How we became three

For those of you that don't know much about us, Ian and I were high school sweethearts. We didn't go to the same high school or even the same college, but we met through a mutual friend and spent quite a few hours on the phone every week. After much planning and scheming we were finally able to get married in June of 2004. We lived in Winnsboro, SC for the first year of our marriage so that I could finish my degree at Winthrop University. While I finished school, Ian worked in Columbia for the Republican Party. After graduation, we moved to Lexington and we both changed jobs; Ian went to work for Senator DeMint and I began teaching 3rd grade resource in Gilbert. After a year of teaching, we were ready to start a family and I was offered a job at our church that would allow me to work from home when we had kids. After much prayer, we decided to make the switch and I took a job as the Children's Director for our church. After a little over a year of trying to get pregnant with no success, we started the long road of visiting doctors, running tests, and taking medication. We have never been given a reason for our infertility, but it is no longer something we morn over. We both have a complete peace with every one of our children being "heart babies", as we like to call them. The Lord led us down this road and used it to shape us and mold us in ways we couldn't begin to imagine, and in the end he gave us the most precious gift of all, Sawyer. We felt the Lord leading us to adopt and in August of 2007 we began the process. By the beginning of December everything was complete and we were preparing to wait; however, the Lord had other plans. On January 15th, we got our baby phone call saying that there was a 2 1/2 week old baby ready for us if we wanted him, but we had to pick him up the next day. On January 16th we brought William Sawyer Headley home! He has been a delight from the first day and we thank the Lord daily for bringing him into our lives.