I had an odd thought this week as to becoming a father one of these days (sidenote:we’re still in a holding pattern for the clinics to talk to one another to arrange shipment) – what kind of legacy will I leave to my children? Well, not a legacy per se, but what traits of mine are going to be passed on? I got some of my parents finer (and not so finer depending on who you ask ) qualities. I always have said I got my book smarts from Mom and my street smarts from Dad – which both have done me well. However, I also got the good old streak of German stubbornness in there as well.

So, what of my finer/not-so-finer qualities would I like to pass down? I would hope they pick up on my work ethic as it was passed to me by my Dad. I take great pride in my work and make sure things get taken care of. To quote Dad, “Anything worth doing is worth doing right.” I’m sort of handy around the house, so I’d hope the kids would want to hang out with Dad and help with house projects and learn a little something so they could continue passing down that knowledge as it was passed to me by Dad.

Humor is another quality I’d hope to pass on. I love being a ham – and enjoy making people laugh. Just ask Rebekah and I’m the first one to act like a goofball just to get a laugh. Yet another quality I got from Dad.

I hope they pick up on some of my interests as well and want to share in those with me. I enjoyed helping Dad around the house, learning to cook from Mom (which has served me well – thanks Mom!!) as well as sharing in other activities with Mom and Dad such as bowling.

Anyway, no real point to this post other than I was just thinking over what qualities and interests of mine would my kids pick up and want to share in with me one day. Sometimes my wide ranging list of interests would probably over load the kids. Oh well, as long as one of them is a drummer it’ll all be good!

It’s been a while since an update – but that’s only because I’ve been slacking off and not diligent on these updates. We’ve had lots going on lately!

First – we’ve got embryos! I believe in my last update we were still waiting for the adoption agency to open back up from the Christmas holiday. We were selected by a very nice couple to adopt their embryos. Our doctor looked over the report on the embryos and said that things looked good for us to move forward, so we accepted the match as soon as we heard that news. Nightlight sent over the contract for our signatures and that’s been sent back along with the necessary payment and we’re moving forward!

A couple weeks ago we were able to speak with the genetic parents over the phone – honestly I thought it might be weird, but quite the contrary – they are wonderful! Like most things when getting to know new people, there were pauses in the conversation – but that was to be expected. Rebekah and I, as well as the genetic family, feel the Lord’s hand in this whole process and we just know He’s orchestrating everything that needs to be in place – and in His time, not ours. He’s teaching us patience (which is harder for Rebekah than me).

Last week Rebekah had a mock transfer with her doctor so they can make sure everything will go smoothly when the time comes to transfer embryos. Essentially they do everything they would for a real transfer except they use a saline solution instead of a solution with the embryos. Sometime this month Rebekah will begin a course of meds that will help prepare for the actual transfer – and that should put us on course for a transfer in the late March/early April timeframe. If everything works out, it looks like we could be parents around Christmas of 2010!

We certainly appreciate all the prayers so far, and would continue to ask that you pray for the Lord’s guidance during this process. We’re still moving forward and not quite to the goal yet, but we’re certainly making progress!