Whew, life has been a whirlwind. Just a quick little update on just {life} in general. Two big things we have been working on and keeping to ourselves for the most part, but sharing because there is no such thing as too much prayer! π
1. Adoption – we are still moving forward and excited each and every day but also overwhelmed at times. Overwhelmed with paperwork, waiting, paperwork, waiting, home study, waiting, classes, waiting, more paperwork and waiting…see the trend? π We all know the wait is worth it but prayers as we continue to go down this road are appreciated! I strongly feel there is a child out there waiting for us to scoop them up but we know there is a plan and we just have to wait for it, do our part and wait a little longer til the time is right! Some dear friends of ours were matched with a child and we are so so excited that they will be taking home their little one likely in August! Ah! So it is continued prayers, patience, hope and listening to God and His plan that keeps us going through the wait!
2. We did a little thing. We decided to go back to our doctor in KC and just get ourselves checked to see if we wanted to do IVF again in the future, that we could. We received fantastic news that we are more than healthy enough to do it again (if we choose to in the future), and let me be clear…we may not but we didn’t like not knowing if that door was still open or not. So again, we’d appreciate prayers for patience and discernment as we figure out if this is something we should try again. We unfortunately have no frozen embryos so we have to start from scratch, meaning all the shots, all the meds, all the hot flashes and injecting hormones and emotions all over again. It isn’t a decision we will take lightly.
Anyways, we love for prayers to be rained over us as we continue to balance life with Z, adoption, and determine if IVF will be in our future or not. Thank you friends for following us on our journey, your support and love has overwhelmed us! β€οΈ
Just discovered your blog while searching the βlifeβ tag across WordPress. We went down the adoption route just over ten years ago. We had two years of red tape, classes, and so on β so your post brought back quite a few memories. We also had three goes at IVF before we adopted. The stories are in the archives of my blog somewhere. Just wanted to say β we went from zero to three children overnight, and although there are of course tough days, we have never regretted it for a moment.
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Oh wow! What a testimony and something we can relate to! Glad you commented so I can go back and read your blog! It is an interesting and tiring process (IVF and adoption) but know it will be worth it in the end! Thanks for the comment!
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I also remembered that I collected quite a few of the posts together some time ago β https://recursivewords.blog/2015/01/29/in-retrospect-our-adoption-journey/
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Chasnie, you and Jason are a wonderful couple who have achieved so very much throught tough times and good. My prayers and warm loving healthy waves of joy go out to you and hubby and darling little Zayden.
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Thank you Aunt Cheryl! π
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