The Beginning

We have just started the process to adopt a baby boy from India, and already it seems like it is taking forever. There is so much to understand and so much paperwork to fill out, and we just want to fast forward things and see the mystery child that will be ours! We are the Morgan Family. We have three beautiful little girls, and are trying to add to our family with a much-wanted, (and needed, if you ask Jeff) boy! Tessa is 5, Adeleine is 2, and Juliette is 13 months old. Tessa is excited about the prospect of having a baby brother.....she was hoping that Juliette would be a boy, so she has been looking forward to this for a while now! Adeleine doesn't understand what is going on, but she likes babies so I think she will be happy with our decision. I'm not sure, however, how Juliette will take things. She is a total Mama's Girl, so bringing a new child into the house may not be on the top of her list of favorite's, but she'll grow to love him! I know it will be a while before the reality of bringing a baby home happens, so she has time to break away from me a little bit. She's been through a lot, so I don't blame her. She is actually the reason that we decided to quit just talking about adoption and really go for it. Juliette was born with a congenital heart defect, and had open heart surgery at four months old. To make a long story short, it's been a crazy, terrifying year, but she has shown us how to be strong and courageous and we can't imagine her without her scars.....they are her "war wounds", and they remind us daily that God does perform miracles. Anyways, we started thinking about her and how if she were born in another country, she may not have survived. She was very sick as it was, and we live in the US where there is so much technology available to treat a kid like her. We have talked about adoption for years, and the talk got more serious as we kept having girls. Jeff is the only boy, to include our cat and dog, so the poor guy can't catch a break when it comes to all the estrogen in our house! We kept saying that "some day", we would adopt a boy, and now that Juliette has reached the point where she is starting to really regain her strength and health, we decided that the time was now. We know that this can be a lengthy process, so we thought it would be a good idea to get the ball rolling while we are still in the "baby" mindset....even though the little guy will most likely be close to a year old by the time we bring him home. We will gladly take in a special needs baby, and at this point, we feel that God is leading us toward seeking out a cardiac baby after all that we have been through with Juliette. These kids are fighters, and they really have a special kind of heart.....even if it is broken! So, that is our story. We already have our home study visit done and are still waiting for some of our background check information to come back so that the study can be completed. Our application is done, and we are waiting for word from the agency to see if we have been approved. We spoke with them for several hours over the phone and they didn't think that approval would be a problem. This is just the beginning, and we are excited for this new adventure and the addition of our little boy to our family, whoever he may be!