life has changed...

Well, it has been over a month since Cooper has become our son. Life has definitely changed. What a wonderful change it has been. Words can not describe. My love grows for him more and more every day.

Through the past month I have learned so much. Being a transracial family has forced us to learn a lot! I am so thankful. I have learned so much about myself and about the God I serve. God has given us discernment, knowledge, grace and mercy up to this point and I am believing He is going to be with us each step of the way.

I was just telling a friend the other day how thankful I am that God chose this path for us. I am so thankful for adoption. I am so thankful God chose to bring our children to us through adoption. I am so thankful.... God chose Nathan for us!!! God chose Cooper for us!!!

The funny thing is... people still ask, " how many children do you want to have?" I just laugh! HA!! As many as God would like to bless us with! Does not matter how they get here or how far we have to go to bring them home. They are OUR children chosen by Jesus.

"In his heart a man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps." Proverbs 16:9

(Cooper pics to come when we are ready)

New addition...

Most of you know that God has blessed us now with two sons.

We recieved a call on Thanksgiving day that we had a new son.

After much prayer and thought, we started a process for a domestic adoption in June. We did not expect the process to go quickly, but God (as He always does) had other plans. Needless to say, we were very shocked and surprised.

We brought our son, Cooper, home December 8th. He was about 2.5 weeks old. Life has been much different since bringing him home. I am a full-time mommy to a newborn. Never thought there would be a chapter in our journey written like this. I am so thankful for this little miracle... this wonderful blessing!

We wish nothing more than for his big brother, Nathan, to be home with us all. We continue to pray for a miracle for him to come home forever. Nathan is our son and we love and miss him!

We are waiting to post pictures of our newest addition, so you will have to continue to wait just a little while longer before you see his sweet face. Trust me, I have plenty of pictures to catch you all up on the first weeks of his life:)

I plan to post mostly to our family blog (allumsfamily.blogspot.com), but any adoption related isssues or news, I will post here.

I leave you with a picture of our brave little boy....