Our Blessings Are Doubled!!!
Children are a gift of favor from God and blessed is a full quiver. - Psalm 127:3
We are so proud to announce the arrival of our
youngest son and baby brother
ARTHUR JOSEPH BOMBARDIER
A/K/A
"AJ"
Born: Wednesday, March 22, 2006
Time: 8:07 a.m. Weight: 6. lbs. 9 ozs. Length: 18"
OUR MIRACLE
"When
they placed you in my arms and I looked into your face,
I felt our hearts melt into one ~ a miracle took place.
Our prayer was finally answered, though delayed, 'twas not denied ~
the pain of love unanswered, in a moment's time subsides.
God's plan seemed hard to understand. The circle's now complete.
He placed the heavens in our arms, so precious and so sweet.
Though you grew within another, my soul and yours were one.
We united in God's loving heart before life had begun.
Arthur Joseph's arrival into our lives has indeed been another miracle from our God,
and a source of huge joy for all of us!
This is the story of a miracle. A few weeks ago we were contacted by a friend of a friend asking if we were interested in adopting a domestic newborn....the mother was at that time almost 7.5 months pregnant. As much as we would love to have a newborn, we knew that we could not afford a domestic adoption which is easily $25,000. So, we said no....well, God in his infinite wisdom, must've put 5 newborns in our path after we said no. Scott and I didn't discuss it the birthmother situation at all after we had said we couldn't. But everywhere we went ....there was a newborn. SOOO STRANGE! But was it? No! It was God at work!
We finally went to a friend's house and lo and behold....there is ANOTHER newborn....not hers. She was watching him for a friend. Scott and I both held the baby, and everything inside of me kept saying...YES! I would LOVE a baby!! We left there....and didn't say anything. Amanda was not with us. We went to lunch and it was eerily quiet. Now, Scott and I are great friends and we can rattle on non-stop at dinner time. All of a sudden, he breaks the silence and says, "Please don't get mad because I am asking this, but would you consider that newborn we were called about, if "it" (because we didn't know the gender) is still available!" Well....it took all of half a second for me to say YES!!! I immediately picked up the phone and called the person who had called us. She said she didn't know if the mother had already found parents because it had been a while and she was going to an agency. Our heart sank. But we told her to please call us when she spoke to the her.
A day later (seemed like forever) we got a call. We later found out that the birthmother had gone to an agency but didn't sign on. She was still interested in us!! We told the third party, "yes, please have her call us", and I gave her my cell number. Well, 3 days later she FINALLY called. We set up a time to meet because we wanted to make sure we were all on the same page. Driving there, Scott says to me (and I swear I will never forget this moment....I am crying as I type this), "You know, I have this sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach....we shouldn't be doing this." We were at a red light. I said, "Scott. Stop! That's Satan not wanting you to bring another baby to know Christ! Let's hold hands and pray." So we did, right there at the light, we asked the Lord to give us the wisdom and guidance to get us through this and if it was His will, then may it happen....if not, then to please give us peace. We get to the restaurant, she was there waiting. EVERYTHING we wanted seemed to be working our way. Then all of a sudden....this girl breaks down and says, I've been praying to God for a Christian family. I didn't grow up knowing God, but I want my baby to. You guys were sent from above." Well, I was bawling. I, of course, told her to reach out to God and went on and on about how awesome He was. She must've thought I was nuts! We sat there for almost 2 hours chatting. When we left, I looked at Scott and said, "What do you think?" He said..."Ohilda, as we were walking into the restaurant, I silently prayed to myself that "Lord if you want me to go through with this ...show me you are here....show me that it is YOU that is asking this of us!" He literally had tears rolling down his face. I was pretty taken back.....then he says...."While you two were going on and on....all I could see was Jesus sitting across the table from me!" Then, as he did with Kai, he said...."this is our son! I say let's go for it!" Mind you, Scott probably muttered 2 sentences the whole time we were there. I was actually a bit bothered that Scott wasn't speaking much during the meeting. But, I guess he was having his own conversation....with Jesus.
We came home with a million thoughts going through our heads. We had always agreed upon not doing a domestic adoption because of the horror stories we've heard. The following day after our meeting, we found out, she was having a boy! Hmmm....a "sign"??? We prayed for the next couple of days and said, "Ok! Let's do it!!" We contacted a lawyer and started the proceedings.
Before we knew it, it was Wednesday March 22, 2006, AJ's birthmother was scheduled for a c-section and we were meeting her at the hospital. There are no words or actions we could ever say or do to thank her for this gift. We will always pray for her peace and ask God to protect and abundantly bless her.
So...there it is...we have been doubly blessed, (with God's help) and happy beyond words with our youngest son! :) Now tell me, do we serve an AWESOME God or what? Once again, we give him ALL the glory, because His fingerprints are all over AJ's journey home to us.
(due to major exhaustion....
please give Mom a day or two to connect these links and post more pics!) :)
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Home with our Bundle of Joy