Just the Beginning

Why would two people whose idea of an exciting Friday night is to call in an order to El Toro, rent a redbox movie, and stay up past 9:30 write a blog? I mean, seriously, who is that bored that they would read what we had to say? These are the first two things that popped into my head when Ashley said, "Hey, we need to write a blog." If you're wondering the same thing, I should tell you first what this blog is about and what it's not. This is not about our day to day life. Trust me, nobody would want to read that. This is our effort to keep everyone updated on this incredible/frustrating/rewarding/stress-filled journey that will be the adoption of our first child. This will also be our way of showing our future child how much he was loved and wanted by so many and for so long before he ever physically joined our lives. As we go through the process of adopting him, we also adopt you, our friends both old and new, into our family; and show our future child that he has more aunts, uncles, cousins, brothers & sisters than could ever fit on some family tree.
    We should start by giving you a brief snapshot of how we arrived at this decision. For weeks I had felt a calling toward, and an interest in, adoption. I mostly passed this off as daydreaming, but I could never really shake it. The disappointment was that I couldn't make it clear either. I never felt that it was something we definitely should be doing, but I never could quite dismiss it either. That was until Ashley said, "You know, I think I'd be ok with adoption." Yep, that did it. It was clear to me almost instantly that what I'd been thinking about was something that we actually needed to investigate fully. The more we researched this process, the more we felt pulled toward it, until finally we were locked in. Without getting into too long of a story, we knew that God was guiding us in this direction and that we wouldn't be happy unless we went with Him.
     This will be difficult, we are well aware of that. We know that this can be a painstaking, time-consuming, checking account-emptying process. We are aware that this seems like a difficult task, this is why our mantra has become the quote that you see at the top of this page. Our child exists, that much we know. The Bible tells us that before God formed us in the womb, he knew us, so whether he is born yet or not, he is known to God and exists. The question for us then becomes not whether this is worth the time or effort, but what do we have to do to get our child home. Some of these posts will be short and some will ramble on (like this one). Some will be by Adam (the ones that ramble, also overuse of commas) and some will be by Ashley, but they are all designed for the same purpose: to keep those we love involved in this process. We look forward to sharing this time with you and appreciate all of your prayers and kind words as we move forward. Welcome to our family.