Approved!

Got the letter in the mail - our application is officially approved!  :)  Next Saturday, we will be attending an all-day seminar to find out what the next steps are!  Excited!!!  It feels good to be accepted/approved!

On a side note, cleaned up the house a little bit today to start getting ready for the homestudy - even took some trash to the dump!  Man, that place is STINKY! 

Coming Together!

God has really shown His love for us through others recently.  We have received quite a few donations over the past couple weeks - even from complete strangers!  Thank you to EVERYONE for all the love!  We have been so blessed by the encouragement that everyone's support brings and it keeps us going sometimes in the hard waiting process.  This child has already been prayed for and loved on by so many and we are so excited about what else God has in store!

183 pieces / 1000

We made it!

This has nothing to do with our adoption, but we have our 4th Wedding Anniversary today! :)

Pretty soon, we won't be classified as "newlyweds" anymore! :) Here's to many, many more!

The Check's In The Mail

We mailed off our big packet to TBH today - no turning back now, haha. It feels great to have accomplished so much over the last month and a half! We celebrated by going to the park and getting yogurt! :) (To see our to-do list, look at the previous post(s).)

Our next step is a seminar at TBH; probably going over the next steps in the process. My guess, is it will be talking about the home study(s) and how to prepare for that. We have started getting ready, but it will be another to-do list in itself. Our house is soo not organized and nothing is baby ready - yet! I might be asking you moms to bring over your little ones and show me what is baby proofed and what is not (just a fair warning!).

Thank you for all the support, prayers and kind words so far - they are very uplifting!!

~m~

So Close

We are getting closer to finishing our checklist (and the due date too!).  I (Michelle) finally finished The Connected Child (I strongly recommend it to any parent - adoptive or bio) and wrote my book report!  (Of course, I took the day off today to do it!)  Now we each have to finish and write our last book report, that's about all that is left!  Probably a good thing since our due date is about a week away!  Good thing I have Spring Break next week!!


Due by March 17th:

• filled out application
• copy of birth certificates
• copy of driver's licenses
• copy of marriage license
• diagram of house showing exits and room sizes
• copy of current auto insurance
• copy of current homeowner's insurance
• last 2 years of tax returns
• vaccines up-to-date on dogs
• recent credit reports
• application fee
• child & infant first aid & cpr certification
• bought adoption books
• read two adoption books - John (one down, one to go)
• write a summary for each book - John (one down, one to go)
• read two adoption books - Michelle (one down, one to go)
• write a summary for each book - Michelle (one down, one to go)
• copy of social security cards
• copy of diplomas/degrees
• background check
• fingerprinting (should I be wearing gloves everywhere?)
• filled out all forms (most)

We had another "Waiting Families" meeting on Saturday night.  The host family's son got ill, so be saying a prayer for them.  Got to hang out with the others at a local Starbucks for Q&A and fellowship.  I am so excited to be finding so many couples going through adoption together - it really lifts my spirits and hopes about this whole process.  :)  I truly feel God's work in this!

~m~