Maisey's Journey Home: Family!

Now that Maisey’s home the real mission begins, having her and her brothers get to know each other and helping Maisey understand that boundaries do exist, even for her age. We all need to adjust to having a new baby, while still parenting and providing due attention to our boys. But the most important piece will be helping us all grow as a family unit.

Flanked by brothers. (A good thing for a young girl)

It’s a funny thing, adopting a child. You wonder ahead of time if raising and parenting an adopted child will be different than parenting our biological children. How will this affect our boys? How will we do with one more? All these questions you keep asking yourself, asking, asking, and asking. Until you see your child, then all the questions are answered in one instant. Except that there’s one other question you ask. How will I handle this much joy in my life?

This process has been difficult at times, stressful all the time, and exciting too. I look at this little precious one that God himself chose for us, and think I couldn’t love this child more. I couldn’t discern the difference between how I love our boys and how I love Maisey. Children are a blessing from God regardless of how they become part of your family. Whether they are biological, foster, or adopted. They bless your lives, and you bless theirs. Family is the seed from where blessings and joy flow. We’re so in awe of how God has worked in this process to expand our family.

Family Photo (Dad's behind the camera)

Maisey has already started changing the dynamic of our family and it’s such a blessing to see her big brothers walking her around the house. She smiles and laughs and teases her brothers and brings such smiles to both of their faces. They keep asking who can sit next to their sister at the table, in the car, on the floor, who’s going to say goodnight first, etc. We keep telling them that Maisey will be their sister for the rest of their lives and we don’t need to do it all in one day. But they’re too excited to think of anything else.

Maisey and Granny

People have already started asking if we’d do this again. When you think about the joy that it brings you, and the life it brings them, there aren’t many things I can think of that are more worthwhile. We, for now, are content to focus on Maisey and our boys, but will keep the matter in prayer.

If you have been reading this blog, and wondering about adoption in your family please contact us. We’d be happy to share some of the details of the process and our experience. I couldn’t recommend it more strongly.