My Handy Man!

Yesterday Micah and I decided that it was time to make some progress on our baby room, especially since we sold the full size bed that was in there last week! We decided that the first project should be organizing the closet ~ and my idea was to make shelves (just like these) so that we can hang clothes and store lots of things once our baby arrives! And Micah, being the excellent handy man that he is, went to Lowe's yesterday and purchased the materials! And not only did he purchase them he put our closet together in about an hour an a half! And it looks so amazing! I just wanted to show everyone and of course, brag a little about my adorable husband and his crafty skills! He is an AMAZING handy man! We will keep the pictures coming as we continue to update the baby room and of course keep you posted on the adoption! Our "approved" status should be coming VERY soon and we couldn't be more excited right now!

Just For Fun!

We both took the day off on Friday! We wanted to play around and just have fun, so that is exactly what we did! We packed ourselves a picnic and headed to Chris Greene Lake. Since it was too chilly too swim, we opted for a picnic by the lake! After our yummy lunch we decided to have a little photo shoot. Then we went on a little walk around the park to stretch our legs and stomachs. It was such a perfect day!


We went to my parents for Easter Dinner on Saturday afternoon! It was so nice because all of the family was able to be there, so this is a pictures of everyone together just before enjoying our delicious Easter dinner that my parents prepared. It was great to get to see everyone, it seems like the older we get the fewer and farther between these gatherings are. But we are so grateful to be able to attend them we they do happen!

Collage of Pictures

We just finished our picture collage for our adoption portfolio!! This was probably one of the funnest things that we have been able to do throughout the process! As most of you know, we take A LOT of pictures, so the hardest part was probably sifting through all of them and deciding which were the Top 20 (or so). The next hardest thing to decided was whether to make a digital page or do it the traditional way. This took a while to decide, we really weighed the pros and cons, but in the end we decided to do it the "traditional way". We were limited to two 8.5 x 11 pages, but we decided to use the front and back of both pages! Since we also recently got a new computer, monitor, and printer that also copies and scans ~ this was our first chance to scan something onto our new computer!
We hope everyone is having a nice weekend and please let us know what you think of our photos:)

The Waiting Game

Well, it has been a while since we last "posted,"
so we thought now might be a good time~ Life is going well, our adoption process is moving right along. We haven't crossed any significant milestones in that regard recently, but we still wanted to write and post a picture for fun! This is us at Applebees during our Valentines Getaway weekend!
With the adoption, right now we are simply waiting. I say simply, but it's not really that simple. Right now we are waiting to hear back from 3 of the 4 of our criminal background checks. Once we do, we will get to set up our final meeting (pre-approval) with our case worker, and then we will be "legal". Then another waiting game will begin.....Who will see our profile, who will like our profile, are we the parents that they will choose to take care of their sweet baby, when will we get "the call". We are sure the next few months will be surrounded by a roller coaster of emotions, but the most important thing is that Micah and I are in this together. We are learning so much. Our Family Home Evenings have begun to consist of an opening song, prayer and a segment of the 2006 Families Supporting Adoption conference. At first we thought these videos might be dull and long, but they are not. Some of these segments have brought the Spirit into our home so strongly, it has been amazing (and of course being the emotional girl that I am, I cried at every segment!)
This week we are going to attend our second adoption training meeting. We're excited that we will have completed 8 of the 10 required hours of training by the weekend. Thus the adventure continues.