What some of you may or may not know is that for the 2012 calendar year we tried to conceive but if you've seen us lately - I am not due nor do we have an infant in tow.
So where does that take us to now? We have good words from doctors that yes - they can't see any reasons why we shouldn't be able to conceive - it just takes a bit sometimes. So that's good! We are healthy, {relatively} young and have many good years before us :) Yeay!
Knowing all this and through many discussions, lots of self-evaluation, decompressing from the miscarriage and subsequent trying, soul-searching and especially prayers we have chosen a bit less conventional route.
You see - both Dan and I have always had a heart for adoption. We have talked about adopting since day one together and knew that someday, we would have kids and THEN adopt..... someday.
But that time has come for us now. We are choosing to adopt first because we feel called, lead, driven, "meant to" however you would like it phrased.
So - there you have it. Some day {hopefully sooner than later - but we do realize it is a process} we will have a little one in tow :) He or she may not look just like one of us, he or she may not be of us, but HOLY COW are we excited to meet him or her.
We are SO excited to be on this journey and can't wait to share in it with you - the ups, the downs, the laughter and the tears. We realize that SO much of this process is out of our hands. The timing, the process, even down to what the birth mother who chooses us eats drinks and puts in her body.
The paperwork is all filled out, signed and in the mail. All we can do is wait, pray, and ask you to do the same.
Pray that we can rest in knowing God is in full control and has already started the process in us and in our to-be birth mom.
Pray that she, in this hard time of her life, can feel comforted by the amazing team at New Life Family Services and that she may know the love, support and care of others around her in the difficult choice she is making.
Pray that in this season of waiting we may learn more about each other, our marriage and ourselves to help us become more prepared to be parents.
Lastly, feel free and know that we would be honored if you would share our story. We have the option of waiting and doing every step of the way through NLFS {2 years average wait time} but we can also make a connection with a birth mother in other ways. The "Hey Berdals! I know _____ who knows _____ who's ______ is looking to choose adoptive parents!" method. We would love that too!
In the coming days/weeks/months we'll be posting more information about us and individuals, as a couple, our families, more info on where we are in the process, the timeline and more!!
You can ALWAYS email me at: KarinBerdal@gmail.com with any questions - I am an open book!
Love to you all :)
The Berdals :)
Dan, Karin, Moses and Maizy
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