Just an update..

I know I haven't posted in a while, so I just wanted to take a minute to update everyone on how things are going.  Mike and I have our first meeting on July 16th (this coming Monday).  It's feeling so "real" now... like this is really happening!!  This first meeting will also be the beginning of a series of classes that we have to take called "Deciding Together". The way I understand it, these classes are designed to walk us through the adoption process and to guide us in the decision making process.  The decisions we will ultimately have to make in our adoption process are very important and also very difficult.  A major factor is drug and alcohol use.  It is a reality that some birth mothers DO drink, smoke and/or do drugs throughout their pregnancies.  All of which can have an adverse affect on the unborn child.  We as adoptive parents have to decide what levels of usage we are willing to "accept" from a birth mother.  We ask for your prayers for us in this.  Please pray that God will continue to guide us through all of our decisions and that we will have ears to hear and hearts to obey what God tells us; and that once our decisions are made and final, that we will not question, doubt or second guess them.  We know that God never gives us more than He knows we can handle.  It's awesome to know that God already has a child in mind for us, and it's amazing to think that the baby may not even be conceived yet!  :)  Wow, just wow!!