Let the Waiting Begin...

Today we received two great things, 1) our adoption profiles came in the mail & 2) we got notice that our Homestudy was finished and ready for our review. YAY!!! She also said that as soon as we reviewed it and let her know we approved it, we were "active"! As soon as I got home from work, I reviewed it and emailed her back. So now the official waiting game has begun. Now we are just waiting for God to bring the child he wants for us.

Matt and I were talking about the baby earlier and after we hung up he texted me. He said as soon as he hung up the phone Jason Aldeans song Laughed Until We Cried was playing the very last verse. It was pretty cool. Sometimes its neat how things work. If you have never heard the song before, take a listen:


"Oh man we were living, going crazy in the kitchen, we danced and screamed and held each other tight...we laughed until we cried." :) There are a lot of things to think about over the next months and preparations to make, but we know that the moment will come when we can laugh until we cry. I remember learning about Clayton and going to Matt's work just to show him a picture of OUR little boy. We both just laughed and cried, so I understand this song. It brings back great memories and also gives me a look at the future. The situation will be different, but it will be happy and from God.
We are so glad that it is God's time. That he has lead us down this path and if we will just depend on what he tells us, it will fall into place just like it should.

So you might ask, What are we doing now? So as we wait we have lots of fundraising to do, preparations at the house, furniture to buy etc.

Our Bunco fundraiser will be May 17th at 6 pm, at Daymar Colleges Group - New Hartford Road. During this event we will also have a vendor from 31 there who will be giving a portion of her sales to benefit our adoption. We may also have a few other vendors. If you can't make the Bunco party but would like to order from 31, click on MyThirtyOne Party !

Our next fundraiser after Bunco is even better. We have had a great photographer offer to do a photo session fundraiser day. We will be scheduling 30 minute photo sessions on June 3 for $45 each. This session will give you a 30 minute photo session and a CD with all pictures taken. She is a great photographer and took this picture for us. She took a ton of them and they were really great. This is a great fundraiser for us and we hope to really make this work. I will post more details very soon!