We have an exciting life update to share with everyone.
First of all we want to thank everyone for all the prayers and encouragement we have received.
As we all know, life is full of things you didn’t expect. We make plans and then everything changes. Well….we’re no exception. We had been pursuing adoption for about 2 years, a year of preparation and a year of waiting. Then, change. We have been so blessed by all of your support and we wanted to share with you our story, and the path that has lead us to the most exciting news.
Jaclyn had a major surgery in April 2018 that was quite life altering, in many ways. She has seen such a drastic improvement in physical health from this surgery and we thank the Lord daily for the gifted hands of her surgeon who helped restore her quality of life. This surgery also brought about some changes in her fertility. Some recurring issues we had were made better, and we found ourselves a year out from surgery, a waiting family, and fertility treatments seeming like a possibility for us again. We saw our doctor multiple times before making our final decision. We spent about 7 months praying and wrestling with having to go on hold as a waiting family with Bethany. When you are a waiting family with Bethany they ask you do not pursue any fertility work. If we wanted to pursue fertility treatments, we would need to go on hold. We decided in June to go on hold and revisit treatments – something we thought would not be an option for us again, but God had opened the door. We did a round of IVF starting in mid July and in August we got the miraculous news that Jaclyn is pregnant!!! She is due in April 2020. We give all glory to God who has blessed us with this precious life.
We are still planning on continuing our adoption process in the future. We have no idea what that timeline will look like but we are excited to see the Lord’s timing in that.
We covet your continued prayers as we prepare to bring this life home and continue to build our family.
We love you all,
Joe, Jaclyn, Lainey (our dog) and BabyDolan2020