Today was Joshua's Half Birthday, so we celebrated with a half cake. Caleb said a yellow cake with chocolate icing was Joshua's favorite. Funny how that is Caleb's favorite as well. Two peas in a pod, those boys.
Poor thing had to watch us eat his cake. I am lax about a lot of things, but I am psycho when it comes to my kids having sugar before their first birthday. Is it for health reasons? No. I just want to get the picture of their face when they eat sweets for the very first time.
My craziness paid off big time with AB because I have this:
We celebrated another anniversary yesterday. It was our 2nd Annual AB Awareness Day.
We got The Call from our adoption agency on August 6, 2013, and it was the call that changed everything and made us parents. I still get emotional just thinking about it.
I am thinking about all the other people out there waiting on their version of The Call. Good grief, for some it takes y e a r s. AB's Birthmother selected us two weeks after we were approved by the agency, so compared to others, we really didn't have that long of a wait. The uncertainty of it all does certainly exaggerate the wait, though. That was one looooooooong summer for us.
AB was due 10 days after we received the call, so we jumped from being anxious about infertility and sitting stagnant on an adoption list to preparing the house and our hearts for a newborn baby.
I am horrible at memorizing scripture, so the fact that this verse popped into my head word for word when I needed it is a true testament to the Lord's hand over our situation and my spinning brain:
"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus."
-Philippians 4:6-7
To my friends who are in the waiting stage, whether you're googling adoption sites or crying over the IVF brochure the fertility specialist just handed you, I hope that verse offers you the same peace it did for me (and still does).
And whenever The Call does come for you guys, and in whatever form that may be.... phone call, letter, etc., please share it with us! Snap a pic of yourselves in that beautiful mix of ugly cry and utter excitement and e-mail it to me at triciabutts@gmail.com. That way we can share in your excitement and support you through prayer.
The adoption community is a really fun one to be in! Let's share our stories and continue to be a resource for each other :)
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