Eight months ago we started a process that we knew was going to change
our lives forever, we just didn't when or how.
In October of 2013 Justin brought home papers for an adoption
process. He looked at me and said let's do this. So we began the paperwork.
Everything was going so smoothly and fast. We couldn't believe it. We were just
waiting on our background check to come back from Colorado and our home study
would be complete. Well, we waited and waited. Three months had gone by and we
had heard nothing. Finally, we found out that Colorado had never received our
papers. So then we had to wait even longer for it to be finalized. It
was driving us crazy that something so simple was hindering us from having our
home study complete. We told ourselves there was a reason our papers were lost.
Our papers were lost for this very reason.
Our home study was complete at the end of March. We were so excited, nervous
and ready for our journey to begin. We continued to pray for the right child
and situation every single day. We knew the Lord had picked one precious child
for us to take home. We were just patiently awaiting for him or her. The first
few weeks we had potentials, but we felt in our hearts that these weren't the
right situations for us. More weeks went by and we hadn't heard of any other.
We were getting discouraged and were wondering if we had missed our opportunity
for our son or daughter.
Two months had gone by and Justin and I went into the nursery wiping off the
dust from the crib and we looked at each other and wondered when we were going
to use this room. We had hit a slump. We tried to not get discouraged, but it
was wearing on us. We wanted to be parents and it's so hard not knowing when it
is going to happen. We kept telling ourselves we had to be patient and trust.
Last Thursday, was one of the hardest days we had in a long time.
Everything seemed to be going wrong. We were frustrated, tired and running
out of patience. That night Justin and I had a conversation about faith and
believing. We had to refocus and give our worries to the Lord. It wasn't our
job to worry, the Lord was in control and he wanted us to enjoy every minute of
this journey. Little did we know, our son was born that night.
Friday morning I woke up feeling different. I asked the Lord to humble me
and give him all of my trust. Four hours later I got a call from my husband
telling me a mom had picked us and we have a son!! I will never forget that
feeling. A feeling of nervousness, excitement and joy. I couldn't stop crying.
It's amazing what can happen when you fully trust.
We decided to fly out on Saturday to Texas to get our son. We were lucky
enough to have a sweet aunt offer us stand by tickets. It appeared to be
promising for us to get on the flights. That changed when we got to the
airport. We then found out that the flight was oversold and it wasn’t looking
good for us to get out that night. As we nervously awaited chaos began. People
were missing their flights due to weather and many of them were not going to
make their connection to Houston. That was good for us. After waiting for two
hours we finally got cleared. We boarded the plane and sat down. The first
thing I noticed was that the song “Happy” was playing on the overhead and as I
looked out the window, the sun was peeking out from the clouds. This was the
first I had seen all day. The Lord was in control and he wasn’t going to let
anything stop us from going to Texas to pick up this precious boy he had chosen
for us.
James 1:17
Every good and perfect
gift is from above
We want to thank everyone that has given us the most amazing love, support
and prayers through this. We love you all!!!
We also have a fundraiser that we would like people to be a part of. We have
a puzzle that will support bringing home “Baby Mueller”…..we will have more
details and pictures later!!