Coming Clean...

I have been eager to write this post for quite some time, and now that our paperwork is out of our hands I feel ready to spill the beans.

But, first let me tell you a little back ground. When we originally started our first adoption journey we dreamed of having a little, tiny baby to love and watch grow. That is exactly what God blessed us with and we are thankful everyday for our sweet girl. But, while in Ethiopia something else happened...we were drawn to adopting again and this time maybe not a baby. I'm not exactly sure what it was that changed this for us, maybe seeing 2 of the families with their older boys, or playing with older kiddos out in the courtyard while there, or maybe it was a connection with a few kids at Bethzatha when we visited for the afternoon. But, something had changed in our hearts and it just felt "right." So, when we started talking about the process again we had decided to have our parameters much larger: boy or girl 0-5 years. The only problem was our agency AGCI (that we love) does not allow us to have these parameters because it would be out of birth order.

Well, we prayed about it A LOT, I begged and pleaded with AGCI A LOT, and we talked with friends and family A LOT! Turns out that is just what we needed as our friends/travel buddies the Husons told us about another agency, IAG, we may want to look into. We loved this agency and felt it was a good fit for our family and so we decided to move forward and send in our application.

Shortly after sending in our application we received a phone call from our case worker. I figured it was to tell us they had received our application and welcome us, and I certainly was not prepared for the words that came out of her mouth! She said "I know your parameters are 0-5 years, but we have two brothers ages 2 and 6 years that are in need of a family and I thought maybe"...beyond that I didn't hear much of anything. I saw a picture of the two boys and I was in love instantly! My husband, unfortunately, was out of state for a funeral but when he returned home we discussed it for quite some time, prayed about it a whole lot, and talked with our families. AND on September 15th (my hubby's birthday) we officially went from Vega family of 3 to Vega family of 5!!!!!!

THAT'S RIGHT WE ARE NOW THE MOM AND DAD OF 2 LITTLE BOYS IN ETHIOPIA!!!!!!

My heart is so full and I just can not tell you how excited I am to be adding to our family. Only God could have orchestrated such a brilliant, beautiful story! We are so thanful that everything just fell into place and now we are eager to have them home with us forever!