its funny how as things have finally been progressing for us, i've been blogging less and less!
i guess maybe the reality that "someday" is actually happening right in front of my eyes... well, its a little overwhelming. and we are so excited and thankful for it! our social worker has been absolutely amazing. (we looooove lisa at bethany christian services in nashville!!)
so we are completely finished with all of our paperwork for our agency. our psych evaluations came through. (there was only a moment of doubt.. lol!) our drug and HIV tests came back negative... sweet! and our incredible references were completed and mailed..
seriously, a huge THANK YOU to stuart's mom, delores; my sister, dawanna; my boss, tami; and our fabulous friends... ivonne and brian, kim, and jeff!
and now we are signed up for our online NCFA training which is an 8-10 hour requirement with the national council for adoption. we are hoping to stab away at that over the next week or two. and then!.... we will finally be ready for our homestudy! woop woop! its about freaking time, eh? holy crap.. what a journey! ;) lol.
totally, 100% worth it, but still.... wow!
i will do better to keep everything posted once we get through the online course. because i think things are going to get a little exciting after that! it will be official!
thanks for continuing to check in... i realize that i totally suck at this blogging stuff ;)
About Me
- Summer and Stuart
- We are definitely as crazy as we look! ;) Married 10 years.. stupidly in love with each other. Can't wait to be with our baby... which is of course, the purpose of this blog. We are in the waiting stage of adopting our first child.. and we're learning that Patience certainly is a virtue ;) Adoption has been on our hearts for our entire marriage, but quite simply, the finances were never there. That was the main discouragement and the fact that we both needed to grow up a little bit. ;) God is preparing our hearts for this incredible journey into parenthood.. and He's taking us to the other side of the world to do so, for purposes even beyond finding our child. This walk of Faith that we are on is beyond even our craziest dreams! So now we're FINALLY moving forward with our dream of having a family, as we're counting down the minutes until we get to pinch those sweet, pudgy cheeks! Baby, here we come!! :)
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2 comments:
It's so great that you are continuing to make progress! I was actually thinking of you the other day and wondering how things were going, so I'm glad you posted!
I decided to "stop by" and lo-and-behold, a post!! So glad you are moving along! So, I guess I'm not sure about your final decision- did you decide to go with Ethiopia? Keep us posted and hang in there!!
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