- WE'RE EXPECTING!! -

oh my goodness, i'm just beside myself with excitement!! - yes, you read it right, we're 'expecting', but for sure, this will be the last one (you've heard us say that before, huh?) - how did this happen you might ask?
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well, we know a birth mom that's expecting & she's been thinking of what her options are (keeping it, giving it up to another family to raise, etc.) - we've known her for a long time & love her dearly & after praying about it, thinking about it, etc., we felt like if adoption was her decision, we'd offer to adopt the baby as it'd be a domestic adoption
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we talked to her family about it, who had also thought of having her keep the baby & they'd just help her raise it or adopting the child from her themselves & raising it as their own, but they just wanted what was best for her & them & knew god would show them what to do - it was totally her choice & she knew that no one was rushing her into making a decision - after she'd prayed about it for awhile, weighed out her options, thoughts, etc., she told us a few nights ago that yes, she does want us to parent the baby :)
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we're over the moon about this & although it'll be 'starting over 1 more time', we're up for the challenge & are in awe of what god's done in our lives, for us, for this birth mother & her unborn child - please pray for her & the emotions that she's going through right now & also for us as we're preparing for our new bundle which's due september 5 & we don't know what it is (boy/girl) yet, but will find out on april 15

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we're also playing the name game daily around here & so far we've come up with & love:

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boy: D'André René (dee * andré)
girl: Ahniér Mirlande (ahn * yeah)

('Ahn' rhymes with Don)

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dustin's middle name's wayne, after his grandpa, kiara's middle name's jo after her grandma, ruby's named after me, her mama liz, her nana & her memaw & then this little one will be named after my sister madisyn (providing it's a girl)!!! - how neat is it, that i'm able to honor my sister in this way - it means so much - yeah, i've finally got a sister!!!