Nora Wynn Meek

She's here! 

Nora Wynn Meek was born at 4:32 pm on Friday, July 29th. Weighing in at 6 pounds 3 ounces and 20" tall. 

She's absolutely beautiful and we are completely and undeniably in love. I will write of her birth story soon, but wanted to let all of you know that she's here and she's perfect. 

God is good. Grateful doesn't even touch our emotion. 

With joy,

Anne, Jim, and Nora 

Broken Hearts

It is with great sadness that we tell you our adoption connection has failed ("failed" meaning the parents have decided to seek another placement for baby girl). This was unexpected news to us and we are absolutely devastated. For three months we have allowed our hearts to open to both birthparents and of course, this little baby girl. We slowly began to fill her nursery. We foolishly picked her name. Once again, we find ourselves mourning a child that never came to be. She will always be a part of our hearts, as are our other two babies. We are praying that she is placed with a family that will love and cherish her the way we do. Our hearts are broken and ache in ways we are all too familiar with.


There is never good timing for bad news or heartbreak. However, seeing that it is the week before Christmas, we just wanted to let you know that we probably don't want to talk about this in person unless we bring it up. We know you all care for us and want to show your love, but we are very raw and fragile. We thank you for your continued support and love as we work through this dark time.


Anne & Jim

Prayers

We need your prayers more than ever. The journey has taken yet another turn and we don’t know where this path will lead us. Please pray for peace in our hearts as we try to understand why some doors open and others close. Please pray for the well-being of this little baby girl and her future life – may it be with us or someone else. Please pray for Jim and I to stay strong, hopeful and calm.

Please pray for us.

Team Pink

Telling family we are TEAM PINK

A few weeks ago we celebrated Ellie's birthday at our house with family. Jim purchased several assorted balloons (including 1 pink, and 1 blue). After everyone was settled, we both grabbed a balloon, and told Ellie all of the balloons are hers, except one. As soon as my Mom saw we were both holding a balloon, she immediately started screaming, "IT'S TWINS?!" Ha, no! Quickly I let go of my blue balloon as Jim clenched tightly to his pink one, and we said "It's a Girl!". After the initial shock of everyone thinking we were expecting twins wore off, there were tears and praise of joy. It was nice to have a celebratory moment with family on this journey.  :)
Have I mentioned that we can't wait to meet this little bunny?!

Baby Meek Coming April 2016

We had another lovely visit a few weeks ago - probably one of the best. Sunday evening we went to dinner and had a great time getting to know one another better and sharing stories. Monday morning was another check-in with the OBGYN to hear the babies beautiful heartbeat - strong at 154 beats per minute. Shortly afterwards, we headed down the street to the hospital for the sonogram.  The nurse was very kind to let our entourage in for the viewing, and we're so grateful she did because it was one of, if not the best experiences of our life.
The room was dark and there was Christmas music playing softly in the background. The nurse explained that the whole sonogram would take about 40 minutes. Jim and I stood back in the dark corner trying to stay out of the way. The birthmother made a point to make sure the nurse knew that it's important that Jim and I can see everything. We reassured her that we had a great view. She squirted the gel on her belly, and instantly the baby appeared. Fluttering heartbeat and arms and legs bouncing about - so much in fact, it was difficult to get a good profile pic as the baby kept "looking at the camera".   I couldn't hold back the hot tears running down my cheeks. So many thoughts were crossing my mind; how much I love Jim, how grateful and blessed we are to have been connected so early on in our adoption journey, how my motherly instincts are already kicking in - worrying about every last detail of this baby & the adoption process, how long and trying this road has been leading up to this moment as we get to see our beautiful baby, and how anxious we are for April when we get to become parents.

We are excited to announce that BABY GIRL MEEK is coming in April 2016.

Baby Girl Meek looking at us!