Sending our home study :)

Our amazing caseworker will be sending our home study out today to 4 different caseworkers about 4 separate little boys. Tomorrow she will send our home study out to every county in Colorado as well so if there is a little boy we don't know about who could be a match they will contact us as well. At this point we are inquiring on every little boy under the age of 8 :) We feel peace that God has our little guy chosen and we just need to keep going through the process to getting to him. So we will wait and hear if any of these boys caseworkers will call us for a meeting. These are the next steps:

1. We get a call from a caseworker who invites us in for a meeting with everyone on the little boy's, "team" this can be up to 20 people :) They ask us questions and get a good feel for us as a family
2. If they still like us for him and we feel led to move forward with that little guy then we go in for another meeting but the tables are turned and they present the child to us. We ask as many questions as we can think of but we are not allowed to give answer about moving forward in this meeting.
3. We pray and sit with all the info we have and if we decide yes, then we meet our little boy and begin our transition!

Transition will look different for each child. It could be fast over a couple weeks or it could be slow over a months time. We obviously are hoping for fast :) During this time we will spend evenings and have him sleepover, give him his book we've made that many of you helped with, start personalizing his room, buy him some new things, enroll him in school (if he is old enough) and start making plans for him to be in our life forever!

We obviously cant wait to meet our son, but know that God's timing is best. Every big plan Drew and I have ever made has been interrupted and either completely changed or at least tweaked by God's ultimate plan so we are aware that none of this is in our control. We are just going to keep moving forward holding our plans loosely and listening carefully for His voice. Patience is key right now so pray that we continue to have His peace that passes all understanding.

Hey sweet boy,

We have done everything we can to get to you as fast as possible, but now we wait. We wait for a phone call or an email, we wait for meetings and all of this will be happening before you even know about us. I really hope it's only weeks until we get to meet you, if it was up to me it would be hours, but we trust that God has all of this in His hands. We pray that as soon as you are told about us your heart feels peace, that when you meet us you know you are loved, wanted and that you belong with us forever. We are already praying for your heart and little body to be healed by The God who created you. We know He has an amazing plan for your life little man. He has known since before you were born that you would be ours and us yours. I know it is hard to believe that there is a God who loves you when you have experienced so much pain in your little life, we can talk about that as much as you'd like. God created you and He has a beautiful plan to redeem all the hurts in your life, we are here to walk with you every step of the way. God has done great things for Mommy and Daddy and we will tell you about those too. My arms ache for you sweet boy, see you soon.

Love you, Mommy