Small World!

Work is awesome and it is amazing how many people have adoption in their lives! It is so fun! Jon on my team was adopted. He was so cool to share his story with me. Thanks Jon! Also, and if this isn't public knowledge I am so sorry, my manager told me she is thinking about adopting and wants to pick my brain! That is 4 people in a week that i found out have some connection to adoption. What a great world.

Work!

I have finally started my new job. I finished my first week yesterday. I am working at Ruby Receptionists. The company is too good to be true. They really care about their employees and EVERYONE is so nice! I have been doing really well and loving it.

Now that I have gotten a job our profile is back on itsaboutlove.com! It went up Thursday. I really hope that this time it won't come down until we have been chosen.

I met a new friend in my training class. There were six of us. Amazingly enough she is a birth mom. I hope that my kid has one as loving and understanding as her. We have talked a lot and she is amazing. Thursday we even discovered we have the same birthday! It has been so fun! I have also really enjoyed getting to see her point of view in the adoption process.

My birthday is a month from today. Yikes! I will be one year away from 30. Crazy! I hope this last year and my 20s will be exciting and happy. I am trying everyday to have a thankful attitude and look for the blessings in my life. Let me tell you it make life much more enjoyable. Now to find to joy in the waiting. : )

On Hold

Sorry it has been two months since I have posted. There has been a lot going on. I was laid off December 20th. Since then we have been working with our caseworker to see if we are still able to adopt while I am looking for work. It was determined last week that until I have a full time job we will not be able to adopt. Our profile has been taken down from itsaboutlove.org until then. We are sad about this, but understand it as well. I have been looking for a job and have has about 6 interviews. I really want to be a receptionist so I am looking into those jobs for the most part. Please keep us in your prayers that I find something soon. Thank you!

Changes

The holiday season is a time of Joy and also a time of stress. Right before Thanksgiving we found out my Uncle John has passed away. We went up to Montana for the funeral that was held on the 2nd. It was a beautiful service. I was grateful to have been able to attend. We ran into some snow! Fun to see, but horrible to drive in. We has a lot fall in Rexburg just over night.

While we were in Rexburg Idaho my sister Jessica and brother in law Garn presented me with a donation to our adoption fundraiser! They sold some things so the could contribute. It was so touching and appreciated. Thank you so much Jessica and Garn! I love you guys! Oh, and of course baby L as well!

I had such a great time getting to spend time with this little guy!

Today I found out that most likely I will not have a job come the new year, which really means in two weeks because of the Holiday closure. I don't know yet how this will affect our adoption, but I am devastated. I love my job, I have done it for 4 years and 5 month at the end of this month. With both of us being unemployed it will be very difficult to be able to adopt. However, I am not giving up hope. I know God has a plan for us, and I know that something will work out. Thank you to the family and friends who are already praying for us, and we ask that the rest of you join them. We need a miracle right now, and we know that through ours and your faith God will provide one. We love all of you and thank you for your support!

Limbo

Right now I don't have a lot to say. I seem to have no desire to do anything to prepare for a baby. As we were winding down our home study and anticipating getting approved I was really excited and wanted to get everything ready for baby. Now that we are approved it all feel like it is over and baby doesn’t feel anywhere near in our future. I do know God has a plan for us and it will happen in His time. I am trying to let it all go and just have complete faith in Him, but it is hard. It is really hard not knowing and not having anything to specifically be working on. I though once we were approved we would officially start getting the nursery ready, but like I said, I have no desire to do it. It is probably due to something in the back of my mind saying, maybe God's plan is for you to not have children in this life. I don't actually believe that. I know that we will have our turn. I just need to keep believing and keep having faith.

It's Official!!!

It's official, we are approved! We are finally after 5 months of paperwork, background checks, interviews, and lots of waiting we are now approved to adopt a child domestically. I am so excited! I know this was just one hurdle, and now we wait until the time the Lord unites us with our child(ren). Now I need to start applying for grants and making fliers to put around town to get the word out that we are adopting. Please if anyone hears of anyone in the US wanting to place their child let them know about us and us about them. Once our profile is up on https://itsaboutlove.org/ I will put a link on the side of the blog so you can direct people there. Yay! Here's to hoping it doesn't take another two year!

National Adoption Month

November is here! I can't believe the year has gone by so quickly, and we have already been on our adoption journey for going on 5 months. This is going to be a good month because:

Not only is November National Adoption Month, but it is also the month when our home study should be approved! Joe said he should be done writing it today and then it will be reviewed by his committee. That should be done Tuesday or Wednesday. They may have more questions, but if not we could be approved next week! Keep you eyes peeled for an exciting post next week.

Lots of things have been brewing on the adoption front. Just this week we have actually been made aware of two separate adoption opportunities. We have decided not to pursue the first one we heard about, it just didn't feel right. The second one sounds quite exciting, but we aren't sure if it is actually feasible. Until we know more, I am sorry but I am going to keep details under wraps. Just please keep us in your prayers. Even if nothing comes from this referral, we are excited to get our home study approved and have our profile put on https://itsaboutlove.org/. We also would like all our friends, family, and followers to keep us in mind when you hear of adoption opportunities. We know there are children out there for us and we hope you can help bring us together.

Also, I want to send I HUGE thank you out to my friend Katie A. for your generous donation to our adoption fund. What a perfect way to start off National Adoption Month. Thank you so much!

EDIT: Make that three opportunities. We just go another email. All of these cases and children are so different. It is kind of crazy how this week is progressing. It could be all very exciting, or turn into nothing. We will see!