Sunday, September 4, 2011
Introducing... Mr. Cooper James!
He's here! Cooper James came into our arms and our hearts on August 30th after two very long weeks on the adoption roller coaster. On 8/17 we got an "urgent" phone call from our agency asking to see if we would be willing to travel to Florida for an adoption of a baby boy born on 8/10. Of course we said YES, and they said to be prepared to fly out over that weekend for legal proceedings to take place Monday 8/22. So we prepared and waited for the phone call. And waited...and waited. We found out that the baby was staying with an OB nurse and that we were waiting for the birth mother to meet with her and make a commitment to adoption. Long story short, on the 29th at 11:00 pm we were told to book a flight. We arrived in Orlando, Fl on 8/30 and drove to Gainesville to meet our son. At 12:30am Cooper James was brought to us at our hotel. We had a chance to learn more about his little journey to us and had a good visit with the nurse who had been caring for him. Cooper was born at 36 weeks so he was a preemie weighing 5 pounds 13 ounces and was 18 inches long. He is a healthy baby boy and we are fattening him up. On Wednesday 8/31 the birth mother signed all the paperwork and Cooper, John, and I went shopping. We are now stuck in Florida until paperwork goes through for Cooper to be able to leave the state and enter Kansas. Living in a hotel room with a newborn is not ideal but we aren't going to complain. We are very blessed and very much in love with our little guy and can't wait to be back home and introduce him to all of our friends and family!
Sunday, May 15, 2011
The Waiting Game!
Well, we have been officially in "wait" mode for 10 weeks now. While 10 weeks does not sound like long it has been a very loooong 10 weeks! I grossly underestimated how challenging the "wait" was going to be. I mean, if you have been waiting for something for 5 years then you wouldn't think another 2 weeks to a year would be a big deal. WRONG! For those of you who have actively "tried" to get pregnant you can certainly remember the "2 week wait". That's pretty much how I'm feeling except it has gone way past two weeks. Don't get me wrong, I am still very encouraged and excited. I am just not good at being patient and I am becoming very aware of that character flaw. We had a possible match a few weeks ago but that birth mother decided to go with another family. We were bummed but at the same time we want everyone involved in the situation to be 100% at peace with decisions being made.
I decided a couple of weeks ago that I needed some hobbies (other than shopping) to occupy my waiting time. The first hobby I have taken up is teaching myself to play the piano. I am surprisingly not too bad. I of course have to give all the credit to my Mac and the program garage band! This last week I decided I would finally get back into golf and get back out to the driving range. That has not gone near as well as the piano, and there is definitely a lot more foul language involved but it was still fun. Oh, and I have been most excited about my new home cleaning tools. I purchased the Shark steam mop and Shark handheld steam cleaner! They are awesome and I have passed a lot of time cleaning!
Just thought I would give a little update on what has and hasn't been happening. We know it will and we continue to pray for God's timing and for peace for the birth family in the decisions they face. Thank you again to everyone who continues to pray for our situation! I will return as soon as there is something noteworthy to share. Who knows, maybe I'll have a piano concert some day soon!
Joanna
I decided a couple of weeks ago that I needed some hobbies (other than shopping) to occupy my waiting time. The first hobby I have taken up is teaching myself to play the piano. I am surprisingly not too bad. I of course have to give all the credit to my Mac and the program garage band! This last week I decided I would finally get back into golf and get back out to the driving range. That has not gone near as well as the piano, and there is definitely a lot more foul language involved but it was still fun. Oh, and I have been most excited about my new home cleaning tools. I purchased the Shark steam mop and Shark handheld steam cleaner! They are awesome and I have passed a lot of time cleaning!
Just thought I would give a little update on what has and hasn't been happening. We know it will and we continue to pray for God's timing and for peace for the birth family in the decisions they face. Thank you again to everyone who continues to pray for our situation! I will return as soon as there is something noteworthy to share. Who knows, maybe I'll have a piano concert some day soon!
Joanna
Friday, February 18, 2011
Home Study!!
Well, it's been a very busy past couple of weeks at the Throckmorton home. We have been working on our Home study. Working on this thing reminds me of homework and also reminds me why I hated homework. The good news, we are done with the paperwork! The bad news, we are done with the paperwork, meaning we now have the home visit left to go. I would be lying if I said I wasn't terrified of the home visit.
There's nothing more exciting than someone coming into to your home to question you and ensure your home is suitable for children. (That was sarcasm, in case you don't know me.) The exciting thing for us is that at the end of next week we will be done with the Home study! We will then enter the "waiting period" and hope it's not a long one. There's a reason God made pregnancy nine months. That way you have time to get things in order. Anyone who knows me knows that I'm a bit (ok, maybe a lot) OCD and I am a HUGE planner. I'm excited beyond words but I will be the first to admit that when the agency told us the wait could be anywhere from two days to a year I had some heart palpitations!
Well, I just wanted to provide a little update on where we are in the process now. I will post again after the home visit (if we survive). We also have our newborn care class Monday. And NO we did not volunteer to go learn how to change diapers, our agency "suggested" we attend. That's equivalent to your boss "suggesting" you stay late to work on a project!
Hope everyone has a great weekend and I will be back next week!
There's nothing more exciting than someone coming into to your home to question you and ensure your home is suitable for children. (That was sarcasm, in case you don't know me.) The exciting thing for us is that at the end of next week we will be done with the Home study! We will then enter the "waiting period" and hope it's not a long one. There's a reason God made pregnancy nine months. That way you have time to get things in order. Anyone who knows me knows that I'm a bit (ok, maybe a lot) OCD and I am a HUGE planner. I'm excited beyond words but I will be the first to admit that when the agency told us the wait could be anywhere from two days to a year I had some heart palpitations!
Well, I just wanted to provide a little update on where we are in the process now. I will post again after the home visit (if we survive). We also have our newborn care class Monday. And NO we did not volunteer to go learn how to change diapers, our agency "suggested" we attend. That's equivalent to your boss "suggesting" you stay late to work on a project!
Hope everyone has a great weekend and I will be back next week!
Monday, January 10, 2011
Here We Go!
Greetings everyone! First off I will apologize for my lack of skill in the writing department. John and I have decided to create a blog solely for the purpose of letting friends and family continue to stay up to date with our adoption adventure! For those of you who may not know our "Baby History" I will try to briefly fill you in.
In 2007, after over a year of trying, John and I were finally expecting after using fertility medications. Unfortunately, we ended up having a miscarriage. Following our miscarriage we had to wait several months to try and conceive again due to some complications from the miscarriage. Long story short, we tried and tried...and tried without any success. Finally in 2010 we decided to do In-Vitro-Fertilization the beginning of 2011. Little did we know that God's plan was far different than our own. In November we unexpectedly were pregnant again, but not for long. We had another miscarriage. The crazy thing is, at that moment, we were completely convinced that we were through with all the fertility stuff and we wanted to adopt. Adoption is something we had always talked about doing but we had never looked in to it.
John and I are very strong in our faith and we really felt like we were given a clear picture of what God's plan was for us at this time. We decided to adopt a couple of months ago and we have not had any doubt in our decision ever since.
We decided to go through an agency that allowed us the freedom to do private or agency adoption. We are just finishing up our home study and profile, then once we turn that in (and a small fee of course) we will be officially entered in the "waiting game". We are very excited for what the future holds and we know that there is a specific baby that God intends to join our family and we can't wait.
We appreciate every one's thoughts and prayers, a lot of you have been along with us on this crazy journey over the past few years and we greatly appreciate your support? We will use this blog to keep you up to date on any developments that occur!
Joanna & John
In 2007, after over a year of trying, John and I were finally expecting after using fertility medications. Unfortunately, we ended up having a miscarriage. Following our miscarriage we had to wait several months to try and conceive again due to some complications from the miscarriage. Long story short, we tried and tried...and tried without any success. Finally in 2010 we decided to do In-Vitro-Fertilization the beginning of 2011. Little did we know that God's plan was far different than our own. In November we unexpectedly were pregnant again, but not for long. We had another miscarriage. The crazy thing is, at that moment, we were completely convinced that we were through with all the fertility stuff and we wanted to adopt. Adoption is something we had always talked about doing but we had never looked in to it.
John and I are very strong in our faith and we really felt like we were given a clear picture of what God's plan was for us at this time. We decided to adopt a couple of months ago and we have not had any doubt in our decision ever since.
We decided to go through an agency that allowed us the freedom to do private or agency adoption. We are just finishing up our home study and profile, then once we turn that in (and a small fee of course) we will be officially entered in the "waiting game". We are very excited for what the future holds and we know that there is a specific baby that God intends to join our family and we can't wait.
We appreciate every one's thoughts and prayers, a lot of you have been along with us on this crazy journey over the past few years and we greatly appreciate your support? We will use this blog to keep you up to date on any developments that occur!
Joanna & John
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