Everyday I'm more amazed....

Everyday I'm more amazed by how fast the twins are growing and how amazing God is!
 
Our lives have changed in what feels like a blink of an eye!  Its hard to believe that today is November 9th.
It seems like just yesterday we were packing up to move from AZ to Omaha (1 year on Oct. 13, 2013).
It seems like just yesterday we were planning a wedding (Feb. 14, 2013).
It seems like just yesterday we started with Christian Adoption Consultants (April 24, 2013).
It seems like just yesterday we were home study approved (June 21, 2013).
It seems like just yesterday we were applying to agencies (July 1, 2013).
It seems like just yesterday we were matched!  (Oct. 1, 2013).
It seems like just yesterday we were told the twins were born! (Oct. 28,2013).
What a truly amazing and awesome 2013 we are having!

God has put people in our life who have made tremendous impact on us.
When we signed up with Christian Adoption Consultants (http://www.christianadoptionconsultants.com/) we were contacted by a woman who has opened our hearts and our minds in ways we never knew possible.  She has educated us, cried with us/me, laughed with us, and loved and prayed for us, our journey and our children.  Karalee Alvey is such a dear, sweet woman who has changed our life in more ways than she will ever know.  Karalee has walked in my shoes of wanting to be a mom and has been the rock that has helped us to sift through the situations that were presented to us to help us open our hearts in preparation for being matched with the twins.

Adoption is a journey that is extremely difficult but so rewarding!
If you stand near me long enough, you will hear me talk about our journey.

When we were preparing for Christian Adoption Consultants to create our family profile, we needed some pictures to be taken so I started asking around work if anyone knew of someone who could help.  A great co-worker told us his niece was a photographer and she could help us.  Her name is Hannah and such a sweet soul and amazing photographer (http://www.perspectivechangesphoto.com/).  When Hannah came to take our photos we started talking about our journey and she shared with us that her brother and sister in law had adopted previously.  Hannah's sister in law, Meg and I had a lot of similarities and Hannah put us in touch with each other.

Meg and I began emailing, talking about my hysterectomy, our adoption journey, their previous adoption...it was a great start to a friendship that has continued to grow.  I'm a true believer that God puts people in our lives at the right time and Meg was put in my life for so many reasons but most of all to share the roller coaster ride with!  

As I said, if you are near me long enough, I will tell you how awesome Christian Adoption Consultants are and how they have changed our life.  Well, Meg and her husband wanted to adopt again and so I shared the information about CAC and our amazing adoption consultant, Karalee and so Meg called and they signed up with CAC.
They worked hard to get their home study updated and they were ready on Sept. 29th.  Soon after they started applying to agencies and today, they got the call....they are matched!  They are expecting a little girl around the first of December.

God's plan for our lives is a mystery.  We have to have faith and if we are walking with Him, he will open the doors that he has planned for us.

As I sit and watch the twins, who are 12 days old today, grow, and get ready to be able to come home, I'm simply amazed that God has entrusted these amazing little lives to us...

If you are interested in adoption and hear that call and pull to adopt.  Please think about contacting Christian Adoption Consultants.  They are all adopted parents who can answer your questions, give you guidance and they will open your hearts to what God has planned.  They work with a lot of smaller agencies and all those agencies focus on the birth families while your consultant will help and focus on you, the adoptive families.  They can also help you build an amazing family profile that tells the exact story you want the birth mothers to know about your life.  Its a great story and they know exactly how to show it with words and pictures.

Cooper and Clara are doing fantastic!  They are back up to birth weight, bottle feeding, and just waiting for -the ok to go home.  We will have to stay in FL for 7 to 10 days once we are discharged so FL and NE can exchange info. We are so blessed to be able to stay with Joe's parents so we can be surrounded by love and family while we wait for approval to leave.

Please pray with us as we pray for the twins to grow so we can go home.
Please pray with us as we pray for our friends, Meg and Chris and their match with their baby girl.
Please pray with us as we pray for all the children out there that need to find their forever families!
What an awesome National Adoption Awareness Month!
God is Awesome and Amazing....ALL THE TIME!