When it rains, it pours...

Blessings  in this case! We have had some AWESOME showers to celebrate Baby Thompson! I am overwhelmed with all the things people have bought us and the time and engery people have spent throwing showers! I seriously have some of the most creative, encouraging, and caring people in my life! I don't know what I would do with out them!!

 

Enjoy some pics!!

 

 

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Pit stop!

Today on the way to church I noticed a huge sign with our last name on it!

I thought it would make for a cute picture,

so on our way home we stopped and took a pic!

Almost 28 Weeks <3

*Summer Picture Wrap Up*

Annoucing to the first time grandparents :)

 

Last day of a looooooong end of school.

NYC Mission Trip!

 

Almost every Monday night my family would run in a 5k race:)

Towards the end I did much more walking than running.

One of my favorite pics of me and mawmaw.

Just love to look at this sweet baby!

First outfits for baby Adelyn/Jude!

Mini Destin Vaca!

Painting the baby's room!!

The new mom mobile. Loveee it.

First day of Year Four!!

______Thompson!

Baby Thompson will either be...

 

 

Baby, Baby, Babyyyy

We had our *big* ultrasound last week. Big as in we COULD have found out if Baby Thompson is a little girl or a little boy. However, we stuck to our plan and made it out without finding out. It was tough and if Ryan would have been willing, I probably would have found out. Oh well!! What a wonderful day the delivery will be :)

*16 Weeks*

*Profile*

*Laying upside down, you can see his/her spine*

*Little baby arm!*

4x4=16

Yesterday was our four month DTE date! Today, I am 16 weeks pregnant!

Last night as I was going to bed, I was thinking about what having children does to Ryan and I. I was thinking about what a real unbreakable connection we will have for the rest of our lives. I mean I know that marriage gives you that, but I feel like with children it secures the bond. I felt this strong like excitement and peace about the connection. There is (obviously) noone else I would rather take this journey with. Ryan is just the best and I can't believe how lucky I am.

I wish they would do a 25 & Pregnant, or even a Married & Expecting season on MTV to show those girls what life CAN be like if you wait to have kids. I mean there would still be some drama, hormones are all over the place, but the underlying message of the show would be love.

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We moved A LOT the last month! Praise God!!

This was about 2 weeks ago...Around Week 14

I don't think...

I don't think I have mentioned lately how EXCITED I am about the future of my family!!!

*Two* babies are really coming!

 This fall is going to be the best ever! Football season, Holidays, and Baby!!!

 We are so blessed :)

Belly in Times Square!

Pregnant and Adopting...

How does the pregnancy affect the adoption?? I have got this question a lot, which I love!! I love that people care to know about our adoption, so feel free to ask anything about it!

When we first started the adoption process we had to sign a waiver with our agency that stated if we got pregnant, we would withdraw from the adoption process. This scared us off and we both decided to focus only on growing our family through adoption. After a couple of months we felt like God would be the ultimate decider in how our family was grown so we left all options open again. A few days before we became DTE we got an update from our agency saying that due to the increased wait time they were allowing concurrent family building plans (CFB plan). This meant that you were allowed to pursue multiple adoptions or grow your family via pregnancy. Lucky for us! At the time, I was excited at the possibility of whatever foster care would bring at us. Little did I know...

After we found out about being pregnant, I waited to tell our agency until we heard the baby's heartbeat. Once we had the ultrasound done, I sent away our updated CFB plan.

Back the original question. How does this affect the adoption? We are placed on "hold" for any referrals until our bio baby is 6 months old. However, we still move up on the wait list like normal. We just cannot receive a referral until he/she is 6 months old.
(A referral is being matched with our Ethiopian baby!)

This doesn't really change anything for us! This bio baby will be 6 months around the time we will have been waiting for 15-16 months. If you remember the current wait time for the adoption is 18-24 months. Looks like perfect timing if you ask me!!

After we receive the referral we will have to go to Ethiopia to meet the baby and appear in court to become his legal parents :) Yah! Then we will return home and wait for him to get his visa to travel legally to the USA! After he receives his updated visa we will return to Ethiopia and bring him home to join our family!!

  If all goes according the the current time lines we could be a family of four around March 2014!

*Eleven weeks!* 

*80 on the wait list!*

Baby Surprise!

Introducing the newest member of our growing family.....

Baby Thompson!

Due January 1st, 2013.

I am just about 10 1/2 weeks pregnant :)

God is good!

We are still waiting for our Ethiopian adoption! This just adds a blessing to the family :)