David and I have decided for now we are going to put our adoption on hold because of some very miraculous happenings in our lives...
You see, in May RIGHT AFTER our home study was completed, David and I received some very surprising news... We were pregnant. Deciding to keep it a secret because of the adoption, we were the only two who knew for several weeks... After 3 miscarriages, we were not very optimistic about the outcome. However, after weeks of silence, this is the letter I wrote to my family the night before my 7 week ultrasound... We would hear a heartbeat or not...
To Mom, Dad, Barbara, Bobby and all of my sisters...
I was in bed tonight with so much on my mind, so I decided to get up and tell the people who love us the most what's going on...
The last couple of weeks have a been quite a spin for David and me, and we really need you to pray for us. We had initially made a decision not to tell anyone, but we found ourselves really needing support. We found out we were pregnant again in the middle of May - it was not in our "plan" but we are trying to live this uncertainty out the best way we know how. I am now 7 weeks and the chances that I will be able to carry a baby without miscarriage is now less than 50%. (age + the number of previous miscarriages) Even though early blood tests indicated that I was producing proper progesterone and my pregnancy levels were rising, my mother's instinct tells me that the results of my ultrasound on Tuesday will not be favorable. Also, my early signs of pregnancy are fading which is another indication of a possible loss...
My ultrasound appointment is at 8:30am this Tuesday. We have given this to the Lord and truly trust Him with the outcome. Please pray for our hearts. Going through this for the fourth time is tough...
All of our adoption plans are still going forward, and we are trusting God for our family's future. Whether He decides we will have our own biological child, or we will bring Ty home from Kazakhstan, its all up to our Lord who loves us through everything... We are truly at peace with whatever the future holds.
Please do not tell anyone about this. We want this to just be known to family...
We Love All of You So Much... Thank you for giving us a safe place to be honest about anything...
Please pray for us...
Julie and David
On June 2nd I went in for the ultrasound and, to my surprise, we heard a very strong heartbeat. None of the babies I lost to miscarriage ever made it past 6 weeks growth... The text I sent to my family was simply this, "Little tiny baby with a very strong heartbeat." The messages I received back were priceless. "Such a miracle." "Praise God." "Wow!!!! Chills!" "Congrats." "I prayed for a miracle."
Yesterday, we had our BIG ultrasound at 17 weeks 5 days and all is well. The baby's growth is good, and there are no indications of genetic problems or anything else. The whole doctor's office was celebrating. I simply said - "This is a miracle..."
On top of that we found out our little miracle is a BOY. We are so excited to bring Ty home after all, not by the miracle of adoption, but by the miracle of biological birth, something we never dreamed to do again...
There have been many days since finding out we were pregnant that I have wondered why we began our adoption process in February now that our path has changed so miraculously... Yesterday, God gave me a tiny glance... This is a letter from my sister-n-law Jennifer, the very person who was a great encouragement in our decision to adopt in the first place - Bobby and Jennifer have chosen adoption again for their family. Hopefully, by January or February we will meet their newest addition, Mia. Mia will be 7 when she comes home. This is part of Mia's story I didn't know until last night...
Dear David and Julie,
The verse we have chose for Mia is Hebrews 10:23.
"Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we possess for He who promised is faithful."
We have watched you and how you have held on to the hope that another child was to come to your family. Ty has come to you not through the miracle of adoption - but in his very own miraculous way. And, because of your willingness to search for Him before God's plan was revealed to you - Mia will also come to us in a miraculous way. It was in reading your post about the Voice of Adventure that God began to speak to us about starting another adventure of our own. I will always think of Mia as Ty's little miracle. Before any of us knew how Ty would arrive, God was preparing us all for Mia's arrival too. Now we will meet him first, and then because of Him, she will come home shortly after. What a miraculous turn of events. Unexpected to us, but never a surprise to the one who always proves Himself faithful. He must be smiling today as another tiny part of his plan is revealed to us........ And isn't it better than anything we
could have imagined ourselves?
We love you,
Jen
The verse we have chose for Mia is Hebrews 10:23.
"Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we possess for He who promised is faithful."
We have watched you and how you have held on to the hope that another child was to come to your family. Ty has come to you not through the miracle of adoption - but in his very own miraculous way. And, because of your willingness to search for Him before God's plan was revealed to you - Mia will also come to us in a miraculous way. It was in reading your post about the Voice of Adventure that God began to speak to us about starting another adventure of our own. I will always think of Mia as Ty's little miracle. Before any of us knew how Ty would arrive, God was preparing us all for Mia's arrival too. Now we will meet him first, and then because of Him, she will come home shortly after. What a miraculous turn of events. Unexpected to us, but never a surprise to the one who always proves Himself faithful. He must be smiling today as another tiny part of his plan is revealed to us........ And isn't it better than anything we
could have imagined ourselves?
We love you,
Jen
God's plan for us is unlike anything we could have EVER asked or imagined, and we are so excited to be a small part of bringing one of God's children home where she (Mia) belongs.
We give praise to our almighty God and are just amazed...
