We're pregnant!...on paper.. ;)

That's right, y'all! Charles and I have made the decision to foster-to-adopt!

Now, most of our friends and loved ones know that the past two years have been a hard long struggle with fertility. I was diagnosed as having PCOS (Polycystic ovary syndrome). As soon as we found out, I entered into a million different tests, and was poked and prodded to no end. And after all that, I started taking a medication called Clomid that was designed to help us get pregnant. Unfortunately  that didn't work, nor did it get us close at all. Our hearts were broken and we were trying so hard to keep up our hope. 

I was so very against adoption for us. I told everyone that I did not feel called to adopt, and that it wouldn't be fair to a child for me to adopt without being ready, or having my heart all the way in it. I think it was also making me feel like if I chose adoption, I would be giving up on having our own. But, despite those feelings, I prayed. I prayed every night that if it was meant for us to adopt, that God change my heart.

And, oh boy, He DID! After meeting a wonderful woman at a birthday party and talking to her about her foster-to-adopt story, I felt my heart change. I know that sounds crazy, but I did. I felt the tears start forming and my heart filling with joy and hope. I was finally ready. I ran and found Charles and told him that it was time to start our journey. He told me that he had been ready for a long time, and was just waiting on me. What an amazing man, waiting patiently for me to be ready, not putting any pressure on me, despite being oh-so-ready himself. 

So we met with different people, called different agencies...and we found the agency we are going to use. And we are currently filling out the PILES of papers and getting our documents in order. These are the parts that will only be shared on this blog, not on Facebook. I will delve deeper into our journey and ask that you keep us in your thoughts and prayers as we start. 

We are so excited, and we are so happy to get to share this journey with our friends and family! 

Tabitha 
“Whoever welcomes one of these little children in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me does not welcome me but the one who sent me.” Mark 9:37