We've had an amazing Christmas break spending time together and having fun; snowmen, games, family, and of course food:) However, there is another reason this may be our most memorable Christmas ever.. It is a Christmas gift we received. A gift that is to us our own personal Christmas miracle. Christmas morning at around 11:00 we had finished our little family Christmas and were on our way to Hayden's parent's house when we received a phone call from some birthparents that we had been receiving emails from for the past 2 weeks. They told us that they had a Christmas gift for us, they wanted us to take their child into our home. They said that they knew the child was supposed to be raised and loved by us and that we were supposed to be the parents. I'm shaking even as I write this!! We are beyond excited! We feel so incredibly blessed to be able to have our family grow! She isn't due until June 2nd so we have a long wait (I know it's not all 9 months..lol but it's long to us). At first we were still a little nervous because with adoption it's never 100% set until they sign the papers and the baby is in your arms, but in our recent conversations and visits we've felt so good about the birthparents and the situation that we are just excited! I think there will always be .1% of our hearts that will be worried, but the rest of our hearts are occupied with hope. :)
Here are some pictures of the rest of our holiday!
Visit From Santa!
All the Cousins got Big Springs Shirts!
Romping in the Backyard Snow!
Mom and Dad were the Bunko Winners!
Gingerbread Houses!
Christmas Eve Train Ride in Santa's Village
Reading the Christmas Story on Christmas Eve!
14 comments:
I am beyond excited for you!!!! That is the best gift ever :) Congrats!
Congratulations! The baby is due on Ryan's birthday so there is definitely something special about this one. We're so excited for you guys!
WOOO HOOO! We love you guys and can't be more thrilled about the great news! Keep us posted!
We are so happy for you. I can't wait until June. I love you!
so excited for you to have another little one!
YAY!!!!!!!!! That is so exciting! I am due in July so they could be little friends!!!!!!! I got all teary eyed when I read that post!
I cannot express how excited we both are for you to have another baby in your home. You two have always been the best examples to us and we truly believe that this baby is going to the most wonderful home! Congratulations! We love and miss you guys!
Definitely one of the best Christmas gifts ever! So excited for you guys. Will you find out boy or girl soon or do you wait til June?
We hopefully will find out if it's a girl or boy sometime this week! I'm so excited because she invited me to the ultrasound!
What an amazing Christmas gift! I'm truly excited for you guys! Congrats!
AHHHHH! I am so happy I have tears in my eyes! I cant believe how amazing this is! I just texted you and all I want to do is tell my students to go home and let me call you and hear all about it! So very happy! Hallie will be an awesome big sister!
Hooray!!! I am so excited for you! That is so great! Also, I am very excited to discover your blog. I saw your Christmas card at my grandmas house and that's how I found out about it! ;) You can visit my blog if you want. Its chuchimommy.blogspot.com
How exciting that you will soon have the joy of having another little one. Congrats Keep us informed of all the upcoming events.
That's awesome. Congratulations!
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