We have had a wonderful few weeks and have been just amazed at the outcome of love and support of people we would never even expect to come out and love on us. Our eyes have been opened at how loved we are and how loved our little buddy already is!
It's amazing to see God work, in our marriage, in our home and in our finances! Joey has been able to work a lot of overtime as of late which has been a huge blessing to the baby Parks fund. All the money that was from that (around 2,000.00) was able to just go straight into the fund. SO, from gifts ranging from 25.00-over 1,000.00 we are ALMOST to our goal of 11,000.00 dollars. We still have around 1,000.00 to raise, but in my heart of hearts I know that God will provide that money. In just two months God has provided 10,000.00 through donations and extra work that Joey and I have been able to do. It's just a complete miracle. 11,000.00 could have been 11 million dollars... THAT is how impossible it seemed in my mind at first. but here I am again, with the conclusion that absolutely nothing is impossible with God. We gave this all up to him from the very start and daily he reminds us of HIS faithfulness.
Joey and I both went and had physicals done by our doctor and it went great. we really love our doctor. If you live in Olympia and are looking for a great doctor check out Dr. Harris. I found out that I lost 36 lbs in 3 months! All thanks to Weight watchers! :-) He was very happy with us and is super excited for us too. It was the only time I ever left a doctors appointment with a smile. haha.
We have sent in our check to the California adoption agency we are working with and have them working on our case right away. It's so nice to have all of the financial part of that dealt with and we can focus on the most important task at hand. We were also able to send in our down payment to our attorney here in Washington and ARE SOOOOO excited for our future. We are trying to stay positive and focused. Please pray for the birth father to continue to ignore everything, or to just sign his parental rights away. It seems like he will just ignore everything sent his way about this, as he has ignored everything else sent his way. God's will be done. That is what Joey and I are being taught daily.
So when I was was in California I was able to meet up with some wonderful friends, one of my very close friends who has three boys, gave me loads and loads of clothing for our little man. I felt so guilty for spending ANY money on clothes that I had purchased at a thrift store prior to this because, OH my GOODNESS I can't explain the mountain of clothing we were given. SO... because of this blessing I quickly needed to figure out something different for his "dresser" in his room. He was certainly going to need a lot more space. I immediately thought of IKEA, and decided to purchase another shelf to stack on the one we already had. It really turned out even better than I was expecting. So below is the new configuration of the wall with the framed prints on it. I laid down in the middle of the room last night after organizing and putting things away and just had the biggest smile on my face. :-) I was laying in our little baby's room... Joey and I are being blessed after SO long of wanting to be parents... It seems so completely unreal. In exactly 2 months I will be 27 years old and *hopefully* holding him in my arms. I can't wait to post THOSE pictures. my heart just beams with love thinking about him.
We have registered at babies R us and Amazon.com. finally I feel like the amazon.com one is perfected. the link to our amazon registry is here: Baby Parks amazon.com registry
Thank you again for all the love, all the support... it's just incredible. Wish i could hug each of you!
Love,
KayC, Joey and our little buddy...
This is a picture of Baby Parks snuggled all warmly in his birth mothers tummy. :-) SO amazing.
God truly is amazing! I am sooo excited for you guys!
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