I just keep coming back to look at this picture (and a few others with faces showing that I can't post yet) and am just amazed. Amazed by how life has changed in the last 6 months, amazed by these two little ones who have stolen our hearts (and our sleep), amazed by their giggles and the new things they say and learn every day. All too often, in the midst of temper tantrums and icky diapers and early mornings I forget to be amazed. That's what I love about a picture- one moment frozen in time in front of me that reminds me to be amazed at all of the little moments that God gives us.We have had a huge answer to prayer; after several delays and court hearings, parental rights were terminated and we are moving ahead and becoming an adoptive placement for our kids. We are still figuring out what that whole process looks like from here on out, but we are thrilled by this answer to prayer! Last Friday, our kids had their final visit with their maternal grandmother. Please keep the extended biological family in your prayers. We know this has been an extremely hard process for them; pray that God in His sovereignty would use this situation to work in their lives. It has been an odd mixture of emotions as we have rejoiced that our kids are now freed for adoption, but also felt compassion for the biological family and the loss they are experiencing.
We have felt for a while now that these are "our" kids and to be so much closer to that being the case in every sense is so exciting. We haven't really talked too much about the concept of adoption with Ella- both because of her age and because of where we have been at in the process- but tonight as I was saying goodnight and telling her how much I loved her and how much God loved her, it was the best feeling in the world to explain that "God loves us so much that he adopts us to be His children, just like mommy and daddy are adopting you to be our daughter." I can't think of a sweeter analogy for the gospel than adoption, and we are so blessed to experience that adoption from our heavenly father as well as through continuing to pursue adoption of Ella and Haddon.
