Timeline of Events

I thought I would take the time during this post to recap our infertility timeline. Back a few months ago, I documented roughly everything we have been through since we started trying in June 2008. The last date I had entered then was December 8th when we sent our last check to our agency. Well, God had such a bigger plan for us because on December 9th, 1 DAY after sending off the last check, we got the phone call about our sweet baby girl. Two months later she was born!! And here we are tomorrow, celebrating her 1 month birthday :) I copied and pasted the old post up until Dec 8th, then added in the last few months dates that were important. It's still crazy to see God's timing in all of this. As I've said before, if I had known 4 years ago this was the plan, I'm not sure what I would have thought. I do know that I couldn't imagine my life as a mother to any other child right now. If we had not been there, who knows where she would be :( Her little life, and ours has been changed forever :)

June 22, 2008 : Allen agrees to start TTC
December 2008: 1st doctor visit
February 2009- HSG (made sure tubes were open)
April 2009- Changed doctor
June 2009- Started rounds of Clomid and IUI's (took several breaks during this time)
February 2010: First laparoscopy to check for Endometriosis (had mild case)
June 2010- 1st appt with an actual fertility specialist. They decide to try HMG shots
July 2010- Another round of HMG shots
August 2010-Jan 2011: Took a break from everything (This was the point where once a week I got a phone call announcing someone was pregnant.)
Jan 2011: Decided to try one last round of shots (Started getting curious about adoption.)
(took a break for a bit)
April 2011: 2nd laparoscopy (still had some Endometriosis. Removed and very hopeful!!)
June 2011: Poured out my heart to Allen about our childless family :( Prayed about and decided to pursue domestic infant adoption. Contacted a family friend who works for Lifeline Children's Services in Birmingham, AL.
June 24, 2011: Turned in application to Lifeline
July 2011: Approved and began home study paperwork
August 2011: Fingerprinted and went to open adoption seminar
September 2011: 1st home study visit (We traveled to Nashville)
October 2011: 2nd home study visit (She came to our house.)
November 2011: Started getting overwhelmed and felt we would never finish. Paid for home study and finished up all the necessary paperwork for both agencies...bi racial questionnaire, desire of child form, etc...
Started working on our profile. Found a really good deal on photo books on Shutterfly so worked diligently to finish before the deal ended!!
November 29: Amy looked over our profile, we made a few changes and ordered the next day!
November 30: Profile books ordered
December 7: Profile books arrive at Lifeline
December 8: Sent last profile fee check (When this arrives we will officially become a "waiting" family)
December 9- We receive a phone call from Allen's Mom about a potential birth mother who is willing to let us adopt her baby. We don't hear back from them for over a month. This was a very stressful time for me. 
During this time we did receive word of 2 possible birth mother profiles through our agency that we could look at and decide if we wanted our profile shared. Both were very discouraging to us and we felt so torn. :( However looking back now, I know God was preparing our hearts for this blessing :)
Jan 25- We got a phone call from Allen's mom stating that she had spoken to the BM's mom and that she was still very interested in the adoption and that she may have the baby sooner than March 1st!! We started preparing for a baby at this point. I lined up a sub and got all the necessary paperwork filled out just to be on the safe side. (We literally had just finished painting the nursery the weekend before :)
Jan 30- Found out about the doctor's appt scheduled for the next week. BM wants us to come and meet her
Feb 6- Doctor's appt where we got to meet BM and see our little girl for the first time!!
Dr scheduled a follow up visit for that Thursday to check everything.
Feb 9- On our way to the doctor's appt Allen got a phone call from BM's mother saying she was not going to the Dr visit. We weren't told why and we began to worry :( She re scheduled for the next morning but was unsure if she would show up for that one either.
Feb 10- Allen talked to the mom again and said she couldn't get a hold of BM by phone and she wasn't answering the door. She feared her boyfriend was back in the picture and that was why she was avoiding her. We were devastated. I spent all day at school trying not to worry, but I feared the worst and was just certain we were going to lose this baby. (What we didn't know at the time was that our precious baby girl was born at 10:22 a.m.)
Feb 10- 10:30 PM While at a friend's house playing Xbox and eating pizza, Allen receives a phone call from the BM's mother saying that the baby had been born, that she was in the NICU because drugs were found in her system, and that the social worker wanted us to call her. Allen calls the social worker and our journey begins. That night we pray fervently that God protect this baby and our hearts!!
Feb 11- The morning started out horribly as I feared the situation wasn't one in which we should venture down. Allen comes home and says we can go the hospital to meet our daughter. We get ready and head over to the hospital. After figuring out who we were, the NICU nurses let us back and we set eyes on our daughter for the very first time ...

 Feb 20- Delaney is discharged from the hospital and we take our baby girl home :)
March 10- Tomorrow our little angel will be a month old!!

I don't know why I ever doubted God's plan or His timing!! We  knew He had a much bigger plan than us and it has been more than we ever dreamed possible.And now that we can see some of the plan, it's neat to go back and look at how He was working even when we didn't know it.... Like for example, we started the adoption process in June, when she was conceived. We spent 9 months from the time of starting the process till her birth, waiting, just like a normal pregnancy. Isn't that neat how God works all of that out??

I know that our story is far from complete, but I do know that God answered our prayers...We prayed for 3 1/2 years for him to bless us with a child, and we now have that blessing. God is so good!!