Update on Baby T

Baby T turned 8 months!  Though I cannot write about him, we did receive an update on him along with 9 beautiful pictures.  He is smiling in nearly every one of them.  He looks like he is happy and has such a bright glow about him.  Oh how I can't wait to hold him!

We are praying to hear about a court date.  We are anxious - but know that God is in control.

It was quite bizarre.  We received the update on July 29.  E-man and I were visiting with family and I didn't sleep real well the night of the 28th. I woke up at 3am and was awake for 2-1/2 hours.  I mean, wide awake.  I tried to go back to sleep, but just couldn't.  I just started to pray.  I prayed for Baby T, I prayed that he was being well taken care of - I prayed that he was doing well.  I prayed for a court date soon.  I just kept praying (for family, friends, other adoptive families...) until I finally fell back to sleep.  I woke up, not too over-tired, but tired.  I told my mom that I felt like God woke me to pray and I did just that.

We got our day started - took E-man to the pool, then came back and was getting ready for the rest of the day when I checked my phone to see a text from our case worker.  She told me to check our portal if I hadn't already...that there was an update on our son.  I dropped everything and logged in. 

I read the update, I looked at the pictures and I cried.  My mom hugged me, and I just cried tears of thankfulness as well as tears of I just want to hold my new son and care for him.  As I finished getting ready I prayed and thanked God for waking me.  I thanked him for letting us know how our son is doing.

I woke up again this morning at 2:35am.  I prayed again until I fell asleep...

**This is an update after I just posted this.  I like to check in on the forum and see how families are doing, have there been any new referrals, what prayer requests there are...and I have to say, the Lord totally blessed my flip flops off again.  When we got the update on Baby T, we only waited 22 days for an update from the time received our referral.  Another family waited 2 months before they received an update.  My heart aches that they had to wait that long. It is hard to wait to hear anything more than a day.  There is so much we miss out on with our babies during this process. Milestones we may miss.  So I am humbled, and have a very thankful heart (and tears as I write this) that the Lord had favor on us and let us know how our son is after only 22 days.  A very thankful heart to a Great God.