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Well, once again, I invite you faithful blog readers to recall a few reoccurring themes in the lives of the Smith family over the past few years…

1. Amy does not like change. This has been evident in all sorts of events – marriage, motherhood, moving. Often, but not always, involving “m” words.

2. God knows Amy does not like change and wants to set Amy free of certain idolatries revolving around safety, comfort, and “the known”. Therefore…

3. Amy makes plans. God changes those plans.

4. Amy learns YET AGAIN that she has a faithful, adoring Father she can lean into when said plans are changed and trust YET AGAIN that He is good, ALL THE TIME.

As I shared a few weeks ago, this past fall Matthew and I had prayerfully decided to begin pursuing adoption. Through a surprise turn of events, God had been stretching our hearts and calling us into his vision of adoption. We were thrilled. We shelled out our first big bucks, completed our home study in record time, and were knee-deep in adoption grants and the beginning stages of our application packets these past few weeks. We were now officially on the path to meet little minismith #3.

Little did we know our newest minismith would be arriving by means we weren’t quite expecting.

The third member of our troop will be joining our family sometime mid-September via me. Yes, I am pregnant, folks. Precautions taken, yet God stepping in and changing things up a bit. And we’re okay with that. More than okay, we’re THRILLED! It was an adjustment in our hearts, yes, but our family is growing…just what we were asking Him for.

So for now, the home study is tucked away for future updates. Applications are on hold. We continue to pray for this adoption movement to grow in the church. And I’m settling in to the surprising fact that I am once again a pregnant (and very tired, hello 8pm bedtimes) mama. And thanking Jesus for this little life He’s given us.

A new pregnancy in this very new season of our lives.