When a door closes...

"When God closes a door, somehow he opens a window." That's a quote from The Sound of Music...and very applicable if I do say so myself! WE HAVE BEEN MATCHED AGAIN! This second match beats the unbelievable timing of the first...if you can believe it! Two weeks, yes...I said TWO WEEKS, after the due date of our first match came and went without us getting a baby, we have been matched again. Our Redfisch is due on September 27, 2011 and it is a boy. Carlie and I are very excited, naturally apprehensive, and a bit shocked. What we do know for certain is that God is in control and answering our prayers. THAT...we know for sure.

Details, Details....like I said he is due in about three months. We will be traveling to Kentucky to pick him up. We are very excited that we can plan to drive ourselves this time AND take as much baby stuff and we want too! 

I don't want to sound cliche or lead you to believe that we are delusional about the
ever-present risk that still accompanies the journey of adopting. BUT....this one is very different than the last match. Let me list the differences for you:
1. The birth mother is ten years older than the last birth mother. There is a sense of maturity
    that we get from her that was noticably absent in Birth Mother #1.
2. Our match call with her lasted two hours. We talked about subjects ranging from discipline 
    to names, even details about HER adoption. She was adopted herself.
3. Within days of the match, the birth mother texted us a picture of the most recent
    ultrasound! We were in the car, headed to the farm, and it was SO exciting! The 
    picture was evidence to prove that it's a boy....the picture has been printed, framed
    (Thanks, Christy!) and affectionately nicknamed "His winkie."  

4. When I talk to her, she actually talks to us about the baby. The last phone call, she told me 
     that he moves around a lot when her male friends talk!
5. Due to circumstances that took more time than expected, Birth Mom was working with our                             
    adoption agency for more than three months BEFORE they contacted us. 
    We feel this has given them a good amount of time to get to know her!


   Being matched TWO WEEKS after the loss of our first match was just about as shocking as being matched three weeks after submitting our home study!  We did not expect it and feel so blessed. We stand by what we said in January after the first match. If this is the right baby for our family, then it will work out. God is in control. If it's not, then there is a reason why our names are off the "list" at this time. One day we will look at our little bundle, and feel so certain that EVERYTHING that has happened was just as it was meant to be. We're hoping that moment will be soon...