The Story I've been Dying to Post

On October 9th exactly one Month ago yesterday Kevin was sitting in the office of his friend Kris talking with him and a few other guys. Kris started to tell them about a co-worker that was having a hard time because her step-son and daughter in-law had decided that they could no longer give their little 15 month old daughter the care that she needed, and that they wanted to place her for adoption. Kevin told him that we had been waiting to adopt for quite a while now and that if they were serious we may be interested. The next morning Kevin casually tells me the story (we never really get our hopes up when we hear stories like this) I didn't really think much of it until about half an hour later when Kevin got a text message on his phone with a picture of this little cutie.

We immediately called Cindi Kevin's co-worker and the Grandma of Gracie. After speaking with her for quite a while, and learning that the parents were truly serious about placing Grace we took some time (maybe 30 min) and prayed and discussed our options. Because of the strange circumstances Cindi (the grandma) asked us if we would be willing to take Gracie for the next week while she (Cindi) was out of town (She didn't want the parents to make any rash decisions with gracie). We gladly accepted and met her on Sunday evening Oct. 12th at 5:00. Gracie has been in our home ever since.

On Saturday the 25th of October we received a phone call from Danielle (Gracie's mom) and she asked us if we would want to take Wyatt her 2 month old son also. Her and her husband realized that they didn't have the ability to care for him either. Kevin and I both knew right away that he should be in our home with his sister. We met Wyatt the next day on Sunday the 26th at 6:00.

Things have not gone completely smooth but today at 1:30 the birth parents signed to terminate their parental rights. We have to wait 6 months until finalization but unless the state deems us as unfit parents these Kids are OURS.

As of now we are all still adjusting to the changes, but all in all things are going well considering our number of children just tripled. Kevin and I would like to thank the Lord and all those who have prayed for us.