Baby Hamrick's Room

As if it weren't enough that this little child will be brought to us through a community that has helped provide the way for us to adopt and that he/she will be forever surrounded by that community, but our child's very ROOM will represent and forever be a reminder to him/her and Matthew and I, of the love our community has for our family.  And most importantly, the amazing and perfect love the Lord has for our son or daughter.

I began pinteresting, pretty quickly, ideas for our nursery, once we were officially official, of course. We've had six plus years to look forward to this and an especially paperwork-type busy four months that we hadn't really had the time to stop and enjoy the little things of beginning a family like decorating the nursery!  Not to mention the fact that I absolutely LOVE to decorate. It's kind of a passion/hobby, I guess.

Once I began pinteresting my ideas, blessings began to flow on completing our sweet nursery.  I have had so many people offer to help make something for our sweet baby's room! My mother-in-love is making our entire crib bedding, curtains and even reupholstering our rocker and ottoman (that we got for an awesome price via craigslist! woot!). God bless that woman!  My mom is knitting a blanket for us. My sister is painting us a picture for some wall decor and so is an old cheerleading friend, Allison, from high school that is an artist! We even have a blessed friend, Isaac, that has offered to hand make a wood table to sit beside my rocker. Incredible. We have friends that have offered an accent rug, the VERY rug I pinned on pinterest. Amazing. We have a beautiful cousin, Laura, that is going to hand make an owl mobile.

I just can't believe it. Literally, every piece of the nursery will have something made by someone that loves our little baby. I really feel like our baby's room will be a beautiful representation of all the love our community near and far has for our child. It will forever remind us that this community helped the Lord bring this child to us. It is a tangible reminder of God's providence. It will be beautiful and it will be so full of love.

So for the next several months (hopefully not too too long!), I will be DIY-ing or pinteresting lots of little touches like our nursery light fixture, etc. to keep me busy during this wait that I know will seem like forever to us. Keep us in prayer during the next year as we wait. Our anxious hearts will probably grow weary at times so your prayers and encouraging words will be appreciated. The adoption timeline is unknown which will only lead us to grasping onto the Lord for comfort, strength and faith. One of the most amazing aspects of adoption is the fact that it continually keeps your control freak factor in check since you simply have no control in adoption.  It's kind of cool. It stretches you as a person. Okay, mark those words because I'm pretty sure six months from now, when we're still waiting, I'll take them back ;)

This journey is not nearly over. It has just begun. Can't wait to see how God is going to work. :)