Reviving the blog

I am reviving this blog which has lay dormant for over a year. The reason? Shaun and I are embarking on an exciting adventure that we believe more people need to be educated about. What is this little known endeavor? Something called embryo adoption.

What is embryo adoption? Well, here is my summary of this new and exciting form of adoption:

Basically, when an infertile couple decided to do in-vitro-fertilization in hopes of having biological children, there are embryos created. Embryos are tiny little babies which are then either implanted into the woman, or frozen for future use when more children are desired. Once a couple has achieved pregnancy and have had as many children as they desire, there are often times extra embryos that are still frozen. What to do with these tiny embryo babies is a big deal to someone who believes life begins at conception.

The choices a couple is left with are to keep them frozen forever, destroy them, donate them to science, or give them to another couple through embryo donation/adoption. The decision to allow another couple to adopt their embryo babies can be a difficult choice to make, but one that is honoring to God, who has given life to the embryos in the first place. It is really incredible that these babies can be frozen for years and then when given a chance, become a full grown baby with purpose and meaning in life.

So, that is the direction the Lord has led Shaun and I after losing another newborn foster baby in February. We thought foster care was the direction we would go to add more children to our family, but it became very clear in February after baby T came and went, that we were no longer being called to foster care. It really astounds me to think back on beginning our journey through foster care, and how much peace we had. We endured a long 25 month case before our twin girls became ours legally, but though it all we never doubted that it was what we were supposed to be doing. Now, I know exactly why we had such peace though an incredibly emotional 2 years. We were intended to be Katie's and Addie's parents, and in the Lord's perfect timing we were there waiting for them when they needed a home.

Now, we anticipate meeting our future children, knowing that God has a perfect plan once again. We have moved quickly through the preliminary steps of embryo adoption, and once we were approved to be matched with a genetic family, it only took 3 days to be matched! We are very excited about what the future holds, and we pray that the genetic family is filled with much peace during this time as they are entrusting their genetic offspring into our care. I will follow with more details on the process up to this point in my next post. It's good to be back in the blogging world!