Oh Happy Day!!

On June 20th, in a courtroom in Alabama, this sweet baby boy officially became what he already was in our hearts. . . a DeWalk!! Jeremiah Michael DeWalk!!

Over the next several weeks, we want to share our adoption story with those who read our blog. It's not really a story about us or about Jeremiah. It's really a story about a BIG God with BIGGER plans than we could have possibly ever imagined on our own. We hope you will be blessed as you read along, and that this journey of ours will challenge you to find your place in His Story.

 A little from the beginning of the journey. . .

Rick and I have been married for almost 12 years. We have two boys, Gabriel (10) and Christian (7). You can ask any of my doctors and they would tell you that with the health issues that I had when we were first married, they truly are MIRACLES!! After several surgeries, miscarriages, and finally the doctor's strong suggestion that we should not have any other children, we counted our blessings and agreed that our family was complete.

 At some of the most difficult times when we were in the process of building our family, we briefly discussed adoption. That discussion has come up several times over the years, but Rick and I were never on the same page when it came to moving forward.

That brings us to October 28, 2011. Date night. We visited a Mexican restaurant called Papa's and Beer. It was there that Rick told me that he had been surfing adoption websites during some down time at work. I couldn't have been more surprised than I was. We hadn't had this discussion for several years. After alot of speculating about what that meant and coming up with nothing, we committed that for the next thirty days we would pray and see what God wanted for our family. Little did we know what would come our way during those thirty days.  You can read about that in the next post. 


A little from today. . . 


Okay. . . back to Papa's and Beer. We were there on the night we decided to start praying about adoption. We were also there on the night that we found out that Jeremiah was really going to be ours. And tonight. . . we celebrated the official decree that he is OURS!! Of course. . . we already knew that. God has confirmed that over and over again in our hearts. We are excited to share the rest of the story with you. Until then, enjoy the pictures from our celebration tonight. Welcome to our family, little boy. You have blessed us beyond measure!! Our cup runneth over!!