Our lives are forever changed

There are really no words. I've been waiting for 6 days to write this post, but still, the perfect words elude me.

We started the adoption process on March 26, 2009. We made the commitment together that night to ourselves, our family, and most importantly to The Lord to follow what we felt like was His calling in our lives. We immediately started researching different home study and placement agencies and decided on the ones that fit our family the best. We finished all of the paperwork and our Dossier went to Ethiopia on July 21, 2009.

On January 19, 2010 we received the call that forever changed our lives.

"Hi Ashley, this is Susan from ***. I have a file for twin 6 year old boys if you're interested in reviewing it."

Wow. In those simple sentences my heart became the mother of two more children.

So, there you have it! We are now emotionally the parents of twin 6 year old boys. We'll call them S and B for now. I can not share their picture over the internet in any way (email, blog, etc.) I can not write their full names on here.

What's next? Now there is more paperwork to be done. We will have a court date (with our POA representing us) in Ethiopia in about 12 weeks. After we pass court we will legally be the boys' parents. We will travel sometime in April or May (hopefully) to pick our sons up and bring them home with us to join our family forever.

There are names to be picked. Bunk beds and a mini van to be bought. We get to put together "Welcome Bags" to send. There is a trip to Ethiopia to plan. There is a lot to be done, unfortunately I'm not getting much done.

We just keep staring at their pictures and praying for their hearts. I can tell you that they have beautiful big, brown eyes. I can tell you that Hunter and Graysen are smitten already and talk about them every 5 minutes or so. Yes, they look alike, but are not identical. We pray together for the transition that they are about to make. We research Ethiopia, for their country and culture are about to collide with ours and we want to help them hang on to as much of it as possible.

Thank you all for your support over the first part of our journey. You have been amazing. You have lifted me up when I needed it. Please pray for our children and our family...all 6 of us!