Proof that God has a sense of humor:)

Well as you all know we have been in the adoption process since May. It is going much slower than Jonas' but we know that our child is out there so we are keeping the faith. What most of you don't know is that in November we found out that God has quite the sense of humor. I (crystal) have always loved the saying that "if you want to make God laugh tell him your plans." Never did I ever think that that would be so true for us. See when we first got married we had a plan...get married and have kids, but God has something else in mind. So after three years of infertility we felt God calling us to something bigger...adoption. Soon Jonas came into our lives and there has never been a happier moment. So we thought "ok God new plan...we will adopt all of our children," but 2 yrs ago our plans changed again when we unexpectedly got pregnant. Immediately we thought "oh we get it so we will adopt and have biological children, thats cool," but those plans soon changed too when we suffered 2 miscarriages in the last 2 years. So we were back to our original plan of adopting all our children. Then in November God showed us that he was in control again when we found out that WE ARE PREGNANT!! We have entered this new journey with much trepidation. We never know what is next and for a constant worrier like me that is a hard pill to swallow, so we have kept very quiet until now. I am currently 13 wks pregnant and by all accounts in the clear. The new peanut is healthy and it looks like this whole pregnancy thing is really going to happen. It is so surreal to think that I will actually carry a child. I am still trying to wrap my mind around it. So about now most of you are probably asking yourselves "so what about the adoption?" Well that is a go as well. Adoption is something that we really feel called to and we feel like God is leading us to our child now. I know it sounds crazy, but God always seems to call people to crazy things. We are so blessed beyond belief to be given the gift of life and adoption all at the same time! We can't wait to meet both of our children and Jonas is so ready for a brother or sister or both! He can't decide which he wants more, but he is constantly talking about it. We aren't sure he really understands everything, but we do know he will be excited. We are truly humbled by how God has formed our family...we cant wait to see his completed work! We ask that you pray for us and all of our children, please pray for our adopted child's biological family as well. We also ask that you journey with us, get excited, and keep checking out our blog for upcoming belly pics, adoption info, and everything else God has in store for us....2010 looks like a GREAT year for the Arp family!!!