Thursday, April 20, 2017

Holding pattern....

Thank you all so much for the calls, texts, emails, meals and most of all prayers.
K isn't having contractions right now and hasn't had them for more than 24 hours!!!
Baby A has a leak in her sack and so they have K on Antibiotics and they did give her steroids to help develop the babies lungs in the event they needed to deliver.
For now we are hoping and praying that she can keep the babies happy and healthy for a couple more weeks to deliver at 34 weeks.
I was off on my calculations and she will be 32 weeks tomorrow.
As she makes the smalls goals that we have set for keeping the babies in we will begin to know the plans for delivery.  As of right now the doctors are saying they will deliver when she reaches 34 weeks, I just don't know what day that week.
So for now she's in the best place she can be.....waiting....holding on!

I am still in FL. I'm super blessed today to get to eat lunch and spend time with a friend who I met while Clara and Cooper were in the NICU at Miami Children's.  Their son is a few weeks older than Clara and Cooper and it has been awesome to see how far our Threeangers have come since those very long, hard, and trying days in the NICU.  Conner is a super hero in my opinion.  (I think his mom and dad are super heros too)
Tonight I get to stay with some super dear friends from our AZ days who now live in FL.  What a blessing to have friends who love us so well!  I am thankful beyond measure to you guys and your parents for being so loving and kind to us all!

For now we wait, for now we pray, for now we give thanks to God.
Its been a super trying week but I'm grateful for a renewed spirit.

Thank you all for loving us!
We are blessed by all!!

Thursday, April 13, 2017

Prayers needed...

Adopting is never done by accident nor is it for the faint of heart.
Having lived in 3 states in the last 5 years has proven to be a challenge with paperwork for our home study.  Not to mention that GA is one of the most difficult places to obtain a home study from because of all the extra items they require.

K is 30 week tomorrow and with Clara and Cooper being born at 33 weeks, I'm getting super anxious about our home study not being complete yet.
We are missing 1 clearance from NE, 2 clearances from AZ, and 1 report from OR.
Please pray that our paperwork would appear on the right person's desk and they would feel a sense of urgency to return the completed documents to us very soon.  With out these forms they can not complete our home study.....which is stressing me out!!!

Please pray for our fund raisers.
We have been super blessed that both Jeeah's Hope, a local adoption support group, has graciously awarded us a matching grant.  We are a little more than 1/2 way to our total for the match and could really use the total match to complete our agency fees.  These too have to be paid before the babies arrive.  https://www.lifesongfororphans.org/give/donate/
(Please select to direct your funds to adoption, and adoptive family, our family account number is 6817 and family name Morrow)

Clement Arts has been so kind and is putting on a Canvas and Coffee to help us raise money.  The event will be Friday, April 28th at Christ Community Church.  All money over and above the actual cost of the supplies will go to our family.  I can't thank them enough for the support of Clement Arts. Clement Arts is also hosting a site that all donations to our family will be tax deductible.  http://clement-arts.org/event/coffee-and-canvas/

Joe is also working on a 50/50 raffle.  For $10 you guess a date and time the babies are born and whoever is closest will win 1/2 the pot and the other 1/2 goes to our adoption.

Please pray for our paperwork and home study.  That God will guide the right people who will understand out urgency and complete it very soon.

Please prayerfully consider giving if you can.

Thanks!
Joe, Karen, Clara and Cooper