Current Events

Currently there are a few things going on in our life...no AC, a wedding, and a triathlon.

The no AC thing will hopefully be remeadied this weekend and we will be the proud new owners of a new heatpump. So exciting (please insert sarcasm here)!

Lori (my best friend from childhood/cousin-in-law) is getting married this weekend at my dad's house. We are currently in stress mode and praying for good weather! She is going to be a beautiful bride that is for sure and I am so happy for her. It is going to be a lot of work for us too, because Dave and I will be acting as caregivers of the house. My dad's house is an old civil war house on the National Historic Register. I consider it his 3rd child! Plus I am the matron-of-honor, and will of course be doting on the bride all day!

I decided to try out a sprint triathlon. A little scary, but I am really excited about it. I bought my nose plug and swim goggles last night in order to prepare for the swim portion of the race. Dave has to change my mountain bike tired to road slicks, not that it will make a huge difference in time! It is going to be a challenge for sure, but my goal is to just finish.

This blog will sort of turn into more of a life blog until we have some adoption things to post. Our life is pretty boring, thankfully, so who knows what you (well this is assuming people read this and that is a huge assumption) might find when you check back.

It has been awhile

I haven't "blogged" in a few weeks, but I guess there hasn't been any real news to blog. It seems like we have been waiting forever, but in reality it has only been about 6 weeks. Seems like an eternity.

We have had several tiny little leads. Which is very positive because both have come from friends/family.

We have been going non-stop lately and looks like our schedules will continue to be full for a while. Which is great, but I would like to get some yard stuff done at home this year!

Tomorrow is Friday, so have a great weekend!

We have the official homestudy

We received the signed homestudy in the mail this weekend. It is kind of anti-climactic, though. Obviously now the agency can now show our profiles to potential birth families, but it is like "now what?". We have given lots of family and friends copies of the potential birth mother letter to give to whomever they wish, so that may spark something. Also our lawyer will have copies to give to any cases that may come her way. But it is really out of our hands and in God's. I loathe waiting, especially when there is not a whole lot I can do to produce results.

But they do say good things come to those who wait!

It's Done!

Our last homestudy visit was the easiest one. We really had no changes for Lettie to make, so we just talked for a bit and she was on her way. The best part is next time she comes will be for our post-placement visits once we have the baby!

I really can't imagine having a better social worker to work with. Her middle son wants a Jeep and I think that Dave scared her out of getting him one with all of the 4-wheeling stories! We have lots in common with her. She told us she really hopes we get our baby very quickly! So do we.

We will have our paper copies of the homestudy next week. So that really means it could happen anytime!

Final Homestudy Visit!

We have a copy of the homestudy in our hands. It is just the draft, but it looks really good. Well I am guessing it looks really good, I have never seen a homestudy before.

Lettie is coming for the final homestudy visit on Thursday. We will just go over the written homestudy. Then we are done with that process!

One step closer!

Slight Delay

Tonight was supposed to be our last homestudy visit, but Lettie has been sick with the flu....so it is rescheduled to next week. Still think we will have the documents in our hands by the end of the month. Just ready to have the visits done, so I don't have to clean my house so much! Even though she only sits on the couch for an hour, I still feel the need for everything to be spotless! I guess that is a good thing overall.

Still working on the profile for the agency. I have to get a few pictures of our house and we need a good picture of us for the cover.

Meeting with Agency

Today we drove to Maryville to meet with Pam, the director of our agency. We had an informational, informal type of meeting. She gave us an overview of what happens if they match us with a birth family. The wide range of situations that arise and the wide variety of birthmothers.

Apparently we are an extremely attractive couple (she told us this like 5 times!) and are they age most birth mothers like to place their child with. Right now they have about 12 couples looking to adopt, but several have some restrictions on children (only girls, only African American, etc). We are a bit more open so that helps!

We will start making a profile book that is like a birthmother letter, but bigger and in a book form. Planning on using iLife to create a digital book and have it printed. It will be a great keepsake too!