Our Story...

I'm Marcie and this is a blog dedicated to the building of our family.  Our story began when my hubs, Billy, and I married in 2008.  We knew my biological clocks was ticking and I had a feeling that once we started trying to have a family, that it would be difficult.  I think God gives us feelings and intuitions to prepare us for what is ahead.  Being a teacher and seeing how some families live, I've always had a heart for adoption.  I talked to Billy about it and he said let's wait and see what happens.

Not even a year after we were married, we were headed to an adoption information meeting.  We explored fertility options and found that God was not leading us in that direction.  We completed our home study and we were approved in 2009.  We just knew it would be ANY day that we would receive a call.  We decorated a neutral baby room and had everything ready...JUST IN CASE!

Well, a move to a new house and three years later, we FINALLY received a call!  Talk about a glorious, exciting, and nerve wrecking day!  I don't know how I could feel all of those emotions.  A birth mom had looked through a TREMENDOUS stack of profiles and somehow God led her to ours!  A baby girl!!  She asked to meet with us and we readily agreed.  We were bundles of nerves on the way to meet her.  What if she didn't like us in person?  What if we offend her?  What if, what if, what if??!!  We expressed our concerns to our adoption specialist and she reassured us that our feelings were normal.  That helped, but not much...

We took a moment to pray and peace settled over us.  We met with her and instantly fell in love with her!  She felt the same way.  We talked for two hours as if we were family.  We answered her questions, she answered ours.  We now email regularly and are planning another meeting. She keeps us up to date on Dr. visits and baby girl (S.E.E.) is doing well.

We are constantly praying that if this child is ours, everything works out perfectly.  We are trusting God to help us raise the money we need and to hold our hands throughout this journey.  It's been a long hard road with a lot of tears, laughter, and support.