Court Closing

Today we were told that court will be closed starting Aug. 6th - Sept. 26th. Court is closed due to the big rainy season. Not really sure what this means for us. I know the people at our agency are working hard to do everything they can before it closes. I guess we will have to wait and see what happens next.

First baby purchase since Referral

Today we had to run to Costco...It was long overdue. We decided to buy our first something since receiving our referral for our Little Guy. We know we will need these and if they don't work out we can return them. Guess we will have to wait and see how they work out once we can get him home.

(Kind of boring I know but a necessity.)

Patience has paid off

We got that surprise email I had been hoping for.
Sorry for the long post.

This last Wednesday we were both at work. I was walking into a meeting, sat down, and starting looking over emails on my blackberry. I opened up an email and it was address to Caleb and me. I then looked at who it was from and the subject line. I jumped out of my chair, ran into the hallway and called Caleb. Here is how the conversation went:
K: did you just get am email from our agency?
C: no, when?
K: right now.
C: nope.
K: I have our referral email, where can you meet me? You know I will not be able to wait. Where has wifi? we can go to Burger King ( I laugh at this one now) or a library. I want to be able to use a laptop so we can pull up everything big and not look at this on one of our phones.
C: what time can you go?
K: right now. How about home?
C: home would be the best. See you there in 30 min.

I walked in the house and Caleb was home. Into the office we both went. I am not sure I have ever felt the way I did at hat moment. We have waited so long for this and now it is happening. We read through all of the paperwork that was sent to us and couldn't be happier. We wanted to have a Dr. look over the medical records just to be safe. (We have never had a kids Dr. so I called my sis-n-law. When she answered I asked if I could get her baby's Dr. name and phone number. She gave it to me then asked why. I said no reason she told me she thinks I am lying. I told her I would cal her back in a bit and hung up on her. Sorry Chelsea.) I ran the paperwork to the Dr. and they couldn't see any concerns with his medical records. I called the agency and told the girl on the phone how much she has made my day. I think I told her I loved her 7 times. We signed our official acceptance letter and mailed it off. We called our parents and I sent a text to all of our siblings letting them know the great news. Now we patiently wait to find out when our official court date is. Keep your fingers crossed it will be soon.

July 7, 2010 has changed our lives forever 

and we couldn't be more excited. 

New Look

I decided it was time to make a change to our blog. Not sure it is done but good enough for me at this point. I am a little tired of using photoshop for now and I need to let the creative juices build back up.

Still Waiting

I emailed the agency about a week ago to see if there was any new news. The person I spoke with said no but they are changing they way the paperwork is done to try to help with the long periods of waiting. They also said that they are starting to work with two more orphanages. That was good news. I just wish the next step would happen.

Another thought....I would consider myself an "e" stalker when it comes to people's blogs. (Just ask Caleb he will agree to this 100%) I like to read the blogs of other families who have adopted or are in the process. To read the stories both good and bad are interesting to me. While reading them I try to consider if their story is close to ours. If the people had a good experience will we as well? I have read a few stories about trouble with agencies, loss of a child and the heartache with adopting. I feel like we have and continue to do the research we need to do. I know this is what we are meant to do. I hope that our adventure has as few bumps in the road as possible. If there are pot holes i hope we can put our lives into four wheel drive and get past them. I hope to learn all I can be it good or bad and either apply what I have learned or disregard it as needed.

HaPpY 4th of July. I hope everyone gets to celebrate their Independence with their families.