His Promises Kept

Wow! It's been on of those crazy weeks and days...with the end of the school year coming to a close (and rather quickly), we have been busy non-stop.  Then on top of that I have a few orders that I have been trying to fill from my "business" page...and if life isn't crazy enough...I'm still trying to work on getting licensed to be the crochet instructor for Michael's, and I was asked to be their knitting...which of course is a separate class! Sooo...needless to say...I can't complain that I'm bored! LOL :) However, a few updates are in order for this process and journey that is going on! :)  We had our 1 of 2 classes for our agency this last Saturday.  Our next and last one is May 4th.  I really enjoyed the class...although I a FLOOD of emotions during the panel time where a birth mom got up and told her story...it was still extremely awesome to hear it from her perspective.  We were able to ask questions to her to know a little more about what their...

Yes, I couldn't resist...I ended up picking up a brand new diaper bag...but I didn't pay even CLOSE to retail value.  I get on craigslist every so often just to see what they have...well this time, I found a brand new, Carter's diaper bag.  I loved it and it was even better than the original one that I had picked out on Amazon....and it was cheaper.  I was thinking about asking $20 for it (she had it listed for $25), but when I looked it up and found that it was $52 on Amazon, and went up to $80, depending on where I went, I decided that $25 was a smokin' deal and decided to keep it.  I picked it up and now I can't wait to use it! LOL I'm so weird, I know!!! In other news, we have our first class this coming Saturday already!!! Amazing that it's almost here!  We also have been approved by the court to be adoptive parents, just waiting for the actual certificate!!! :D Super excited!!!! :D We are slowly (which is fine) getting the nursery ready.  We chang...

So we went with one agency for our home study, and now we are working with another agency for our birth mom (when that time comes).  I had to email the gal that we had our home study from to get some paper work transferred over the new agency we will working with and as she answered my question, the next sentence said this, "I did get a report yesterday that you are approved so now we just have to wait on the official PW. Should only be a week tops!" (PW is paperwork)...SSSSWWWEEEEEETTT!!! :D  Then she emails me later and asked if we wanted to work with them and their birth moms as well as the agency we are going through....I told her we might.  So we may be able to "double" our chances....down fall with that agency is that their fees are higher and we will be tied to a birth mom's expenses.  So if the birth mom we found through them changes her mind we would lose out the money...however, the agency that we are working with now has a set fee (no more than that E...

That is a long title, but when you read, you'll know why! :) Well, yesterday became even more real for us as we set up our crib.  We were able to purchase a used, but still in excellent condition, crib.  The lady asked if we were expecting (I'm sure she was wondering why I didn't look pregnant, but wanted a crib lol)...I said no but we are adopting. She was like, "Oh that's awesome! Congrats!" She then started asking questions about the process and what was going on, and how it worked, and even wondered why a mother would even want to give her child up for adoption.  Very neat experience to talk to her about.  She then asked if we needed anything and I said, well I know we need some other little things and that...but that they are on our amazon wishlist.  I then said we needed crib sheets (mainly to Steve), but she heard and then offered to give us 2 sheets...both from Babies R Us and 1 brand new!! She said she just bought it and used it like 2 times maybe....

We got another random act of kindness today as another person donated some money to our adoption fund that we don't know.  If you are reading this, we just want to say thank you very much!!!  Your act of kindness means the world to us as it brings us that much closer to bringing our baby home!! :) What a great blessing it has been to watch God move upon this whole entire process. Update so far: We had our initial interview today with our agency.  We are now locked into our adoption classes that we need to take and then we can be put on the waiting list to become parents!!! EEeeeeekk it's getting SOO close!!   Here is what we have been able to pay for thus far: Home Study:  - PAID IN FULL Interview with agency:  - PAID IN FULL Classes for agency:  - PAID IN FULL To be able to be put on the wait list (birth mom expenses, etc.): PAID IN FULL Left to pay:  Remaining fees for the adoption agency. The joy of becoming a parent: ...