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jeremiah 29 11 tuesday september 9 2014 almost we were almost matched with a birthmother almost but it didn t work out actually we thought that we were matched for awhile she viewed our profile and picked us during the last week of july we were told it wouldn t be an official match until we spoke with her on the phone so about a week later we spoke with her for an hour and half we thought the call went really well baby boy is due late october and we started making some plans but sadly it was not meant to be she had some personal issues to sort out and she put on the brakes she had been getting some counseling from the social workers but it turns out she is not going to make an adoption plan we are disappointed of course but trust that god will bring us the child that is meant for our family in a way i feel like i have no right to complain we are so very blessed with the two children god has given us and we just began the adoption process again we never expected something to come along so quickly however i can t help but be sad thinking that we might have brought home a baby next month i continue to cling to my jeremiah 29 11 verse it helps so much to put my trust in the lord and to know that he has a plan for our lives posted by jeremiah 29 11 at 8 59 pm 11 comments thursday august 21 2014 molly is two yesterday was molly s birthday my sweet girl is two in some ways i can t believe it and yet in other ways i can t believe she is only two it doesn t help that she keeps going around saying no i not two i three she is so tall with long hair and super verbal she definitely looks and acts older we tried to make her special day a fun one and we re having a small party this saturday i m in awe of this little lady and i m so blessed to be her mama posted by jeremiah 29 11 at 8 39 pm 4 comments tuesday july 15 2014 homestudy 3 the exciting news around here is that we have started working on another home study i wasn t sure if we would be able to pursue another adoption and we still aren t sure how we are going to afford it ack but i trust that somehow lord willing it will all work out i had almost forgotten just how much paperwork is involved of course it s all worth it in the end but it is definitely a big undertaking to complete i feel like i am running all over our county searching for the right paperwork many people ask me what is involved with a homestudy so i thought i would share what our state and our agency require the ones with an asterisk have a fee involved in addition to the fees we pay our agency three types of clearances 1 child protective clearances we had to get a form notarized and mail it 2 child support clearances sign and mail in a form 3 fbi police clearance had to get fingerprinted basic information one form for each member of our family including copies of our 4 birth certificates 2 adoption decrees and 1 marriage license a form about our extended family members proof of health insurance physicians form one form for each member of our family filled out by a doctor including hiv test and tb test for the adults report from your children s school we don t need this one statement of net worth fill out a form about our finances including our most recent tax forms and copies of our paychecks house inspection by the county arrange a visit fire safety inspection by the fire marshal arrange a visit driving record we have to request a complete driving record from the dmv for all adults references three friends have to write references and one needs to be interviewed training 8 hours of in person or online training must be completed agency specific documents we had to read and sign nine different documents regarding home safety child discipline agency protocol etc social worker visits once all of the above is completed our sw will schedule 2 3 visits photo album profile once we are homestudy approved we will create a photo album profile which will be shown to potential birthmothers whew thankfully we have completed almost everything in the past two weeks we are leaving town on saturday and i wanted to have it all taken care of before we leave my sweet cousin and her husband offered to babysit last weekend so that troy and i could have a day to ourselves it would have been more fun to see a movie or something like that but i was so glad to have the time to take care of these things we also test drove some cars since we will need a bigger vehicle when the baby comes yesterday i started the 54 day rosary novena after a friend told me that she had recently been praying it i am praying that god s will be done for the baby the birthmother and for peace as we go through this crazy process our lady of the rosary pray for us posted by jeremiah 29 11 at 7 41 am 9 comments wednesday june 11 2014 catching up here is a glimpse of what our family has been up to lately warning picture overload in this post last month we had a couple of crazy storms our sweet little creek had some major flooding during one of them my husband built this lovely little bench for the kids lots of rain lots of waterfalls at great falls national park rock climbing at great falls national park mothers day tea at tommy s preschool tommy showing me his gifts my mom came into town for my busiest week of the year it also happened to be mothers day while she was here we enjoyed some special time together beautiful bouquet from my hubby and kiddos on mothers day enjoying a chocolate covered strawberry on mother s day baking with grandma birthday waffles for my big 4 year old birthday cake on his special day may 12 so excited to open gifts dress rehearsal from the show i directed mulan jr a quick selfie before the first show caterpillar at the park so much rain around here lately rain gear was the perfect gift recognize these lovely bloggers it was so nice to catch up and have the kiddos play together watching the turtle in our creek i helped organize a baby shower for one of my friends i m obsessed with these salsa sweets cookies i ordered you can find her on facebook or instagram simply amazing the only picture i took from tommy s birthday party this was after everyone had left and i was about to start cleaning up my dear friend took some nice shots from tommy s pirate party some of the pirate themed food searching for treasure first mate molly walking the plank tiny pirates enjoying meals on the deck before it gets too hot and sticky our backyard little boy heaven this face first trip to the dentist i was amazed that he sat still for an entire cleaning and x rays i started volunteering at our parish youth group ever played 9 square before the kids are obsessed with it more time outdoors paddle boats last day of preschool tommy loves all of his new friends from school my dear friend and roommate from college sorority sister now lives in the area we are trying to meet up as often as we can i love spending time with her sweet little girl ainsley swimming at our friend s gorgeous pool post swim lunch painting on the deck we made this gift for father s day ice cream pie heaven my hubby s request for his birthday dessert getting ready to paint the sun room apparently the kids thought he was on the floor because he wanted to play posted by jeremiah 29 11 at 2 05 pm 3 comments sunday april 13 2014 spring exploring in our backyard a few of my husband s projects lately he built the wooden bridge and also the stone path in the creek our trees are finally blooming fun trip to the fire station lots of preschoolers from our moms club tommy was in heaven spending time with the firefighters weekend trip to rita s for some frozen custard thank you lord for the gift of spring having a snack on the deck posted by jeremiah 29 11 at 8 54 pm 2 comments older posts home subscribe to posts atom about me view my complete profile where we ve been infertility history pilgrimage 2010 lourdes toulouse roma click here to join our lady of lourdes pray for us blogroll life from inside the wheelbarrow long 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