Prayer.. what a gift!

Above our lil' ballerina's (what she pretends to be) bed reads...

Before I formed you, I knew you

Before you were born, I set you apart

The Lord created sweet "S" for our family... a Perfect Fit!!  It's been 17 days since we saw her for the first time and what an amazing time we have had as a forever family of 6.

The power of prayer has been so evident in the transition of our sweet daughter into our family.  I continue to be blown away as she runs, giggles, laughs, plays, jumps, sings, hugs, kisses, calls me "Momma", tackles her brothers, tickles her Daddy and sleeps peacefully in her own bed all night long.  It's definitely a God thing!  Thank you, Thank you,  and Thank you again for praying.  

The opportunity to adopt has been a gift to our family and I love how the Lord has allowed us to be used in this beautiful way.  For so many years it was a dream and today it is a reality... and daily He is giving me opportunities to share our journey, which I pray brings Him honor and gives Him all the glory.  My 4 precious children are Yours and I pray Lord that you would continue use our family to be light in this world.

A Forever Family of 6!!

Friday morning as Joel and I looked out the window of our hotel room, this was our view.  It was absolutely breath taking and a reminder of our Perfect Creator.  The day had finally arrived... we were taking our daughter to her forever home.  We would no longer have to say good-bye to her at bedtime... tonight we would get to tuck her in and kiss her goodnight.

Our special day continued....

Besides that our little girl was a trooper as we traveled home.. her brother's got to meet her for the first time.  They were so excited and the smiles on their faces when they saw her sweet face were priceless.  Finally, the sister they had prayed faithfully for was home to play.  Within minutes the legos were out and all four of our children were building, smiling, giggling and enjoying one another.  It was awesome and my heart was over flowing with joy.
It has been 8 days now since we saw our daughter's beautiful face for the first time, yet in such a short time she has fit in perfectly.  We know that the Lord has given her heart the peace that we have been praying for.  Thank you to all of our friends and family that have been faithfully praying for our family.  It has been a total blessing!!

We look forward to sharing her sweet face with everyone when the time is right...

We Are Going Home

What an amazing week..  We are absolutely in love with our daughter!  Her beautiful smile and sweet giggles are precious.  Thank you Lord Jesus for our priceless gift and faithful friends and family that have been praying for all of us.

Well today is the day... we get to bring her home!  Joel and I are so, so thankful for this past week, but "wow" three days of preschool exhausted us. We are ready to take our daughter to see "my new house" "my room" "my slide" (her words) and her brothers..  The boys can't wait to meet their sister!

Please pray...
- As we say goodbye and gives hugs
- Travel home
- Meet brothers
- Our daughter's heart

Thank you so much for praying... our family is so blessed!

We Held Our Baby Girl...

Today, Joel and I met and held our sweet daughter for the first time!!  She is absolutely adorable and so precious... full of giggles and smiles.  The moment of walking through the door and seeing her for the first time was amazing.  A day we will forever remember.  We were able to give her a pink "build a bear" from her new brothers along with a little photo album of her forever family and forever home...  it was a special time.  Joel and I are filled with joy to finally be with our daughter and look forward to spending the rest of the week with her before bringing her home on Friday.  

Please join us in prayer

- pray for the new relationship we are forming with our daughter

- pray for her heart 

- pray for our boys who are home and waiting anxiously to meet their sister

- pray for all of us as we become a forever family of 6

Thank you for your prayers and support as we enjoy this amazing time!!

The count down begins...

Our meeting for "S" was moved forward a day, so it took place this afternoon.  Joel and I leave Monday to go meet our daughter!!!!  We will stay in the area she lives till Friday and then we will bring her home with us!!  Our family is so excited... after all these years of prayer this is the little one God had waiting for us.  We can't believe that in 9 days she'll be in our home!  Thank you Sweet Jesus for blessing us with a baby girl.  Please pray for "S" as we bring her home to her forever family!

She is Adorable...

The last 48 hours in the Boone home have been special.
Thursday night...
We decided it was time to share with the boys that sister was coming home.  I wish I could of got a picture of each of their faces when we told them.  They were so excited that God had finally answered their prayers. (The boys have prayed faithfully for baby sister for months)  It was a very special moment.  All we could tell them was her age, name and that this next Thursday (28th) we would get her picture and find out when we get to meet her.  That was enough information for them.. Gavin thought it was extra special that the meeting is on his birthday.  He said that is the best birthday present ever.  It was so adorable!
Friday brought a surprise....
The boys were all out of school and Joel was off work.  We had 2 extra kids over and we were getting ready for Gavin's 9th birthday party.  We were having a fun and busy day.  I went up stairs to check my email and there was our Surprise!  Joel and I got to see our daughter for the very first time!!!  I wanted to cry, I wanted to scream, I wanted the whole world to see her!!!  She is absolutely precious!!!  We called the boys up to see their sister and smiles filled everyone's face.  An unforgettable moment (just like when you see your baby born for the first time)!  Unfortunately, we can't post her picture at this time, but if you see us we will have one to show you:).  Gavin showed all his friends her picture at his party, Merek tells everyone he talks to how he loves his sister "S" and Eiler calls her "banana". (It's close to her name)
Her picture is framed in our house and we printed copies for all of our family.  Needless to say, We are just a tad bit excited!
Thank you for all your prayers and continued prayers as we now look forward to holding our daughter for the first time.

He is Faithful...

As last week ended we were told that it wasn't possible to get both girls.  So we began praying that the Lord would make it clear on which sweet girl he had created for our family and it wouldn't come down to us having to choose.  He seemed to answer our prayer as we never ended up getting anymore information on "S" and our social worker said that M's placement was moving forward and they hoped to have placed with us in the next couple weeks.  More waiting and more praying!
However...
Yesterday I received an email that M's placement with us was being delayed due to the assessment of the relatives, so now they hoped to get back to us in a couple weeks with more information.  My heart was disappointed and sad.  I began to journal and pour my heart out to the Lord.  Asking Him to give me His peace and to remind me He is in absolute control.   I prayed I would be filled completely with His joy and not allow circumstances to take that away.  It was a sweet time.
The day continued...
About an hour later I received another email, this time from the case workers for "S".  Attached was a general profile about her and that they were hoping to have her placed with a family by mid November.  Yes... we now received more information, but we still had no idea if we had been chosen for her or if we still needed to go through the interview process.  Our social worker commented in the email she would call us later in the day.  I again spent time with the Lord praying for direction.  My mind was everywhere.
The day continued...
Our social worker called in the evening and asked what we thought as we read the additional information on "S".  I shared we were excited and trusting God would show us the path in which He would call us to pursue (M or S).  I then asked her, now that we have more information on "S" where do we stand and what does it all really mean.  She said that's why I called and began to share that our family had been chosen for "S" and that they are ready to place her!  Then she asked the question we had been dreaming of... Are you willing?  My mind wanted to explode... she continued to share with me more details, but to sum it all up, we said Yes!  We have prayed and asked the Lord to make it clear and He was faithful to do so.
Here is what we know...
At the end of this week we are suppose to receive S's complete profile and pictures :) and then next week we will meet with S's social worker to discuss the plan for her transition to move to our home.  There target date is to have her placed with us by mid November.  My heart is filled with every possible emotion from... pure excitement... to fear... what if for some unforeseen reason it doesn't happen.
There are still so many unanswered questions, but we continue to trust in the Lord.  He has been faithful and will continue to be so as we move ahead on our adoption journey.
In closing we have chosen not to share anything with our boys, until we know that exact date we will get to meet our sweet girl.
Please join us in praying for "S" and that the Lord would take care of every detail as we prepare to bring her home.