WOW....What a day!

Today has been a day of shock, excitement, roller coaster emotions, and everything else. Mom "C" gave birth to a little precious beautiful girl and yes I said girl. Not a boy like we thought! We are still excited and can't wait to meet and hold her. GOD is in control and all we can ask right now.....PRAY and PRAY!!! LOVE to all!!!! I will post more tomorrow when I have my thoughts in order.

Update!

At 11:21 today (Wednesday) just got a text and said "C" was at a 7 and getting ready for the epideral. GOD is moving and please keep praying!!

Update on Adoption

At 10:19 this morning (Wednesday) I received a call from our adoption specialist and she said that "C" had just called and her water broke. "C" had to move hospitals because the one we thought she would have baby in treated her badly so she went to a different one. Our adoption specialist is headed to the hospital to be with her so please keep praying for all of us. I will keep you posted as soon as we hear! PRAY, PRAY, and PRAY some more! Love and Blessings to all! Yes, GOD is moving!!!!

Update On The Past 3 Days

So here's a recap of the last few days...Not much to say other than lot's of waiting and patience!

Sunday - July 4th
We drove up from Lubbock and left our little Chocolate daughter, Maggie. She looked so sad and we could tell she sensed something was up. She had been acting wierd ever since we got the call on Thursday.

We arrived in OKC late that evening after stopping off in Amarillo to see our newest addition to the family, Aaron, Jason's sister's brand new boy. I couldn't believe his red hair!

Monday - July 5th
We slept in a little and missed the complimentary breakfast at the hotel. Our hotel is really nice. They have a full kitchen, living area, a great bed, and a little office area. Everything we need!

We got up and decided to run a few errands and get our bearings in the city. We checked on another suite hotel that was closer to some nicer stores, but it was too much hassle to move, so we decided to stay put.

We understood that birth mom was to be induced at the hospital at 10am. We found out from our adoption specialist around 5pm that evening that it was a misunderstanding and she was going in around 10pm. So we had the rest of the evening and night to hopefully find something out.

Tuesday - July 6th
We didn't sleep in so late today. We were anticipating a call maybe during the night or early in the morning and nothing happened. We hung around until lunch and heated up some leftovers and decided to go run some more errands. We needed some camcorder tapes and a new mouse for the laptop.

We decided to burn some time to allow the room to get cleaned so we went to the bombing memorial downtown and Bass Pro Shops. It's a good thing I'm not an avid hunter or fisherman! You can do some damage in that place! I do love to camp, hike and mounaineer, but I never have time to do that stuff, so the gear is a little unnecessary.


As the afternoon went by, we still hadn't heard anything. We were told again by our adoption specialist, later in the evening, that she hadn't talked to birth mom.

Needless to say this makes both of us very nervous and anxious. All I can think about is patience and faith. We have to cling to that! We also have to cling to the fact that no matter what, we need to be putting God first! This entire process is the result of His ultimate plan and He has infinite patience and wisdom...beyond all our understanding!

We need your prayers right now. The waiting is tough, but manageable. We just need to stay reminded that God is in control and that whatever the outcome of this is, He gets the glory! We pray for birth mom's strength through the next hours and days. We have no idea what she's been through or going through. She could be in labor at this very moment. We pray everything is going okay and that baby is healthy and ready to come into this world!

Thanks so much for all your thoughts, prayers, texts, emails, and calls! Sorry we haven't been able to share anything exciting just yet, but we know God will reveal his plan to us soon enough! Just be patient with us!

God Bless,

Kara and Jason

In the City

Jason and I made it to the city and settled in to our "home." I talked to our adoption specialist on our way here and she told me that our special friend, birth mom "C", will be going in around 10:00 on Monday morning. Now you know how times can be pushed around so please just be in prayer around this time. Yes, reality finally struck us tonight and we realize within a few hours we could be parents to a precious little boy! We are very excited and can't wait, but yes we are nervous and I have been on an emotional roller coaster since we pulled out of the driveway in Lubbock! Thanks for all of your love, support, and prayers. We can't wait to introduce him to all of you!

Blessings,
Kara
I prayed for this child, and the LORD granted my request. 1 Samuel 1:27

Pray, Pray, and Pray some more.....
Birth mom to have God's ultimate comfort and us as well
For a delivery that is safe, short and no complications
For the Lord to give us an overwhelming heart full of compassion for "C" and baby boy
Peace about her decision
Nervousness of all of us
Strength
Health

Emotions!

So this morning I think reality has hit. I did not sleep last night at all.....really didn't! Our nieces, Holly and Hannah, spent the night so the three of us in one bed...that means I get a little corner and it is fine because we had plans for them to stay the night even before all of this happend yesterday. My emotions are way crazy right now, crying with tears of joy and just thanking God for answering so many prayers and looking back over the past 4 years of thinking we would never get here. THANKS BE TO GOD! YOU"RE an AMAZING FATHER! Please keep the prayers coming. Each and everyone of you have a special place in our heart and I know we don't tell you enough but.........WE LOVE YOU!!! I feel like I am rmbling on but I just had to post something. I really can't wait to post lots more.

GOD IS AWESOME!!!

Have you ever had a day when everything you saw, everything you did, everything you said, everything you heard...had God all over it?!?!

Well, that was our yesterday! We got a call early yesterday from our adoption agency telling us we had been chosen as adoptive parents to an unborn child...a baby BOY! We were just approved and activated last week, so the speed of this process is crazy-overwhelming!

As soon as we hung up with our adoption specialist, I opened the Bible just to see what God would speak to me. I was nervous, shaking, stomach tumbling...and He turned the page to Colossians 1 and I looked right at verses 3-5.

It's the beginning of Paul's letter to the church in Colosse and this is what he had to tell them in his intro:

3 We always pray for you, and we give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. 4 For we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and your love for all of God’s people, 5 which come from your confident hope of what God has reserved for you in heaven. You have had this expectation ever since you first heard the truth of the Good News.

Man! God really knows how to use His Word to speak when you're willing to listen!!!

Our birth mom is due to deliver on Monday, July 5th, but she could be early at a moment's notice, so we have to be ready to pack up and go. Since this is really very early in the adoption process for us, we really don't have much ready, including the nursery! But we know God has planned this with His perfect timing and we will trust and wait on Him though it all! He has planned this moment in our lives from the get go.

If you look at the timing of everything, you can see how God listens to our petitions and sets things into motion. If this birth mom was due on June 16, then she should have gotten pregnant in September of last year. We decided to hang up the fertility treatments in August and made the decision to adopt around the same time...I mean really decided and started praying for God's guidance and direction on the whole decision. A couple months later, we were directed towards Deaconess and 8 months later, here we are.

So God had the perfect woman and the perfect child planned just for this moment. He didn't reveal it until the last minute and left us on the brink of doubt so many times, but it just made us trust Him that much more!

Another God-filled moment in all of this was how our birth mom chose us. She already had some names picked out for her baby boy before meeting with the agency. When she saw our profile, she broke down and knew it was meant to be us. The name she chose was Carson, or Kara and Jason put together. How stinkin' cool is that!!!

Yesterday was one of those days that will be burned into our memories forever! We have a lot ahead of us, but God has been equipping us and preparing us for this for a long time! Definitely worth the wait!!!

God bless you all who have prayed for us and with us during this process! This process was birthed out of a prayerful decision and we aren't stopping now! Those precious prayers are what Kara and I treasure the most! Keep em comin!!!

Love and Blessings,

Jason and Kara