WE have NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!

Hello All

Well...as you know this year has been a roller coaster of  ups and downs. We have had the joy of finding out my body could get pregnant, we have been through loss, we have gained VERY special people in our lives....and we have been given the opportunity to become parents....TWICE!!!!! Andy and I would love to share with you this evening that our adoption of FOUR precious embryos has become official!!! We are so excited and look forward to seeing what God will do with this. One thing that we have learned through this journey is that EVERYTHING has been worth it. We have been given and entrusted with such precious gifts, and rejoice in the opportunity that has been given to us to hopefully bring these children into the world. So...here is how you can be praying for us in the now. These babies will be transported to our clinic...please pray for their safe transport AND that they survive the thawing process. This process will begin soon....so PLEASE keep these precious embryos in your prayers. Also, please continue to pray that my body carries these babies well. This is how you can join us on this journey. We love all of you...and thank you for following our tots' journey. All of them, from the beginning. We will keep you updated...but are beyond ecstatic about this next step.  

Grace and Peace to you All!

Andy and Kristyn (and all of our tots)

In Christ Alone...My Hope is Found

Hello All,
Just a little update from the Johnson Clan. Things are moving along well with our adoption...and we are so excited. There are so many things to be praying for at this time...and we will get to that. However, at this time...a friend shared on their Facebook page the song "In Christ Alone". This got me thinking that with EVERYTHING that is going on...that my hope is in Him. Not to get distracted by the details (which is my tendency). Always a good reminder (which I need often). 8)

So...part of that is surrendering all the worries to God in prayer. Again, that is why we ask you to join us in prayer. Specifically at this time we would appreciate your prayer as the agreement moves towards being finalized, we are making preparations for the transportation of these precious embryos. THIS IS HUGE! Please pray for the safe transportation of these little "tots", please pray for all the details; storage, transportation safety, and proper handling of our precious cargo. Also, please continue to pray that my body would remain healthy and be able to carry well these precious babies. That is where we are right now. As always....Thank YOU for traveling this road with us! We appreciate your prayers! Many blessings to you all!

With much Hope,

The Johnson's 

A heart of Thankfulness, Hope...and Un-ending Gratefulness...

Hello All,

Today is a bit of a different post. It has been something on my heart that I have been mulling around in my head for weeks. As many of you have followed our journey...you know that we are in the process of our second embryo adoption. We are so excited...but I wanted to take a moment for thankfulness...for hope...and to express a heart of gratefulness that I don't ever feel like I can fully express. I want to express this heart to our donors. We have been blessed not just once, but twice with a great match...and two families who are giving us the chance to be parents. This brings tears of happiness to my eyes and my heart. We have been given the opportunity to experience a pregnancy, to get that first positive pregnancy test...and hopefully to have more children brought into our family, all because of the gracious donation of embryos. Andy and I do not take this lightly...but realize what a special gift we have been given. Oh my goodness...words fail me...but what I guess I am trying to express is not only is embryo donation such a precious gift, but when God brings people together, it is such a special and beautiful thing. We have two precious donating families who have given us the most precious gift we could think of...and we are SO blessed to have them in our lives! You give us hope! You have given us a chance. 8) We love you!


In hopeful anticipation,

Kristyn 

Big Day...

Hello All,

Tomorrow is a BIG day!! Tomorrow we will find out if we can move forward with our adoption. Andy and I are so excited!! Really...everything is looking good...but we just have to get the "go ahead" from my doctor. 8) However....one BIG prayer request for tomorrow is that my scope goes well. I am not anticipating anything different. We did just do this a few months ago. However, it is our first scope since our miscarriage...and my doctor just wants to make sure everything is looking good. I always hold my breath a little bit (just natural on this journey ;). I would continue to ask for your prayers over the details tomorrow....and that Lord willing we will be able to begin the process of welcoming these precious gifts (embryos) into our family. We are so very grateful to even have this opportunity. We thank you for all your prayers.

Kristyn 

Continuing the Journey...

Hello Everyone! 8)

So...I am so excited to just share with you that things are going well this week so far. Today my clinic   was able to get some information they needed to continue to the next step of our process. Yay! I will continue to rejoice at each little step! At this time, now my Dr. has the info he needs and has asked me to come in for another Hysteroscopy. My doctor had mentioned doing this after our miscarriage, but wasn't sure exactly when that was going to happen. Please pray that everything looks good. As you know...there is no reason that it shouldn't....we just did this not even 4 months ago....however...I do not take anything for granted. 8) My doctor likes to be very through...and for this I am grateful. So not a lot to share today...but things are moving. We love you all...and please continue to keep us in your prayers. 

A hopeful family,

K

Oh, the Joy....

Y'all...as you have travelled this journey with us, we have boldly shared with you our hopes, disappointments, joys and heart ache...all with the hope of showing that God cares about His children through every bit of it. We just want to let you guys know that God is moving in a very special and beautiful way as He is weaving this story together. I will not share specifics at this time (as I need to ask permission first), however, we would like you to know that we are in the process of another embryo adoption. We would appreciate your prayers as we work out all the little details of the process. Please pray for these precious embryos. One of the big prayer request is for the safety of their transportation to our clinic, that they would be safe and protected well. Please rejoice with us, and the donor family over the beautiful tapestry of a story that God is weaving together. We thank you for your prayers, and are so excited about this next step. 8) Thank you for always grieving with us in the pain, and celebrating with us in the JOY!!

With excitement and hope!

Andy and Kristyn 

A Change in Scenery....

Y'all...this is just to let you know...that I NEEDED something a bit more cheery for my blog template. YAY!!! The other one was meant to show the hard difficult mountain we climb on this journey. I think we GOT that loud and clear! This journey also has much beauty and there can be LIFE in it! Therefore...as of today...I am making this rather needed change! 8) Love to you all!

-K