Getting Closer!

So right now we have had our first visit with our social worker and we are working on our second visit this Wednesday. We are so excited because we are so close to having our home study completed. This has been a turbulent ride there are a lot of ups and downs and its hard to comprehend it before you begin so there is no way to prepare yourself. You just have to dive in with full abandon and swim like heck! It's a process that I would gladly go through over and over if it means I get to be a mom. This will be my form of labor pains...in the throes of labor a mother is all about her pain and misery but once that little cry is heard its almost completely forgotten in an instant. That is how I feel about this adoption journey. Its part of the waiting, and laboring process once he or she is here all of this won't even matter it will all be forgotten.

Its so exciting to think of the wonderful things we have in our future. We can barely contain our excitement and giddiness about our future. I thank God every day for the way He has given us peace and guided us through this process. Our social worker made a statement that stuck with us she said that families who come from a faith based place as opposed to those who are not faith based seem to have a smoother time with adoptions. She said right now she has a couple who are not Christians nor do they have any faith, they are very wealthy but they are struggling through the adoption process right now. She has another couple who is virtually penniless and the only way they will be able to adopt is because her parents are paying for the adoption, but they are strong faith filled people. The social worker said the people with no money are just coasting through the process.

That speaks volumes for us, we know that the secret to us being able to keep our wits about us and it is what helps us stay strong is our faith. Faith is believing in something although you cannot see it. I do not see my child in my arms but I have faith that it will happen soon. We need to stay focused and press on. My family and friends have also been such a enormous support to me and Kevin in all of this and I couldn't do it without them. I love you all!

Cookbooks will be here tomorrow so I will be able to get them out to everyone this week!! PLEASE take some to sell to friends and neighbors. Only $15 each and there are over 150 recipes!!!


We are looking for our next fundraiser for the month of May. Any ideas would be appreciated but I am looking at possibly selling Cookie dough or Soy candles. We were going to try for a large yard sale if someone can allow us to use their yard and we can get a bunch of people to donate items to sell. Please let me know if you can donate or if you can have the sale in your yard! We can sell baked goods and lemonade!

Here is where we are in our overall goal:

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Love always!
Shannon <3