There are genuinely no words to even begin to describe the emotion that Brandon and I feel as Wyatt turns one today. There is so much reflection as the journey to him was filled with winding roads. Both Brandon and I agree that never in a million years could we have ever imagined the different paths we would have followed and how they would have lead us to this perfect baby boy! This time last year we were in labor and delivery and C had just been induced...little did we know how much our lives would change at 4:08 P.M. and how spectacular God had worked all of the details out for everyone involved. So often I think about how amazingly our journey to Wyatt was orchestrated...We started off saying no to fertility intervention, and an ABSOLUTE NO to domestic adoption (haha :-), wanting to adopt from China but didn't qualify, decided on Vietnam and went through all of the processes and the country shut down...We moved on to Russia and withdrew, only to enter our paperwork into Korea for 2 days and then received the phone call that would change our lives forever! Who planned this? Not us...We weren't even looking in our sons direction at that time. We had our own agenda. But miraculously God directed our path in a direction we had previously said "no" to and in the meantime he had softened our hearts. The phone call we received on a Thursday afternoon was telling us about a woman with two little girls that wanted to give her unborn baby a good life. The decision she made gave not only her son a new life but us as well. This precious angel, Wyatt makes us smile on any given day more times than I can count. The joy we feel as his parents is indescribable. He was hand picked by a loving God specifically for our family and as I sit here typing this post, my eyes our filled with tears because on my BEST day I couldn't have orchestrated such perfection!! No thank you will ever be big enough...No prayer will ever be lifted up high enough to show our appreciation for our son! Thank you to that special someone who picked up the phone that Thursday afternoon! You already know how God has used you in so many ways to change lives! Thank you to Wyatt's birth mom and father for making a decision that my mind cannot even begin to comprehend...The love that it took to place him in our arms is beyond anything I've ever felt before. We love you all in such a new and unique way.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY PRECIOUS WYATT!!!! We love you so, very much!!!
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Dear Robin: Anyone can see the love and feel it pouring out of you with your beautiful and eloquent words.
ReplyDeleteBut maybe another adoptive mommy can only feel that same feeling of having to leave it all to God and know that he takes the wheel.
God Bless you all as you await the arrival of your beautiful Hadley. She is precious and of course so is the handsome Wyatt. You will just love China! I am so excited for you. xoxo
Love, Janet