Goodbye Daddy :(

A message from Caleb:  .....Caleb asked me to post this....This is Caleb Coffee I am having a very hard time waiting for Elijah to come home, ♥  I only get to see Elijah in the hospital once a week I miss him very much when I do not get to see him, so please support us to get him home.Thank you love Caleb <3

We took David to LAX tonight, it was so hard to say goodbye, but know that the right place for Caleb and I right now is here with Elijah.  Looks as though they may start feeding him tomorrow am!!  That is HUGE!!!

Please pray.....

That Eli tolerates food really well!!  This is very important to him getting out of the hospital

For the state to get our paperwork done ASAP so we can come home....

For funding, I am not going to lie, I am scared....trying so hard to remember that God brought us here and he will bring us home.

I am missing our friends back home, it is hard to be away....

Caleb....he has been such a trooper, but he needs to get home too.............

Well, it is that time, while I am sleeping my sweet husband will be flying to the other side of the country and then have a long drive from Newark back to Buffalo, please pray for safe travels for him!!!  I miss him terribly already!!

Big Brother Visit....

Caleb got to visit Eli today, such precious moments!!!  I can hardly believe we are a family of FOUR!!  I feel so blessed and amazed at Gods goodness!!

Tonights prayer requests....

David leaves tomorrow :(  Please pray for safe travels for him (he has to fly for 6 hours then drive for 8)

Eli.....BOWEL SOUNDS!!! these are very important and if they hear them they can feed him, the sooner he can be fed, the sooner we are home.

For the birth mom, though tomorrow is a great day for us in that her rights are totally terminated, I can't help but to wonder what she is feeling.  Please continue to lift her up to our Father....

Finances, staying here longer with Eli in the hospital has added expenses.....

For Nick and Leslie....that they don't go crazy having Caleb and I here.....but I sure do thank God for our new life long friends!!! 

Remember the One who loves you and would do anything for you.  May He be glorifed in our journey!!!

God Bless!!

Great day!!

We had a great day today.  This morning we went to the hospital to see Elijah and he cuddled with daddy for a long time!!  Then we went to Huntington beach and enjoyed time with our new friends :)

This evening we went back to the hospital and I had some amazing time with Eli.  He stared at me for over a half hour and gave little smiles when I talked to him.  It was such a great night!!

We can't wait to bring him home!!!!

Poop....

Yup, Eli pooped :)  This is a good thing, it means that things in his intestine are going down where they should instead of draining through his g-tube.  We still have a bumpy road ahead but we are thankful to our faithful and loving God who is watching over us and our sweet boys.  Caleb has been amazing through all of this and if it weren't for Nick and Leslie I think he would be going crazy.  They have allowed Caleb to stay with them while David and I go to the hospital to be with Eli....

Please continue to pray that Eli has clear drainage not yellow or green....yuck....lol

That he continues to poop.....very important!!  That they hear good bowel sounds!! 

That we can come home!!!  SO many of you that we don't know have helped us in such amazing ways.....I am amazed that so many would help strangers, we are BLESSED!!!  You have set a huge example of what it means to be in the family of God!!

Hard day....

They had a really hard time getting a pic line into Elijah today, they tried for an hour and a half but then stopped.  They said he was getting too aggitated...um yeah I would think!!!  The night nurse was able to get one in, thank God!!

Please be praying.....

We need to see some movement in his bowels via xray even if it is only air......

That the discharge from his belly turns clear....

Finances, David is going home and Caleb and I are staying here in California with Elijah.  This brings on a whole new set of expenses......If you feel led to donate please use the button to the right :...We are seeing God move in so many ways!!  We have had a car donated to us until July 4th, this is huge!! 

Please continue to keep us in your prayers!!

Where we are....

Well, Elijah was supposed to be released from the hospital yesterday but when we got to the hospital they informed us that he had blood in his stool and it comfirmed that he had an infection :(  He is now to be in the NICU for at least another 8 days!!  God has proven Himself present and faithful at all times.  I can't even begin to tell you how blessed we have been here.  We are staying wtih an AMAZING couple who we have had an instant connection with and Caleb is loving them and their two beautiful children as well. We weren't sure how we were going to get back and forth to the hospital but one of Leslies friends stepped up and said "I have a car that they can use "  (Rental cars in California are over 500.00 a week!!!)

We have been blessed more by strangers and are overwhelmed by that!! 

Things to be praying for....

Elijahs infection to go away....we need his G-tube to be draining clear!!
If David leaves to go home to work that we can raise enough funds for Caleb and I to stay here in California
Finances....I know God didn't bring us this far to not complete what He has started!!  We know that He will provide what we need.....should you feel led to donate there is a button to the right and that goes right to our paypal which is connected to our adoption account with our agency....

There are several pictures of our newest little man on my page....take a look, hes pretty cute :)  Not to mention how cute his big brother is who has been such a trooper through all this!!!

Last, pray for our birth mom...things aren't good for her now and her family has told her they never want to see her again.  She has signed Elijah over to us, but her heart is hurting!!

Thanks friends if you would, please post this on your page to help spread the word.....

God Bless!!!

David, Kristen Caleb and Elijah :) 

HUGE UPDATE!!!

We have a little boy and his name is Landyn Mark and we need to have a new home study done first thing in the morning as our home study we had done is only good in NYS and he is in California.  He is a little over three weeks old and is a baby with down syndrome.  We need to raise money and are confident that God will provide.  This is moving SO FAST.  We got a call at 5:15 and things have just fallen into place but we need help financially...if you feel led to donate no amount is too small!! The paypal link is to the right you can use that to get funds to us asap.  We will be flying out either tomorrow or Wednesday and if we don't raise enough funds he goes to foster care as CPS has been called by the hospital....

Thanks friends!!!

Thanks Dad!!

Talked with my dad for a while last night and he is really helping us to get some fundraising in place.  Also, our paypal now goes directly to an "adoption account" at Keybank.   This way all those funds are separate and can be submitted for a matching grant through hand in hand should we get final approval for them.

God is working in amazing ways and I love being witness to it!!!  If you feel led to give (see that cool donate button to your right, makes it really easy  :) , even a little we would be blessed, but again most of all we covet your prayers for our journey!!

Have a blessed day!!

Ever wonder if God is listening???....

I have to admit that over the last few weeks I questioned that!!!  David and I spent some time praying last night that God would help Bundle of Joy adoptions find someone that could work with NY families (you have NO idea how hard that is to do....ask me and I'll share)  and guess what....

She called this morning that they found someone and are working on a second!!!  Keep praying friends!!  Since they have found someone we can now send in our paper work when we have enough funds!!

Praise God!!!!

Today I am going to....

Rest on this.....

Be still and know that I AM GOD....Psalm 46:10......

He knows all the answers, the when, the where and who he or she is......

Today I promise myself that I am going to have peace and know that He already has it taken care of :)  Have a great day friends!!

Bringing our baby home....

Our journey has had a lot of ups and downs....but we know that God is faithful. He has called us to adopt to add to our family and we know that He will provide all that we need, emotionally, financially and most importantly spiritually.

As i was reading another blog "Along the narrow road" I was overwhelmed with emotion thinking, yes that is exactly what I am feeling.  Since she said it so well I am going to share the thoughts here....


..........Our hearts have been opened for whatever God wants. Older, younger, domestic, Africa, yet God just keeps saying "wait, I have the child for you."

I know that everything that we go through is for our transformation. I know that one day we will finally hear those words that we have been longing to hear.

But this waiting has been hard. Well over a year on this journey to our child and it is hard. The waiting the hearing the No's never leaves you. I may have peace about it most of the time, but it's still there. You get to a point where you feel like you have been forgotten about, you get to a point where you feel like it will never happen, you get to a point where you start asking the Lord "What am I missing?"

Yet He keeps saying, "Keep waiting, keeping your eyes on Me. I have great plans for your family and a special child that was picked to be a Coffee."

 I just want whatever the Lord wants and so waiting is where I will be, keeping my eyes fixed on Him, longing to hear a Yes! and trusting that His timing is ALWAYS perfect.........

If you feel led to help us financially please use the donate button to the right.

We covet your prayers as we start with a new agency that this is where God wants us to be.....

Much Love,

David, Kristen and Caleb Coffee