Shopping For Our Baby Boy

Kevin and I had a lot of fun shopping for our little boy. We picked up a light blanket for him, a couple of comfortable outfits that will be cool for the summer weather, a little stuffed toy and a picture of us. We also included a few goodies for the wonderful people caring for Titus in our absence. We are so thankful that Titus is with loving people who are sharing God's love with him at this very early age. We cannot wait to thank them in person!

Mother's Day

Last week I received one of the most prized possessions that makes an adoptive mama's heart quicken when the email comes through-new photos! Along with the photos THOGL also sent a sweet Mother's Day poem that I'll share.

Mother's Day

Mother's Day is here.
I want to give you a word of cheer,
Being your child is new to me,
Being a new parent is new to you also, I see.
We'll work together day by day
To build on the love that Jesus gave.

I am yours and you are mine.
Happy Mother's Day
I say at this time.

I'm not in your arms yet
So patient still you must be.
But Lord willing I'll be there before you can count one, two three.

...of course you'll have to count slowly.

Rubies

Proverbs 31:10 A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies.

I've been meditating on our Mother's Day sermon since Saturday night. It was entitled, Just like Mom: In Search of Ruby. There are 7 character qualities that make up this rare gem. I know that Kevin and I may be a bit biased but we truly believe that we are both blessed to have Ruby Mothers! Neither of us would be who we are today without these wonderful women in our lives. My prayer is that I can emulate them someday.

A Hard Worker: Both of our mothers sacrificed earthly possessions in lieu of taking care of the needs of their families. They also both worked hard to give us every advantage they could afford.

Godly Priorities: Both of our mothers spent time furthering the Kingdom within their local churches and helping countless other families.

Pursues True Beauty: Absolutely beautiful, from the inside-out. Thank you for emulating to us what true Godly beauty is.

Moral Virtue: We both grew up watching you and our fathers love, laugh and sacrifice for each other.

Spirit of Hospitality: Thank you both for opening up your homes to others and showing us what true hospitality looks like.

A Servant's Heart: You both spent countless hours working behind the scenes at church and in our communities to help further the Kingdom. It didn't go unnoticed!

Spiritual Maturity: You both seek His word.

Thank you both for your Godly example and for being rare gems in our world!

Happy 30th Birthday Kevin! To celebrate Kevin's big day we bought a crib and changing table. Poor Kevin! But hey, at least it was memorable, right? I can't wait to enter this new chapter of life with you.

Two Months Old

We love to receive updates about our little boy!

Titus has won the hearts of everyone working at The Home of God's Love.
His eyes are so beautiful and brown.
He has so much hair!
He sleeps very peacefully with his hands above his head. Sometimes he can be a little fussy at night.
Titus drinks 120 cc’s (4 oz) about every 3 hours. He is an excellent little eater!
He is still quite small but is growing quickly!
He has developed a pretty bad cough and cold.
He is being cared for along with 21 other brothers and sisters.

Happy Two Months Titus Andrew! We love you and can't wait until you are home.

Titus Andrew Wolfe

To God be the glory for the great things He has done!

What a precious gift of life we are celebrating as we welcome our firstborn son who is waiting for us in Taiwan. We are delighted at the privilege that God has given us to raise a son. Exactly nine months ago today we made the decision to start the adoption process to Taiwan. God certainly has a sense of humor! :)

Titus Andrew was born on February 25, 2010. Titus means "of the giants" and is from the Biblical character Titus. We chose Andrew in honor of Daddy, Kevin Andrew which means "manly warrior". We pray that God would make him into a mighty warrior for His kingdom and a giant in the faith!

More pictures of Titus

The first day at The Home of God's Love
One week old

Just after bath

Taken this morning. The day he became our son.

69 Days!

I never ever would have believed anyone that would have told me that it would take us 69 days from start to finish to complete our homestudy! It seems like such a cut and dry process. You fill out a BUNCH of papers, gather some official documents, have a physical with your medical doctor, get fingerprinted and have a home visit. No problem, right?!? That is until you realize that the more people and government branches that are involved the more time delays you will have. But I digress...

We are now officially certified to adopt. Woo-hoo!!!!!!!!!!
The Homestudy is the foundation of the whole process. Since this very thorough study is done we can now start to begin the journey of being placed with our child. Today is a very important day...we are legally approved to be parents.

I just finished emailing this very important document to Ted and Bev Skiles. We are overjoyed that this day has finally come and believe that God in His infinite wisdom has a plan for each and every one of the hurdles and delays that we endured.

God's Heart: Adoption

The home visit is over

We completed our home study visit yesterday! After getting the house organized and being a little nervous for our home study visit, we came to find it was a very enjoyable and pressure free experience! Molly, an intern for Adoption & Beyond was very friendly and relaxed. We'd all like to say that our house is always in perfect order, right? And we've read that the social worker is not looking at your house keeping abilities or how well you decorate, they just want to make sure you have what is necessary and safe to care for a child and also to get to know the family. But, let's face it, who isn't going to go the extra mile to get everything extra clean and organized and make it look like the happiest home-making home ever for your home study?! It's like the difference between when your just having your neighbor stop by for coffee, or when your own mom my is coming to stay. This is like the latter, you do that extra deep dusting and scrubbing and a smile! So, needless to say we've had a busy few weeks! Of course she never even really looked inside the closets, cupboards, showers or under the beds, ha ha! But at least we were prepared for anything. To be honest she did a quick walk through of the house that took less than 3 minutes. Oh well, at least today I can sit back and enjoy my spring cleaned home. :)