tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33810554188258347882024-02-19T02:27:17.276-08:00cache and lindseyOur Adoption Journey. Come follow us while we are waiting for our little one.cache and lindseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15435292706638024050noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3381055418825834788.post-31951023004608752122012-06-20T15:59:00.000-07:002012-06-20T15:59:01.306-07:00Baby...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Baby Walker will be joining our family January 4, 2013. </div>
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Here is the story of our miracle thus far:<br />
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While in Memphis for a Mother's Day weekend trip we were contacted by a dear friend who told us about our birthmom "M". We quickly read through the information and sent her an email with much hope and constant prayer. The following 3 weeks we checked our email in hope all hours of the day. One Monday after we had fasted on Sunday we received the email that changed our lives forever. <br />
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"<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I feel so strongly that this is where my child needs to be placed; with you and your family. The lord works in mysterious ways and after praying very hard about the decision to place him/her with you guys I know its the correct decision."</span></blockquote>
Over the past month we have had such the amazing blessing of getting to know our birthmom "M'. We know that many may claim to have a great birthmom, but ours is the most amazing person we could have ever imagined. We have such a deep love and appreciation for her and the place she will forever have in our lives. <br />
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Last week we received this picture of the ultrasound and in 3 weeks we will find out if Baby Walker is a boy or girl! <br />
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We are so grateful for all the prayers and blessings that we have already received during this process. So many people have been so kind in supporting us and sharing our story. We have never felt more blessed than to have "M' be a part of our lives. Please continue to keep us, "M" and baby in your prayers. Miracles do happen.</div>cache and lindseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15435292706638024050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3381055418825834788.post-63713767101285170512012-05-14T17:38:00.000-07:002012-05-14T17:38:05.545-07:00Walkin in Memphis<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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As the weeks seem to zip by new things seem to occupy our worrying and wondering. <br />
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Wondering: When will our child come? Where will our child come from? Who will our Birth Mother be? What will we name our child? Will our child be a boy or a girl?<br />
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Worries: What do we need to do to be ready? What do we plan for the future? How do you become a parent? <br />
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The waiting is amazingly two sided. The first side to it is the constant state of simply not knowing what is next and trying to remain patient. The second side is the sweet blessings we have been given in many ways for the people we know.<br />
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We want to again express our gratitude for all who have reached out to us and even those nearly 5,000 people who have viewed and shared our video. Please don't hesitate to ask questions if you are curious or wondering about our status. The most commonly asked question we have received over the past month is what kind <i>(race/gender)</i> of baby will you receive. The answer to that question is that our adoption preference is any healthy baby because of our limited ability currently to take care of a baby with special medical needs.</div>cache and lindseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15435292706638024050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3381055418825834788.post-12805891439741760162012-04-24T11:25:00.004-07:002012-04-26T05:54:49.034-07:00What now?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The question of "what now"not only applies to what should we write about today on the blog but what should we do. The hard part isn't the waiting but the wondering. We understand the process will take time and are patiently waiting but is that all we should be doing? It seems like we should be always working on things to help us be prepared to adopt but when do we just live our lives and wait? The trick will be to continue to live each day as a hopeful adoptive couple in waiting and have that just be who we are. It is hard to just live life normally because we feel as if we aren't dedicated enough or caring enough about our adoption process. The truth is there is only so much we can do to prepare and then after that we just have to wait and be ready for whatever may come. </div>
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On Sunday we received this sweet picture from one of my primary girls. Her dad explained that she watched our video and then drew this all by her self. She gave it to me and the tears started flowing. What a sweet little girl, I love the baby in the picture. What a great reminder that young and old are praying for us. Young and old are rooting for us. Young and old are excited for us. We cannot wait to frame it and display it in the nursery. </div>cache and lindseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15435292706638024050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3381055418825834788.post-57583197773761306692012-04-22T08:18:00.000-07:002012-04-22T08:18:12.140-07:00One Week<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilXI5R3X-GvLK1Bz84FT3jzhtpbKH5CkEHWM10Tkpe4EcfilmmL9DAEj6238kQ5RvBdtUTZkxEIZK5XMnwqX1zHlGnNe8wtWEu_EwQWRJniudHmeDE6Sft1lDbCXEmIq94Az8IhcXKrLI/s1600/candl-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilXI5R3X-GvLK1Bz84FT3jzhtpbKH5CkEHWM10Tkpe4EcfilmmL9DAEj6238kQ5RvBdtUTZkxEIZK5XMnwqX1zHlGnNe8wtWEu_EwQWRJniudHmeDE6Sft1lDbCXEmIq94Az8IhcXKrLI/s320/candl-1.jpg" width="235" /></a></div><br />
One week doesn't seem like much time at all but it is amazing what can happen in 7 days. Last Sunday morning we finished our adoption video and posted it online. That is when our life became a complete open book and we were hopeful adoptive parents to everyone we knew. The response was more than we had imagined it would be and our life has been blessed by the great people who we know and love. We thought the video would be a fun way to let everyone know we were adopting and they could share it with their friends. Instead the video has changed the whole course of action we took for the whole week. Instead of simply posting the video online and forgetting about it, we got busy and have done little this week that wasn't adoption preparation. We even happened to meet a little family at Mary Poppins that had adopted their little girl. We are ever so grateful for the response we have received. We know we have said thank you before but for the kindness we have received it just never seems to be enough.</div>cache and lindseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15435292706638024050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3381055418825834788.post-71134857194756282762012-04-21T07:01:00.000-07:002012-04-21T07:01:10.962-07:00Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhorzzNkK3Ih4H-_hRHseSnCp773ig8ux7CQAf5jMMHVT_7xhO_hsDPJLxWLjYcCIGEhGmgO1Ke2O01hCrRA5Tj4UfPGPZ4lSOwSPNqfrfg4DPD8vsIguVUzzXSixJw7Cyt0wbgdQw4BWw/s1600/photo-8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhorzzNkK3Ih4H-_hRHseSnCp773ig8ux7CQAf5jMMHVT_7xhO_hsDPJLxWLjYcCIGEhGmgO1Ke2O01hCrRA5Tj4UfPGPZ4lSOwSPNqfrfg4DPD8vsIguVUzzXSixJw7Cyt0wbgdQw4BWw/s400/photo-8.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">What a wonderful evening last night was! Cache surprised me with dinner and tickets to Mary Poppins! I can honestly say that was the most wonderful broadway I have ever seen!</div><br />
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Dear friends of ours: Bob, Lindsay and Hudson are adopting a little girl from Ethiopia, she writes on her blog <a href="http://anotheradoptionblog.blogspot.com/">here</a>, and a wonderful website <a href="http://give1save1.com/">here</a> that features a new family a week. Also, check out her video, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MahsXcEt5-4&feature=player_embedded">here</a>. She was definitely inspiration for our video and helped us out a lot. She wrote a wonderful article on being paper pregnant. <br />
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We have been “expecting a child” for over a week now. What a wonderful opportunity it is to know this. There are many differences to expecting a child through adoption and expecting a child through pregnancy. Lindsay writes so perfectly about being paper pregnant, so I will share her words with you. <br />
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"Pregnancy is physically challenging; adoption is emotionally challenging. When you’re pregnant, every month brings a new physical ailment. Morning sickness is followed by the foreign feeling of belly kicks, then your back hurts, and you never can seem to get a good night’s sleep, etc. But each new ailment is reassurance that you’re making progress, and soon your child will be here.<br />
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Also, you can’t miss your growing belly, and everyone can see that you’re expecting a baby. Being paper pregnant, no one looks at you adoringly and says, “When are you due?” If you’re shopping for baby stuff at Target, people probably assume you’re buying a shower gift.<br />
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When you’re pregnant, you know to a certain degree when your baby will be in your arms at last. Based on this timeline, you know when to start decorating the nursery. You know your deadline for finishing the parenting and birthing books. <br />
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Being paper pregnant, none of this is possible. There’s no sonogram to tell you how far along you are and how many more weeks you have left. Even if you wanted to know, you might not know the gender until your referral. Taking prenatal vitamins won’t do your baby any good."<br />
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It would be foolish to not look at the other side of the adoption process. A mother out there that is actually pregnant who feels those foreign belly kicks, their back is hurting, morning sickness has ran its course, and is making the difficult decision of what to do for her baby. She does not have the opportunity to raise that child, but rather give them a better life. </div>cache and lindseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15435292706638024050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3381055418825834788.post-85956338317412261862012-04-19T11:05:00.000-07:002012-04-19T11:05:50.978-07:00Because of LoveIt is because of love we so badly want to be parents. This same motivation has changed our lives over the course of the last year. It is because of love we are able to remain calm and patient while waiting for what could be a long process. Considering the emotions that are involved with trying to become adoptive parents we have managed to maintain an emotional balance. By far the hardest part of the process is doing an honest assessment of yourself when a situation is presented and deciding what is best for the baby and ourselves. It is only because of love that you could turn away a child that you are so desperately wanting because the situation for all involved is not going to be the best. Without love we would not be able to do any of this. We appreciate all the love and support that enable us to live our lives with love as the primary motivator. We would be very ungrateful if we didn't conclude by saying how blessed we have been and continue to be by Our Saviours love.cache and lindseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15435292706638024050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3381055418825834788.post-71722214321047447052012-04-18T14:53:00.000-07:002012-04-18T14:53:22.583-07:00Day By Day<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAL0R-ARxUvdqJl13k_WiJhdUroPrNuoYMCAFRANbIdwzyPopKkSb0DhlTbB0-d0O3WkWmx0kyDuKL_TRh-TOM9RrrQ0sxbjHlxrnXHf0djkEKs2zYVoE6WZlusU1MF-o7wWS35zUC8Pk/s1600/IMG_1533.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAL0R-ARxUvdqJl13k_WiJhdUroPrNuoYMCAFRANbIdwzyPopKkSb0DhlTbB0-d0O3WkWmx0kyDuKL_TRh-TOM9RrrQ0sxbjHlxrnXHf0djkEKs2zYVoE6WZlusU1MF-o7wWS35zUC8Pk/s200/IMG_1533.JPG" width="200" /></a></div>We don't want to start numbering days because we will eventually miss a day of blogging. That being said we want to continue to share things inside of our world so others can understand our adoption journey. Today we will share a little about our adoption baby supplies at this point. It is hard sometimes not getting too excited because we are so excited to be parents one of these days. To this point we have purchased one wooden high chair from 1940 so Cache could begin fixing it up as a project while we wait. We also have quite a bit of baby clothes still from when Lindsey was doing Franco and Leks clothing full time. It is hard to both be prepared and prudent when considering our situation. We will most likely not have months of advance notice to begin buying things, on the other hand we could be waiting for a baby for quite awhile. The need to be prepared but not too excited is a perfect example of what we are going through emotionally. We are so excited to be approved and have to be emotionally ready to make possible decisions daily. That being said it could be months between contacts with birth mother's and possible adoptions do fall through. We try to stay steady and not ride the roller coaster but it is a tough task. <br />
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We want to conclude todays update with a request for prayers for two baby girl twins that were born premature and have been at the Univ. of Utah hospital since January. </div>cache and lindseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15435292706638024050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3381055418825834788.post-34205590033689988692012-04-17T07:41:00.000-07:002012-04-17T07:41:47.980-07:00Adoption Knowledge<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">We imagine for must people when they get pregnant for the first time they begin asking their parents, friends, and others for advice. We assume that we will get to that point when we have a child but with regard to adoption our circle has been much bigger. What a blessing it has been to have so many people with past adoption experiences give us knowledge and advice. From co-workers who themselves were adopted, families who have adopted their children, and others currently going through adoption. We want to you to know every thing you have shared with us has been a great blessings in our adoption process. If you have information or advice regarding adoption please continue to share. Lindsey is always reading blogs and books to learn more, while Cache takes to Twitter and discusses adoption with families who have recently received babies.<br />
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We don't know how long our journey will be until we get a baby, but because of the love from those around us we aren't minding the trip.</div>cache and lindseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15435292706638024050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3381055418825834788.post-32797287857277871252012-04-16T11:32:00.000-07:002012-04-16T11:32:40.368-07:00Thank You<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">We have received such a warm and loving response from so many in the last few days since we posted our video. We have been working on being approved to adopt since last summer. For a long time it was something we only talked about between ourselves but now we are living life as a couple waiting to adopt a baby. We can't begin to tell you how much we appreciate everyone who has viewed and shared our story. We always wondered what life would be like when we finally were able to tell everyone we were adopting. We can now say that it has been such a wonderful experience to feel of the love and kindness many of you have expressed.<br />
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Thank you so very sincerely,<br />
Cache and Lindsey Walker</div>cache and lindseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15435292706638024050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3381055418825834788.post-3611865553436370282012-04-15T00:25:00.001-07:002012-04-15T00:25:19.950-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDPD1Yj4_uJtMUFAL3PHhLzyP5IqY1PChA0H28dST8nAAAASOqP9RXGbjqtm5GVVNfkxbDczQ1N0EG3tCdovl179zC8uEVyEbbWQXYv4nV2Nc3KongUOzw6xa39MeJsikMZkppwJaf3kc/s1600/scalloped-badge+edit.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDPD1Yj4_uJtMUFAL3PHhLzyP5IqY1PChA0H28dST8nAAAASOqP9RXGbjqtm5GVVNfkxbDczQ1N0EG3tCdovl179zC8uEVyEbbWQXYv4nV2Nc3KongUOzw6xa39MeJsikMZkppwJaf3kc/s400/scalloped-badge+edit.png" width="300" /></a></div><br />
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click <a href="http://cachelindsey.blogspot.com/">here</a> to go to our blog. </div>cache and lindseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15435292706638024050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3381055418825834788.post-25954359291718573942011-04-11T16:07:00.003-07:002011-04-11T16:07:47.305-07:00opening day at the farmers market<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">check it out <a href="http://cachelindsey.blogspot.com/">here</a>. </div>cache and lindseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15435292706638024050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3381055418825834788.post-90127079364508202992011-04-11T16:07:00.001-07:002011-04-11T16:07:22.687-07:00pelicans, whales and crabs, oh my!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">puerto rico post coming soon.<br />
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