We have been DTE for six months. Six months! When we submitted our dossier the wait time was 5-7 months so we seriously thought that we could have our referral by now. But we don't; and we're okay with that. As it stands right now, our best guess is that we are somewhere in the early teens on the boy wait list and in the later teens for a girl. Honestly there is no way of knowing how it will all work out. We are continually having to rest in the promise that the Lord is in control and knows exactly where our baby is and when we will be together. Easier said then done some days!
I was thrown for a bit of a loop this week when, for the first time in my knowledge, a family who had requested an infant of either gender got a girl referral! That hasn't happened in our agency before! I was blown away that this happened and started to wonder if that could happen to us. I don't think it will, but if it did then who would wear these sweet little shoes I've been accumulating? I resisted buying anything for our baby for so long, but the last two months have found the pull too strong (and the deals too good!). And that's why there are five little shoes lined up in his closet waiting for him. Waiting for little brown feet to fill them. Ready to carry chubby legs around as his big sister chases him from room to room.
We're ready to see his face, ready to hug and kiss his cheeks, ready to make him part of us, forever. We're ready to be a family of four. But it's not time yet. Soon, but not yet.
Lord, give us patience and fill us with joy as we wait!
-kate-
4 comments:
Very cute shoes! I can't wait to meet the little feet that fill them!
Kate super cute shoes! I keep checking on here for updates in the your process. Praying you're able to rest in the Lord's sovereign timing!
I love the shoes! I'm thinking about you all! How is Haven?
I am getting excited for you!
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