Last weekend Kevin and I
went to Dayton, TN to spend time with our good friends, Justin and
Hannah Kelly. Hannah is very gifted at photography and we were able to
take some pictures to document this exciting time in our lives! We
wanted to have pictures for our child that will show them the
love and complete excitement we have awaiting their arrival. Have you
ever seen pregnancy pictures? If you have, then these adoption pictures
are sort of the equivalent! My husband is so sweet and supportive and
was willing to spend his Saturday wearing matching colors with his wife
and smiling for about 100 pictures. It also helped that we were amongst
friends so he was able to laugh and goof around with Justin while Hannah
and I chatted and giggled about our pictures and my future brown
skinned baby. I hope that these pictures are an encouragement and a joy
for you to see. I know that my heart leaps for joy imagining where we
will be on our adoption journey one year from now. Hopefully we will
already have our child and we fill that open chair with a smiling Baby
Weldon!
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| Kevin and Debbie :) |
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| Waiting on a Weldon! |
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| Growing in my heart, not my tummy! |
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| Jesus unites orphans with families forever by grace! |
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| One day this chair will be filled with a smiling Baby Weldon! |
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| Adoption is a beautiful picture of the Gospel. |
I love the pictures they are so sweet. Lola R.
ReplyDeleteAs a women of God who lovingly placed her child for a adoption at the age of 17, I would like to say to continue to have hope. I know that the entire process of adoption can be absolutely exhausting but when the time comes, it will have all been worth it. May god continue to bless you and your Husband as you wait for your child to come home. "Be still, and know that I am God" -Psalms 41:10. My prayers are with you!
ReplyDeleteThank you Gabrielle for encouraging us during our adoption journey! We deeply appreciate how the people of God come together to encourage and support us! Thank you for your prayers! Blessings to you and your family!
ReplyDeleteI absolutely LOVE these pictures! I just started my own blog, trying to get through this adoption process. We are at the very beginning and it is already tough! I was wondering if I could like back to some of these pictures for my next post? They are gorgeous :) It is http://everygoodandperfectthing.blogspot.com/
ReplyDeleteI would also like to continue following your story, and would love any pointers you have on the journey! Thank you so much for opening up your hearts and your family to include all of us on your journey!
-Erin
Hey Erin! I am so glad that we got to connect! Thank you for your kind words and encouragement! Congrats on beginning the adoption journey! I am always so excited when I hear about other families stepping out on faith to follow God and adopt a precious little one! I would be honored for you to use some of our photos in your next blog post! We appreciate you thinking of us! Thank you again! God bless! Please let me know if there is anything you need from me or any questions you may have!
ReplyDeleteThese are such beautiful pictures. I found you through a pin on Pinterest, and just had to let you know that these pictures brought tears to my eyes. Your faith and your love is so evident, and I pray that that precious little chair is filled with a joyful little Baby Weldon very soon!
ReplyDeleteI have many friends who are in the "waiting" stage of the adoption journey as well, but I've never seen anyone do pictures like these. They are so sweet, and you (and your child) will be so thankful that you took them!
Blessings to you and Kevin!
Joining you in prayer,
Bethany
www.happyhomemaker.me
Thank you Bethany for your kind words of encouragement! The waiting stage is so difficult sometimes but I know that we won't be waiting forever. It's all in God's timing! His timing is perfect! God Bless you Bethany! Thanks again for encouraging me!
ReplyDeleteFound your pics on Pinterest and had to check them out. How beautiful! I am so excited for you and your husband and I pray that the child for you comes to you very soon. God bless and prayers coming your way!
ReplyDeleteKatie
www.funhomethings.com
Thank you Katie!
DeleteThese are amazing! Me and my husband are also hoping to adopt, I'm so glad you shared these photos because I was looking for something to replace the "pregnant belly" pictures. Thank you for the inspiration! Good luck and I hope your future baby comes into your lives soon!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much! When we started our adoption journey I wanted to replace the "pregnant belly" pictures to document our exciting and unique time! I am so glad that we did these photos! It's been awesome to know that other adoptive mamas out there are wanting to do the same thing! :) Bless you guys!
DeleteThese are precious pictures. We have adopted 2 girls at 2 days old. They are now 19 & 14. Wait on the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart in His timing. It is so hard to wait but I know that I would not have been as good of a mom if God had given us a baby when I thought He should have! Adversity & perseverance refine us to be more like God. I will be praying for you as you wait on Him & your little one in the future.
ReplyDeleteWow. Thank you, thank you, thank you for your words of encouragement! I very much needed to hear your kind words. Blessings to you and your precious family. Adoption is full of unknowns and waiting but God is in control! He is teaching me that every single day! Thank you again!
DeleteThese are gorgeous pictures and will give us something to DO as we wait and will hopefully communicate our love to our little guy! Thank you for sharing!!
ReplyDeleteI agree! Thank you for sharing. My husband and I have just contacted a photographer to do something similar, as our adoption journey continues to throw us curveballs! Thank goodness for faith! God Bless you and your hubby! Prayers for you and your future family.
ReplyDeleteWe are in final stages of adopting a little girl. I was so amazed at how awesome these pictures are. We are going to do some of these and come up with a few of our own that include our bio children waiting for their new sister!!! Thanks for the inspiration and may God bless you and make the journey a warm and loving experience!
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