by christy
While my sweet husband has been keeping you all updated on the progress, I have been processing this entire day, knowing that we would see something happen and feeling such a sense of peace about the whole day, but still waiting for that final phone call to inform us of our future with Hope Giver.
Now, we are so excited to know that we are another step closer to calling this incredible, bright and beautiful little girl our very own. At this point, we can file for adoption, which the decision that occurred today will enable us to do, and we will wait for that adoption to become final. We are told it could take up to 6 months for this to happen, but we are praying for all the pieces to fall into place much quicker than anyone expects!
This has been quite an emotional day for everyone involved—and let me just say that I echo what Steve has written about Hope Giver’s foster mom. What an incredible mother she is…and an incredible friend to us through this process. She really believed in us and believed that we could be the parents that Hope Giver needs, but there is no way we could repay her for all she has done for this little girl. She was exactly what Hope Giver needed for the time she was with her, God is faithful to provide exactly what we need when we need it, and Foster Mom was precisely that for Hope Giver. We look forward to many more years of friendship with Foster Mom!
As for the emotions that we are personally going through, this is something that we have waited for since Steve and I first met and fell in love. We knew that we wanted to have children together and hoped that those would be biological children. This has not happened for us. So, when we were encouraged, by a social worker in our county, to look into foster adoption, we began discussing this option. After this initial suggestion, we took a year to contemplate going down this path. We are so glad that we did! Even though Hope Giver is not biologically ours, our love for her has so much depth and intimacy that we can’t look at her as anything but born to be loved by us.
I am so glad to be called Steve’s wife. Without our unity and our deep love for each other , we would not be experiencing such joy at this moment. I feel that this is a time in our lives that has bonded us even closer, if that is possible. Praise our Father for uniting us as one so that we could provide the love that this precious child needs and deserves.
I thank God that we can say we are the parents of two beautiful children, each one with their own incredible gifts. I pray that they will both know just how much they are loved…by their parents and by their loving Father.
February 18th, 2008 at 11:32 pm
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February 18th, 2008 at 11:42 pm
Amen and amen!
And I can testify to that deep love. You two are like two love sick puppies. All you do is gaze at each other - can’t even keep up a conversation with the rest of us, off in your own little lovey dovey world together. SHEESH!
ROFL a;djflladsjfljsdf
Love you guys!!!
P&G
February 18th, 2008 at 11:59 pm
LOL!!
“you two are like two love sick puppies”
-Ruff, Ruff
Love you, too
February 19th, 2008 at 3:03 am
Congratulations to you guys! I am so very happy for you. She sounds like the sweetest little girl. What a wonderful blessing and answer to prayer.
blessings~
February 19th, 2008 at 9:05 am
Congratulations!!! Our Father is awesome - His answers to our prayers are exactly what we need at exactly the right time! Blessings to you and the new little girl in the family. Dylan will be a GREAT big brother. What a special family -We sure do lova ya-Roten crew
February 19th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
Thanks Jacque! She is sweet—hopefully you’ll be able to meet her one day soon!
Mon-
You are so right, Dylan has already shown what a great big brother he is….we are truly blessed. So glad you could share this moment with us
Love you!
February 19th, 2008 at 1:40 pm
If there’s anybody in this world who ever deserved to have such a sweet little girl y’all are it.
I GET TO HAVE A SISTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Y’all are gonna be such great parents, just like you’ve been to me.
February 19th, 2008 at 8:18 pm
Congratulations! Steve,Christy,and Dylan I am so happy for you guys. We love you and HG
February 20th, 2008 at 11:38 am
Congratulations! No family deserves a new addition more than you. Our thoughts and prayers are with you as the rest is finalized. Maybe it won’t be long till we can meet this little one. Blessings!
February 20th, 2008 at 4:27 pm
CONGRATULATIONS!!! We are SOOOOO THRILLED for you guys! You sound like you are on cloud 9!!! We’re so glad Hope Giver is now going to be a part of your family!–Any chance of meeting her SOON–say in San Diego perhaps!!! What a blessing she will continue to be to your family! Dylan–you’ll be a wonderful big brother and Christy and Steve–we know she will be in good hands! So glad you have all found each other! Heavenly Father must be smiling down on you with great joy! And what a blessing to have a wonderful Foster Mom! We love you!
And MISS YOU!
Love,
Fabian, Kimber, Tristan and Tyler