I going to be a mommy!!!!

We got the call today that we are approved and matched!!!!! Our baby is due on August 19th!! I cannot tell you how much I have jumped, screamed, cried, prayed and screamed so more..and prayed more and cried a lot more!!!! This was such an answered prayer..I know you all know that, but I just cannot say enough how God has blessed my family. I have prayed for 2 years for a baby and since we started the adoption process I have prayed very specifically for certain things I wanted..I wanted the baby in August since our baby was due August 25th..I wanted it either 3 month before Laura or after so Allene could have time with both her Grandbabies.....so she could spread out the excitement of a newborn.....I wanted it while Amber and the kids were here so we could finally have a baby with all the family and grandkids together..it could only be made better by Aric being home. I was specific to God because He ask me to be and He answered all my prayers with a yes and I am so grateful for that. He "is able to do immeasurably more then we can ask or imagine" and this is witness to that. I am asking for prayers for everything to go on without a hitch or hold up. Nothing is official until 48 hours after the birth of the baby. I hesitated to post this because if it did not go well that is more people I have to tell it did not work out, but we choose to post it and ask for prayers.



When we were pregnant we told the whole world knowing it would maybe not end well, and it did not. But we told people anyway. A friend of mine told me once that her daughter told her she was pregnant early one and then lost it days later and those few days when she knew she was on cloud nine. She was grateful for those moments of joy before the sorrow. So we share our joy with you and ask your prayers....for the love, pray for me to calm down..I was actually unable to eat today..I am a bramlett/sikes girl at heart and that is not normal!!! Anyway, here is what we know!!



*due Aug 19th

* do not know sex of baby

*baby is 1/4 African American..is that right..mom is white and dad is 1/2 black and 1/2 white.

*dad has already signed away his rights

* mom is 16 and dad is 17

*pictures of baby bedding is below..will post pics of black furniture once we buy it on Sun



We will meet with the birth mom, her mom and birth dad next Friday and hopefully have more information.....



Anyway, we will keep you updated...keep those prayers comming!!