Zack and I were married in 2005, and like many married couples, we started planning what our family looked like..well, while we were dating! Hahaha! As we began our journey to having children we were not prepared for the journey God had for us. We had two first trimester miscarriages and we began thinking maybe adoption was His plan ‘A’ for us to build our family.
Then it happened, we had our first born, Matthew (now 10). We thought we were in the clear with fertility issues, but we experienced our third miscarriage before having our daughter, Cailyn (now 8), and still another miscarriage before having William (now 6). Allowing God to build our family in His timing and with extreme depths of joy and sadness was our testimony. We desired to have one more child when William turned one. We were fully bracing ourselves for another round of miscarriages before our rainbow baby would make their way to us, but the miscarriages never came…nor did the pregnancies. Months went by, then years, and as we hit years of trying to conceive, our only options were leading to fertility treatments. Through each disappointing negative pregnancy test I’d hear a tiny whisper, ‘what if you are supposed to adopt?’ At the same time, we had connections to our church’s orphan care ministry which softened our hearts even more to the idea of adoption and supporting birth mothers. We came to a place of surrender when we felt God calling us to adopt, not because we needed a 4th child to make us happy, but because he was calling us to imitate his great love for us in our adoption through Christ. So we chose not to pursue fertility treatments, but to pursue the child God would bring us through adoption. We have loved and prayed for this child we don’t know yet for many years. We know God is moving in ways we can’t understand and don’t see, but we have an expectant faith that He WILL do great things. Thank you for your love and support as we wait to bring baby Hibbard home
️One major obstacle that we had to pursuing adoption was the financial commitment. There are many costs and hurdles to Adopt and we thought we didn’t have what it took. But we know God does. We are confident he will provide the support we need. Fundraising opportunities like this are a huge blessing and we hope you would consider to support us in this way.
“We picked the red/white and blue/white pattern in honor of Memorial Day. My husband’s uncle (who just passed away) was a veteran and a federal judge but red/white/blue seemed appropriate. The elephant pattern is representing our nursery decor/theme. I was touched by this story circulating the media a while back and because of that elephants are the theme in the nursery.”
An elephant and a dog became pregnant at the same time. Three months down the line the dog gave birth to six puppies. Six months later the dog was pregnant again, and nine months on, it gave birth to another dozen puppies. The pattern continued.
On the eighteenth month the dog approached the elephant questioning, “Are you sure that you are pregnant? We became pregnant on the same date, I have given birth three times to a dozen puppies and they are now grown to become big dogs, yet you are still pregnant. Whats going on?” The elephant replied, “There is something I want you to understand. What I am carrying is not a puppy but an elephant. I only give birth to one in two years. When my baby hits the ground, the earth feels it. When my baby crosses the road, human beings stop and watch in admiration, what I carry draws attention. So what I’m carrying is mighty and great.” Don’t lose faith when you see others receive answers to their prayers. Don’t be envious of others testimony. If you haven’t received your own blessings, don’t despair. Say to yourself “My time is coming, and when it hits the surface of the earth, people shall yield in admiration.”
We hope you enjoy these patterns! Thank you again for your support!
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Kathleen here, Check out the bows below – I love them! For me the elephant fabric and the red white and blue reminds me of Thailand!
