We get asked the question why are we adopting a lot! I guess people really wonder about us since we already have four biological, beautiful, healthy children. The idea originated in my heart long ago–even before I ever met my husband. There was a family in our town that had adopted from China about 14 years ago, and I was always drawn to her. That probably planted the seed. I put the thoughts of it aside, though, when I got married.
We were able to get pregnant rather easily, and we enjoyed our babies. Each birth had problems, though. I will explain that more when I make entries about each of our precious kids. The problems culminated in a 27 week gestational birth of our youngest son. He was tiny weighing only a little over 3 pounds and dropping down to 2 1/2 pounds before he started to grow and improve. We went through two months with him in neonatal ICU’s, many ups and downs, and two brain bleeds before he was strong and healthy enough to come home. God truly blessed in that this little guy has no long term problems–other than is energetic, aggressive behavior! 
We were advised to not have any more children because of the high risks of this situation repeating.
I resigned myself to not having any more babies, but there was still a nagging in my heart for another child. We had three boys and one girl, and I really wanted my daughter to have a sister. Eventually, I began to reconsider adoption, but I really did not expect my husband to have any desire in this area. We had never discussed it before, and with his job that takes him away from the home a lot, he knew that we really did already have our hands full. I was fearful to even bring it up with him, to be honest, and said nothing about it for several months.
I will continue this story in my next entry.
