GOD'S FINGERPRINTS THROUGH EMBRYO ADOPTION... MY HEART SWELLS...

TONIGHT MY HEART SWELLS AS I THINK OF THE WEEK AHEAD...

WILL I REALLY BE HOLDING MY BABY BOY IN MY ARMS WITHIN THE WEEK?


TONIGHT MY HEART SWELLS AS I THINK OF SOME EMAILS I HAVE SHARED WITH THE DONOR FAMILY THIS PAST WEEK...

THIS WHOLE EMBRYO ADOPTION HAS HONESTLY BEEN A MIRACLE FROM DAY ONE...
(IF YOU DON'T REMEMBER SOME OF THOSE EARLY DETAILS YOU CAN READ ALL ABOUT IT IF YOU GO BACK TO MY JULY AND AUGUST POSTS FROM LAST YEAR 2010)

I SEE GOD'S FINGERPRINTS ALL OVER THE WHOLE THING... AND THAT HAS GIVEN ME GREAT PEACE...

LAST WEEK I GOT AN EMAIL LETTER FROM THE DONOR DAD'S MOTHER... HER SON RYAN, THE DONOR DAD OF LEVI, WENT TO MEET HIS PRECIOUS SAVIOR JUST 4 1/2 MONTHS BEFORE OUR SAMUEL. IT REALLY WAS SUCH A SWEET LETTER, AND TRULY I HAVE TRIED TO PUT MYSELF INTO THE DONORS FAMILY SHOES MANY TIMES... THIS TOOK ON A WHOLE NEW MEANING TO HEAR HER TALK OF HER SON, LEVI'S BIOLOGICAL FATHER.

I LOVED THAT SHE SAID THAT SHE LOVES SHARING THE STORY OF LEVI WITH OTHERS AND THAT IT IS A TESTIMONY OF OUR INCREDIBLE GOD AND THE CREATIVE WAY HE DEMONSTRATES HIS LOVE... THAT IS SO TRUE... I NEVER COULD HAVE DREAMED OUR FAMILY STORY WOULD INCLUDE THIS PRECIOUS BABY BOY BEING ADOPTED AS AN EMBRYO:)

MY HEART RELATES TO HER AS WE BOTH HAVE LOST OUR DEARLY LOVED SONS...
MY HEART REJOICES WITH HER THAT BECAUSE OF HER SON THIS PRECIOUS BOY HAS HAD LIFE HERE ON EARTH... WILL BRING GLORY TO HIS HEAVENLY FATHER... AND HAS AND WILL BRING HEALING TO PARTS OF OUR HEARTS THAT I THINK MAY HAVE ONLY BEEN ABLE TO BE TOUCHED BY SUCH A MIRACLE... MY HEART IS AMAZED!!


I ALSO HAVE SHARED SOME PRECIOUS EMAILS WITH THE DONOR MOM. WE FOUND OUT FOR SURE THAT JOJO WILL BE A YEAR OLDER THAN LEVI ACCORDING TO CONCEPTION DATE:) JOJO WAS A LITTLE WORRIED THAT HE WAS YOUNGER:) SO THAT MEANS THAT LEVI WAS FROZEN FOR ALMOST EXACTLY 5 YEARS... AMAZING ISN'T THAT? IT IS HARD TO WRAP MY MIND AROUND THE POWER OF GOD TO GROW THIS LITTLE GUY NOW 5 YEARS LATER:)

I GOT TO SEE PICTURES OF THE DONOR MOM'S TWINS WHEN THEY WERE A FEW WEEKS OLD.... OH... MY....GOODNESS.... THEY WERE JUST PRECIOUS, THEY STILL ARE!! WHEN THE DONOR MOM WAS ASKED HOW SHE FELT ABOUT LEVI'S BIRTH GETTING SO CLOSE. SHE SAID THAT SHE FELT LIKE A GOOD FRIEND WAS HAVING A BABY AND SHE WAS EXCITED FOR HIM TO ENTER THE WORLD. SHE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE HIM. SHE SAID OF COURSE LEVI WILL HOLD A SPECIAL PLACE IN HER HEART, BUT THAT GOD CONTINUES TO GIVE HER GREAT PEACE ABOUT IT ALL AND THAT SHE KNOWS THAT GOD HAS HIM IN THE RIGHT FAMILY.

SHE HOLDS A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART BECAUSE OF HER GIFT OF LEVI TO OUR FAMILY...SHE HAS BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH IN LOSING HER HUSBAND AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE... HER MATURITY AMAZES ME AND WHEN I THINK OF HER AS LEVI'S BIOLOGICAL MOM I HAVE TOTAL PEACE...HER SWEET WORDS MADE MY HEART SWELL...

THIS ROAD OF EMBRYO ADOPTION IS SO AMAZING... I AM ASTOUNDED BY GOD'S GOODNESS TO ALL OF US AND HIS ABILITY TO BRING BEAUTY FROM ASHES TO 2 FAMILIES HE CHOSE TO BRING TOGETHER TO GIVE LIFE TO THIS LITTLE GUY...


ANOTHER BPP TOMORROW... I AM SO THANKFUL THAT THIS LAST WEEK OF PREGNANCY IS PASSING BY QUICKLY AS WE WAIT FOR NEXT MONDAY... WE ARE DAILY TRUSTING IN GOD'S WILL AND HIS PLAN FOR OUR FAMILY:) THANKS FOR PRAYING WITH US:)

TO PROCLAIM THE YEAR OF THE LORD'S FAVOR AND THE DAY OF VENGEANCE OF OUR GOD, TO COMFORT ALL WHO MOURN, AND PROVIDE FOR THOSE WHO GRIEVE IN ZION- TO BESTOW ON THEM A CROWN OF BEAUTY INSTEAD OF ASHES, THE OIL OF GLADNESS INSTEAD OF MOURNING, AND A GARMENT OF PRAISE INSTEAD OF A SPIRIT OF DESPAIR. THEY WILL BE CALLED OAKS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, A PLANTING OF THE LORD FOR THE DISPLAY OF HIS SPLENDOR.
ISAIAH 61:2-3