Why Blog!?!?!

The real reason why we decided to start to blog is because of the wonderful news that we heard on the 26th of September at about 11:30 am. Josh was at work and I was as well (in Dickinson, Texas). Around that time I got a call from Julie our social worker.

I guess I should start by saying that we have been trying to have children for four years. About 6 months after we were married we began to try to have children. A year later we knew we needed to get more help from professionals to find out what was going on. After several surgeries for both Josh and I, we found out that the possibilities for us to have children were narrowed slim to non. I remember meeting with a doctor who told us that there was no way that we would have children and that we needed to adopt. The words he used were not ones of kindness but of as a matter of fact, and I don't care about you two at all. I am forever going to remember that doctor, as we began what seems like the longest journey of our lives. It is extremely hard to see everyone around you having children, planned or unplanned, and not realize that there are many who struggle.

Josh and I prayed, fasted, went to the temple and received many blessing to be guided on what we should do. We also received a lot of guidance from our family, who really wanted to support and help us. My mother was someone who had mentioned adoption, and because I thought about that doctor I was unwilling to consider it. I remember going to the temple with Josh one day and seeing a couple who was sealed with the baby they adopted. The sound of joy from that couple pierced my heart and I knew. We will love our baby no matter where he/she came from.

So the call came from Julie who asked me if I wanted to hear what she had to say, or if I wanted to join the call with Josh. After a couple of tries I joined the call with Josh, and the question from Julie came, "what do you know of Alabama?" We really had no idea were she was going with this....A birth mother had chosen us, a baby boy due December 21, 2007, WOW! Josh and I cried on the phone as Julie told us of the birthmother and how she came to the agency and made her decision. We felt the Spirit through out the entire conversation, and felt how "right" it was.

Why Blog?!?!? our boy needs to know how much we love him and that we are extremly excited, happy, and blessed as we wait to have him home!

Well here we go, this will be the first time that we do something like this and to tell you the truth we are a bit nervous. We have seen so many wonderful bloggers and compared to others we know we won't compare. We are so excited at the same time to do this for us and for those of you who have asked us to do this. Well, let's see what happens....