...and the wait begins

Yay! We are finally done and officialy waiting to be matched!

I can't believe its been over a year since we started the process. Time flies, thats for sure.

So for now we are focusing all of our creative energy on our wedding...which is in three weeks! Scary. I just can't wait for it to be over so life can get back to normal! Well, as normal as it can get I guess :) I'm assuming in the months to come we will be discovering a whole new meaning to the word 'normal'. Once the wedding is over we will begin the task of rearranging our house to accomodate for kiddo #2. Should be interesting to say the least...

That's all for now....

Dawn

Almost there!

After months and months of waiting and filling out paperwork that asked the same questions over and over again...we're almost done! Next Tuesday our new worker Katie is coming over to do a final walk through of our house. Our poor pooch Cooper also needs to be taken in next week for shots and that, I believe, will do it. :)

It's almost surreal to think that we're done and could be matched at any time. I can't believe soon I will have two to get ready in the morning...scary!

I'll keep you posted!

First Home Study Visit

Well, we survived our first home study visit last night. Everything went really well. Only a few things we need to do around the house. My fingerprints were rejected because they weren't clear enough and need to be redone as well. Scott (our social worker) was kind enough to give us some more paperwork to fill out :) We'll be having one more home visit and one more office visit and then I think that should just about do it-hopefully in another month we'll officially be "waiting".

Scott questioned T last night to see how he feels about everything. That went good as well, T seems excited...of course, the prospect of a permanent play mate would seem appealing to any child...once she's here and breaking his Lego creations he might not feel the same way!

Well that's all for now!

Welcome!

So, I've decided to start a blog, not only for my own personal reflection, but also to keep everyone updated on the journey through this next phase of our lives...comments and feedback are welcome!

Most of you already know, but for those that don't, we have decided to expand our little family by one more through adoption :) We are almost through with the approval process... still filling out odds and ends of paperwork, waiting for background checks, etc...and to think the official "waiting" period hasn't even begun!