1 YEAR LATER

1 year ago today a 20month old little girl came into our lives! And a year later we can’t imagine life without her! Things are still unknown and delayed thanks to Covid but we wait faithfully and somewhat patiently lol 

She was scared, didn’t talk much (she could but I wouldn’t say much either moving in with some strangers) and when she did we had no idea what she was saying lol she was short and had the cutest cheeks! She slept in a crib, couldn’t reach any door handles, could barely get on the couch and was still in diapers and so much more. 

Little did she know we were just as scared and nervous. All we had ever parented were dogs. And here we go jumping into the toddler phase 🤷🏽‍♀️ 

We felt like we had super powers when we started to interpret what she was saying or wanting lol 

I remember lots of tea parties happening along with a Moana and Elsa phase. She loved bath time and dance parties! 

Fast forward a year later! 

She talks all the time. It’s so fun to see her personality coming out. She has gotten so tall and slimed down! She sleeps in a toddler bed. Potty trained. She can unlock and open all the doors, can reach the counter tops, no problem getting on the couches or jumping on them, runs everywhere, loves coloring and reading books! She prefers showers but still loves an occasional bubble bath with a bath bomb and we still have dance parties. 

I remember the first night we put her to bed not knowing should we hug her and give her kiss lol and now we get in trouble if we don’t give a hug and kiss! 

Instead of asking why all the time, her questions have become more intentional. She is a sponge and doesn’t forget anything! 

Oh and absolutely adores her little sister and is the biggest helper! 

I remember sitting in church by myself a couple of months after she came to live with us. 

They start playing the song Waymaker.

I had heard it once before but not since we had our little girl. And it gets to the this part of the song and I just lose it. I’m talking tears steadily streaming down my face and I couldn’t stop. 

“Even when I don’t see it you’re working

Even when I don’t feel it you’re working 

You never stop, you never stop working 

You never stop, you never stop working”

I remember standing there thinking these words sum up these past 3 years. 3 years of praying, and trying to conceive, friends announcing they were pregnant, starting to feel left out and wondering if we would ever have a family and at one point saying ok God if it’s just going to be me and Nick then so be it! And all the waiting! So much waiting! 

And then here I was in church feeling so grateful and unworthy at the same time of not only 1 kiddo but another on the way! ONLY GOD!

Sometimes a year later that song still gets me. All that being said you never know what God is doing in your life. In tragedies, in job changes or loss, when you feel like you are stuck, when you feel things are great, when you feel hopeless, alone or afraid, in the waiting…whatever you are going through try and find God in the midst and trust whatever happens, whether it is what you wanted or not, is all part of God’s greater plan. 

I know I haven’t blogged in a good while but there isn’t a lot of down time with children. And when they sleep I want to sleep! And honestly for a while I couldn’t type anything without a cryfest. Blame half of that on the pregnancy hormones at the time lol

We continue to be so thankful for each person who has prayed for us and kept up with our journey! Keep those prayers coming. We are hoping things start progressing next month but we will see! 

John 14:27

Stay Tuned 

Nick and Brittany