Nick and I have pretty much everything up in Zeke’s room minus the wall decal which will be going up on Tuesday afternoon. This is for all the inquiring minds. We officially only have 4 weeks left.
It is hard to believe that he will be here that soon. It seems like just yesterday I was sitting in the theater when I got the message asking if we would be interested in adopting. What a great day that was!!! We are so excited for Ezekiel James Ivey’s arrival. He will be here before we know it.
We have had two awesome showers and honestly have just been humbled by the presence of family and friends, as well as humbled by the amount of people whom have been praying about this adoption for us. God’s timing is truly perfect and it is best to trust in Him.
2011 was filled with ups and downs, but we truly fill like we were able to experience more joy than we have in a long time. God has been more than good to us this year. After praying to get pregnant for 2 years, we have still come up short and sure that could be a downer, but I know God is Sovereign. He knows what is best for our lives and every day He is revealing Himself to Nick and me in the most unexpected ways. This year we were presented the opportunity to adopt and we praise God for that. All Glory to Him! I was also able to go to Haiti twice this year, which was incredible, but what really sealed the deal was Nick going with me in December. Nick and I have decided to devote any spare time we have to working on helping Sonson (haitian brother) get his visa, so he can come to the states to get his a better education. We were sad to see it go, but we are beyond excited for 2012 and all it will bring.
2012 is going to be a great year filled with new adventures and experiences. We have many close friends joining their lives together this year, our little man will be here for end of March/first of April, I will be turning 30 (Eeekkk!), we will be experiencing a lot of first this year, and we will be waiting for the end of the world in 2012. haha. As we patiently wait for Ezekiel’s arrival, Nick and I have taken on picking colors and decor for his room.
We decided to buy an old antique dresser and luckily we were able to get one for free. We have been working on it this week by sanding and putting primer on it, so we can paint it. We aren’t quite done, but I thought I would share what we had so far.
This is the dresser after we sanded it and put the primer on.
These are the drawers before primer. Nick had only sanded them. It is coming together!!! 😀
I can’t wait until it all comes together.
I promise to update as we continue to work and it all comes together. Hope you all have as much to look forward to in this New Year as Nick and I do.
IVEY VINE ADVENTURES 