I am back to blogging on this blog. I know I kind of ubruptly ended it but right after Karis was born I started having trouble posting on this blog so I just dropped it and continued to update our other blog. But I decided to revisit this blog and try to get it working again since we are in the process of adopting embies again! I was able to get it working ( obviously) and I will keep this blog updated with our progress on our upcoming embryo adoption! So here we go...
I always envisioned us having a big family. And I always said I wanted even numbers of kids so that no one was left out. But I was actually really hoping that after we had Karis that I would feel like our family was complete with 2 children. I felt that way for maybe 3 weeks when I was in a major adjustment period of having a toddler, a newborn who didn't know how to fall asleep, recovering from a C section and learning how to breastfeed a baby while potty training a two year old. But after those 3 weeks passed and the kids and I got into a rhythm the feelings started again. Of course I was in love with the two miracles God had already given me but I felt like God started telling me that we weren't done. The fact is I still have a desire to have more children and even though the process of growing our family is a lot more difficult and expensive for us I believe God is the one who gave me a desire for more children and He is also the one who gave me ( us) a passion for adoption. It wasn't hard to decide that we wanted to adopt again but we had to put our plans on hold for a bit when we were going through the process of moving. Things got hectic as we startd plans for Josh to take a new job and we went through the process of selling our house and moving to a new state so we didn't really even have time to think about starting another adoption until last fall. But Josh and I talked and prayed and we decided that we did feel like we were supposed to adopt again and we decided that our first option would be to again go through embryo adoption. I have been working a part time job as a consultant to earn money to pay for the expenses we do incur. We began our homestudy process in January and went down to the National Embryo Donation Center in Tennessee in February for our screening appointment. Everything checked out great and I was cleared to have another embryo transfer. We got our homestudy completed and were able to choose embryos (we are going with anyonymous donors again like we did for Karis' adoption). And our appointment for our transfer was schedued for July 17th ( which is also our 8th wedding anniversary!). I got my box of medications and big shots in the mail today and the first shot starts on monday! We are really excited to go through this process again. I am really hoping tht Karis can now become a big sister. We really love adoption and embryo adoption is a good fit for us this time around. We are not at a point financially where we could afford another domestic or international adoption. Embryo adoption ends up being significantly less expensive due to the fact that our insurance covers a large part of it through our infertility coverage. I had such a successful and easy pregnancy with Karis that we don't have any reservations about me carrying another baby. So we are exctied to begin this process again and see what God has in store for us. Please keep us in your prayers as we continue on our adopton journey!
