We're Getting a Girl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Can you tell that I am excited???!!  I was able to reach the birth mother, "A", this morning.  She had her doctor's appt this morning and the baby is growing and everything is fine!  This baby will, however, be a smaller baby (which will be fun - Adia was small as well).  She is very ready to move on and take the next step!  We are too!  We will be in quite a bit of contact with her until the baby is born but afterwards it is still up in the air as to how much we will communicate.

The baby is due December 29, and her two previous pregnancies both came a week early so we are looking at possibly spending Christmas in LA.  Now to see where we can stay. :)

Please be praying for "A" as she continues on with this pregnancy as well as raises a 5 year old and a 9 month old.  She knows that this will be a difficult decision and that this is what she needs to do.  So will pray that whatever is best for the baby will be done.  As we know, it could still fall through, but she is a really neat person who has been quite open and honest with me as we have talked.  I am looking forward to building a relationship with her.

The next step will once again be lining up attorneys.  Angel Adoption will line our attorney up for us in LA, and then will see if she finds one for us in KS as well.  If she doesn't we will need to find another attorney, one that is not the same that we were using when we were matched with Alexis.  I believe the law in LA is that the birth mother has 3 days to change her mind (as opposed to 10 with Alexis).  We will still see if we can get the attorneys and the birth mother to go with KS law, but if not, 3 days isn't too bad.  We should hear back from Angel Adoption either tomorrow or the latest next Tuesday as to where we are at in the attorney process.

Another prayer request is that I just learned that parts of LA are being affected by a sink hole.  Please pray that all will be safe as the sink hole isn't too terribly far from where she is living (its in another city at least).

What a great way to start out National Adoption Month.  Tomorrow is my birthday, so I couldn't ask for a better birthday present! :)

Lastly,  please be in prayer for our family as we have had sooo many changes going on in our lives over the past few months.  We are in process of making another change, which has been quite painful, so please be in prayer that we will sense the Lord's peace as we make what we feel is a necessary change. With all the ups and downs with adoption and the other major decisions and changes, I am physically, emotionally and spiritually exhausted.  I am praying that through all of this that I will be more like how Christ wants me to be!

Thank you for praying!

Thank you for being excited with us!