Mommy in Waiting

So I haven't been writing much.  Okay, I haven't been writing at all.  I've missed it, but I've found that whenever I think, "I need to write a blog post," the things I want to write about aren't necessarily the things that I'm known for writing about.  Maybe I've vented about hot-button issues enough for a while, or maybe since I've more or less worked out where I stand on those issues, I'm not always hashing and re-hashing them in my mind.

Either way, the mood of this blog is changing to reflect my thoughts.  You can see that in my new title, "Mommy in Waiting."  (If you're linked to me on your blog, it would be great if you could change it.)  

So much of my life now revolves around motherhood, and I'm not even really a mother yet.  The most recent objects of my mothering have been the four kittens that were born in our house on Trevvor's birthday this year (April 12).  There are three still living with us, with two of them about to be adopted by Trevvor's mom (we're keeping one).

Many of you have probably been wondering how all my fertility stuff has been going, and possibly even suspected that the reason for my blog silence has been due to a pregnancy.  In God's sovereignty, I have not conceived, and Clomid and I didn't agree with one another.  I started Clomid last July, and the past year has certainly been rough on the emotions.  When I didn't ovulate on my last cycle, my OB/GYN decided it was time for me to move into more expert hands.  This morning Trevvor and I had our initial work-up at the ART Fertility Program in Birmingham.  (That could--and possibly will--be a whole nother blog post in itself.)  So the fertility ball is back on the court and once again rolling towards the possibility of conception.  I'll keep you posted.

But we've also begun to really move forward towards becoming foster/adoptive parents through AGAPE of Central Alabama.  We sent in our application as we were moving a few months ago, and last week we began our training classes with Melissa, our social worker.  By the end of the classes, the background check, and the home-study, we will decide with Melissa if we are ready and able to be certified as either a foster or adoptive family, or both.  We realized that we didn't want to foster while we had young kids in the house, and so now--when we don't have young kids in the house--would be the ideal time to do so.  We've wondered all along if God was "withholding" a birth child so we would open our arms to His children in need of a family.

I am a Mommy in Waiting, and I pray that I can wait patiently for God's timing.