big announcement

Lucy is going to be a....

You read it right. Our little girl is going to be a little sister.

Cameron and I have been working on our next addition to our family. We are adopting the sweetest, most beautiful, energetic, talented, smart, wonderful little girl. She is 6 years old and her name is Emily. She comes from the same birth family as Lucy, so we have an amazing connection with everyone already.

This has been in the works since November. We started seeing her for little day visits in December and we've seen every 1-2 weeks since then. We had our first overnight last weekend and are having another one right now. (I have both my little girls asleep in my house right now- yay!) We originally thought we'd be officially moving her into our house in June. Things have changed and she's moving in this week! I know, it sounds crazy. Maybe it is.

I can't begin to explain the many, many ways the Lord has gone before us in this adoption. He has laid the path. We have been presented with many options to run from this or embrace it. We asked the Lord what His will for our family was and when He spoke, we moved.

I am, to say the least, overwhelmed.
My life is changing again. Our little family of two is doubling in a six month time span. I will be enrolling my daughter in school soon. I have bath toys all over the bathroom right now from a 40 minute bath (lucy's baths are 5 minutes). I am still working, which we thought would be different getting her in the summer. I have a daughter with opinions about her room (Lucy thinks anything I hang up is just fabulous). I have to know how to answer her many questions about life. I have to be prepared for many unknowns. We are obviously new to parenting.

God is good. He has created me for this. He will equip me.

I am so excited. Praise God for Emily!