Some friends of ours just had a new baby boy, soooooooooooooooooo cute! I just love how newborns smell and the way they move their little mouths, I could sit and watch them all day!  Do we as women ever lose the urge to have more babies?  I have three of my own and am too old really to have more…..but I would love to have another! Is that weird? All around I see women who are just beginning to show and they just look radiant and glowing, being in MOPS I see pregnant women all the time, it is just lovely to see the joy and happiness when they share they are pregnant or a new baby is born and the new mom gets to introduce their new family member to the group!  It seems at a given time I seem to know at least 4 or 5 women who are pregnant or trying.

My youngest is almost 4 and is constantly talking about being a big sister which doesn’t help at all, she says she wants a little sister and is very earnest about it all.  Then there is my oldest daughter who is 20 and every time I say I have a surprise to share she freaks and says “Please tell me you aren’t pregnant?”  !!!  I think she thinks I am just too old!   I know someday she will get married and hopefully have a family of her own, and I am all for that but I think I can be a grandma and a mom at the same time…..can’t I?  In all fairness I am a little sad that my little one is so much younger than her siblings, I would love for her to have a brother or sister (as is her want) that is closer to her in age.

This leads me to think of possibly adopting a child that is a few years younger than our little one.  I know there are lots of children out there that need a family and maybe that’s our families way to grow a bit without putting the “old” mommy through the ordeal of childbirth.  We have talked about it but haven’t really moved on the idea at all.  I think for me, as I have done some research, it is a bit over-whelming.  Where to start?  What is the best way to proceed?  Do we try and go international or do we stay local and go through the Foster Care system? How will it affect my children?  Will I be able to love this child as my own?   So many questions.

I guess in the meantime I will keep praying about it and see what God says, and of course hope for an answer that is clear and concise!  I know that sometimes our wants and desires aren’t what God has for us and I am OK with that.  If pursuing adoption is something He has in mind for our family I know that He will open the doors for that to happen.

**** Since I drafted this post (started writing this on March 3rd!) my hubby has been asking and suggesting that I go ahead and check out what we need to do to become Foster parents…..so, with that, as soon as my dad is in recovery from his upcoming surgery, I will be heading  down the road to DSHS and start that process…****( My husband’s blessing is a huge answer to prayer for me and I feel the doors opening!!!!!!!)

If you have been through the adoption process or are currently a Foster parent I would love to hear your stories as well and any feedback you can give would be welcome and appreciated OR if you have just felt broody when you held a new baby please do tell….. 

Blessings!
Grace

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