Has it really been over a month since I've posted about our adoption journey? Sorry! Things have been progressing VERY slowly. The adoption director quit in January and they have been in the process of transitioning a new director over from the foster care side of the agency. This meant that our home study has been delayed, and delayed, and delayed! We were originally told that we'd be verified in 3 months...it's been 5 months! I expected to wait months (or years) for placement, but it's been a little frustrating to sit here waiting on the agency when there are still things we could be doing.
We've been very busy while waiting. Mike built a fence around our pool pump (one of the home study requirements) and has moved all stuff from the garage to the new shed out back (we can actually park a car in the garage now!)
I've been busy working on our profile book. This is the book that the agency will show prospective birthparents. As soon as Mike and I figure out the wording for the last page of the book it'll be ready to print! I'm hoping to do a couple of posts soon that will talk about writing a "dear birthmom" letter and putting together a profile book. I'll also post pictures of our book on here for y'all to see (just have to get that last page done).
Brody is still asking about the baby almost daily. I guess I've talked about the profile book a lot (and showed him pictures that we're putting in there) because he's now starting to say things like, "Will you take a picture of this to show the birth mommy?" lol
Another project we have up our sleeve is a garage sale to raise money for the adoption. The weather is finally getting warm enough for garage sale weather! (Mike is very excited about the garage sale because after the sale we might actually be able to park both cars in the garage!) If anyone has stuff you want to donate to help us raise money for the adoption, just let us know.
I guess that's all the updates I have for now. I'll be sure and let you know about the home study (whenever it finally happens).
Oh...I also put links to our adoption journey on the left side of our blog. This way I don't have to link all the parts of the story to every post that I make about our adoption journey.
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We know we've been giving you stuff already for the garage sale- we'll bring more on Saturday. If you want to write a little blurb about it- we'll email it out to our friends/coworkes and bring you the stuff people donate :)
Love you!
We have a whole bunch of stuff too.
But it's getting a little bussy for us. Could you come and pick it up some time?
Chris - Should we just pray for a week of rain in KS so that you'd have time to come visit us?!?
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