Adoption

We decided to switch our adoption agency from Adoption Circle to Cleveland Catholic Charities because of location and cost.  Adoption Circle is in Columbus and Cleveland Catholic Charities is only 30 minutes away.  Plus, they cost much less than Adoption Circle.

So, we transferred our homestudy to Cleveland Catholic Charities and finalized everything yesterday.  We finished our profile to show to prospective birthparents, we had our fingerprints run again, and had letters sent out to our references.  Now we wait to be chosen by a birthparent - it could take a month or two years - there is no way of knowing when it will happen.

The cost is the biggest fear for us right now.  Our families have been extremely supportive throughout the past 5 years and are heartbroken for us!  My Aunt Kim is a nurse and has given me the shots for the IVF attempts daily and has been my medical consultant throughout the journey.  She suggested that we have a fund raiser to help with the costs of adoption.  My mom, sister, and the rest of my family jumped on board - and with our family, all things are possible!  My family is full of "do-ers" if something needs to get done, they find a way to do it!  This usually applies to helping families at church, planning weddings, or making meals for people who need help, but they are also doing a great job of helping Ed and I become parents!

So, our fundraiser is scheduled for August 26th and we are feeling overwhelmed by the amount of people who have been so generous and helpful and want to helps us on this path to parenthood!  It brings me to tears (good tears:) to think about how much love and support we have received from friends and family!  Wow, we are truly surrounded by amazing people!

I have been praying for the birthmom that will be or is carrying our child.  I have been praying for our child daily.  I have been praying that God finds a way to bring the child that we are meant to have to us.  Waiting has never been something that I'm very good at, but here we are playing the waiting game again!