Another quick update

In an effort to keep you all updated, I want to write today and let you all know that there is still no news to report.  Miss L's phone still appears to be turned off and no one has spoken to her since last Tuesday.  The social worker was able to talk to her mom yesterday who simply said she would deliver the message that we are trying to reach her.  

We have felt like our social worker's are gently trying to prepare us for the fact that this Baby Girl might not be meant to be ours.  It is a fine balance as we try to prepare our hearts for that, yet continue to hold out hope that Miss L will choose adoption for this sweet baby.

We continue to hear of more and more people praying for this journey and couldn't be more grateful!  More than anything else, we continue to hold onto our HOPE found in Christ...He is the only thing we can be sure of in this crazy world!  Our biggest prayer requests at this point are:

-for the baby.  Please pray for her health and safety and sweet little soul as she enters a BIG world!

-for Miss L.  Pray for her heart, for her delivery, and for her to feel support as she makes the next steps in her journey.

-for us.  While we continue to cling to the fact that God is in control, we are sad.  

THANK YOU for praying friends!!!  

No news

No news, is not always good news. There is nothing new to report after today. Miss L is still unable to be reached. It has been confirmed by the hospital that she has not given birth as of yet. We believe that the next time we hear anything will be when/if she chooses to contact us when she goes into labor. So, we keep waiting and keep praying and keep believing that the Lord has a very specific plan in mind for this baby girl.

A Quick Update...

You guys are amazing!  The love we felt from all of you after the last post was overwhelming!

Early this morning, I was all prepped and ready for my biopsy when the doctor came in and said he saw nothing he could really see being worth biopsying!  He said the cysts and the nodule that he saw in my thyroid are all benign and there was no need to do the biopsy...YAY!  I will follow up with another doctor to address the enlarged thyroid, but nothing SCARY for now!  Praise the Lord!

In the meantime, no one has been able to get in touch with Miss L today.  We continue to pray that she is safe, healthy, and taking care of herself and the baby.  While we feel confident that our social workers are doing everything they can to make contact and take care of her, our emotions are starting to take over (well, at least mine are!).  In the words of one of the social workers this morning...I think we are all highly concerned but "haven't hit the panic button yet."

Thanks for praying with us...

Great Plans

Friends, 
This week has been a struggle.  You see, I had it all planned out.  Baby Girl would make her arrival on Tuesday, March 10th.  Friday, March 13th at the latest.  Surely she would be born before Spring Break.  That was the week we had as built in time off work (not to mentioned PAID time off).  Well, obviously that didn't work out as planned.  Moving on to Plan B.  Miss L would go to her doctor's appointment on Friday, March 20th and schedule an induction for Monday, March 23rd.  That plan may be playing out, but at the moment no one can get ahold of Miss L.  It seems like maybe her phone has been shut off, leaving her without access to make phone calls or send emails. AAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!  
And, to throw a wrench in all of my plans, I have faced a bit of scary medical news this week.  On Monday of this week (the 16th), I went in for an ultrasound on my thyroid.  I have been experiencing some weird pain in my throat for several weeks and the doctor thought it might be my thyroid.  After my bloodwork came back normal, I figured the ultrasound was just a cautionary measure that would also come back normal.  Instead, the doctor saw several large and questionable cysts on my thyroid.  I am scheduled to go in for a biopsy this coming Monday (the 23rd) to see if the cysts are cancerous or benign.  
So, as perfect as my baby plans had been in my head, they wouldn't have allowed for any of this thyroid mumbo jumbo to even be discovered.  It may be nothing or it may be something scary.  
Needless to say, my emotions have been all over the place this week.  I have been anxiously awaiting news on Baby Girl, trying to make lasting memories with my boys before their sister arrives, and wondering if I might possibly have something a little bit scarier than spiky bouncy balls in my throat.  I have really had to rest in the truth that God's plan is WAY better for us than my plan.  His plans are GREAT plans.  Plans to prosper us and give us a HOPE and a FUTURE.  
Thanks for continuing to pray for our journey!  We will keep you updated as we have news.
Cara

Still waiting...

Have you been anxiously awaiting a post with the big news that Baby Girl is on her way?!  US TOO!  Waiting patiently is getting harder and harder!  I have kept it pretty quiet in blog land because, honestly, there hasn't been too much to update you all on.  I have been reminded over and over that God's plan is way better than my plan (no matter how perfect I think I have planned it all out)!  
Miss L (Baby Girl's tummy mommy) reached 38 weeks in her pregnancy yesterday...we never thought she would make it that far!  We learned a couple weeks ago that she is supposed to see the doctor 3 times a week.  We think that might be due to her high blood pressure and some other factors that put her a high-risk pregnancy.  She had also told us that her other kids had all been born 2-3 weeks early.  And then, factor in that Kirby and I are both on Spring Break with a built in week off of work, and we were just sure we would be in Cincinnati this week!  But, we're not.  And we are trying to embrace the time here with our boys and our last days as a family of four.  
Will you pray for us while we wait?  Here are some specific prayer requests:
-pray for patience and peace for Kirby and I while we wait
-pray for Miss L as she goes through these last couple of EXHAUSTING and emotional days of pregnancy
-pray for Baby Girl's health
Thanks friends!  And stay tuned...hopefully we have good news soon!