midst of having no electricity or internet!
• I called the Attorney & told her we were approved.
• She called the Adoption Worker & set a tentative Court Date.
• The Adoption Worker came out last week to go over the Disclosure with us.
• The Attorney emailed us some paper work to fill out today
• We meet with the Attorney THIS Friday
• Tentative Court Hearing is set for the 17th to finalize our Adoption!
• OMGosh, is this really happening???

Bubbling over with immense thankfulness & joy over here in Morrowville!  :)

Update | Court

Bubba had Court last week.
It was interesting, as usual.
Family Court pretty much sucks...
Our family received happy news tho - we found out the adoption will be finalized
sometime between June & August.
No, it wasn't this past December, or January as originally told to us, but that's ok.
We trust in a Higher Power.  He decides what date needs to be our Adoption Date!

:)

“But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.” (Isaiah 40: 31)

M.J. goes bye bye

Our sweet foster baby, M.J. went bye bye yesterday.

There are no words to share how difficult this has been for my family.
The excitement of having him the first time, the sadness of having him moved to another home.
Then his glorious return.
And then us realizing we weren't able to keep him long term due to reasons I can't speak of publicly.
He is precious.  He is beautiful.  He is worthy of love & hugs & kisses!  He deserves to have family time every evening.  To have free style dance sessions.  And to crawl around the house with sisters chasing him close behind! To have a daddy who teaches him about Jesus. And a momma who tells him how especially wonderful he is!

It hurts to know that we just cannot physically provide everything that sweet boy needs.

So we pray.
And we trust.
The Father who breathed life into his glorious little lungs is the same Father yesterday, today, & tomorrow.  His will for M.J's life will be accomplished whether I'm able to smother him with hugs & kisses, or whether it's another Foster momma.

If you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.

Proverbs 3:24

Wordless Wednesday

Answered Prayer | Wordless Wednesday

Still praying for M.J.

My family is still praying for baby M.J. - for his safety, for him to feel loved & secure, for complete healing and for lots of smiles!  :)
I still strongly feel like we made a mistake by allowing him to be placed in a different home.  It is odd.  I can't even express with intelligent words the way one minute you feel like you're doing the right thing for your family and the next minute, not only you, but your entire household is like "wait a second, back the truck up...this isn't what we want!"

I think that even though we had family worship every evening, I personally, was so tired (due to not asking for more help and trying to be Mrs.-I-can-do-it-all-by-myself!), that I forgot to lean on my Jesus for energy, wisdom & creativity to help my household flow better.  Doh!  Face palm!

This evening, I ended the Sabbath by reading my bible & journaling.  I ran across Hebrews 13:20-21
"Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great Shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant, equip you with everything good that you may do His will, working in us that which is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.

Good stuff.

Thanks for those of you who are praying on our behalf.

Ps.  Little Bubba is continuing to do awesome on GAPS.
We have added green beans & zucchini as well as organic, free range eggs to his diet.  YAY!