1 Samuel 1:27 For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition which I asked of him
Our Adoption Story
Levi was born on April 21, 2007 in Chinautla, Guatemala, a small town known for pottery. He weighed 6.7 pounds and was 19.7 inches long. He was in private foster care in Guatemala City where he lived for 10 1/2 months with his foster mom, her son and daughter and Isaac, his foster brother. Throughout our difficult adoption journey, Isaac's mom, Nancy and I became very good friends. God placed our boys together and had the perfect plan in place long before we ever realized it. When I was undecided on an adoption agency, I joined an online forum where Nancy provided me with information about her agency and recommended them to us. We decided to sign with the same agency and I emailed Nancy back to let her know. Over a few months we emailed back and forth to learn we were both from TN and lived only 30 minutes apart... we thought wow, it's a small world. Little did we know a few months later we'd both get referrals, earlier than we expected, of 2 beautiful Guatemalan angels. When they turned 2 months old our agency called and decided it was time to tell us that they were in the same foster home together and had been since they were 1 day old. We were amazed they were together. Even more so, God amazed us once again when we learned shortly after that they were born on the same day and were from the same town... no longer a coincidence that was for sure. We were being told by the foster mom how attached they were and acted like brothers. But, Nancy and I got the chance in January '08 to go to visit them and see it for ourselves. It was an amazing time of bonding with our boys that we will never forget. After that trip it seemed when one of us would reach a roadblock in the crazy process of international adoption the other would be delayed with something else. We stayed right together until the very day we picked them both up. We had our US Embassy appts the same day and we flew home through Atlanta on the same flight on March 11, 2008 when they both entered the US as citizens! It was an awesome time for us in the Atlanta Airport when we rec'd the congrats they were official! We've made friends for life with Nancy, Eric, and with Isaac's extended families. We look forward to many years of watching them both grow up so close together. Over the past year, as we went through battle after battle to bring our boys home, Nancy and I both would never think of one without the other in our endless prayers to keep them safe, happy and healthy until they could be home with their forever families. We're finally parents and it's what we've both waited for, for so many years.. our families are finally complete!!!
More cake today!
Today after Steve's family went to church they all decided to come by the hospital and surprise Steve with cake, a present and an Elmo balloon for Levi. Steve was a little upset that he was going to be in the hospital for Levi's first birthday and it was a nice surprise for him to get to see Levi tear into some more cake today. He had a mess but, not like he did yesterday at Isaac's birthday party. I'm not sure what but, I will be doing something for him at home tomorrow. He got presents from both sets of Isaac's grandparents yesterday so, he will get those tomorrow too I guess. We had planned a big welcome home party for all the extended family we have who still have not gotten to meet him but, since Steve is in the hospital we have postponed that for a few weeks until daddy's home to enjoy that too. Papaw is going to just re-do the invitations and we'll have it in a few weeks. After Levi got all sugared up again on cake today he was headed back to church tonight with his aunt Becky. Praying that daddy gets to come back home to us this week sometime and we will try and get back on a schedule again and get things settled down some for him before I head back to work. I got the pictures posted today we've taken recently so enjoy~ Tracy (aka "mama")
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