Waiting....Sort of....

Hey everyone,
As you know we are in the process of adoption, the very long process of adoption, and we are finally nearing the end of the paper road. We got a call from our adoption coordinator on Monday afternoon telling us that pending a confirmation from our home study people verifying that our home study report is in fact in progress, Christian and could be put on the waiting list for a birthmother. The following day, that confirmation was sent so I guess that means we are on the waiting list. However, because our paperwork is not completely complete and will not be completely complete for another 3 weeks or so, we cannot be matched with any birthmother due within that time frame. That does mean that we could get matched any time with someone who has at least 3-4 weeks left in her pregnancy. This was good news for us! Although I have no idea when God is going to bring a birthmother to us, it's nice to know that it could happen very soon.

On Saturday my mom followed Chris and I around taking pictures of us for our adoption profile to be shown to birthmothers. As neither Chris or I are picture takers we don't have any of us. We have pictures of maybe one of us somewhere...although it's usually him because I am the camera holder, or we have pictures of scenery but we aren't in those pictures. We have beautiful pictures of trees and lakes but no people. So we grabbed several changes of clothes and drove around taking pictures changing outfits in the car. Some pictures were very silly, like the one of me baking cookies. I wasn't baking cookies. I do like to bake cookies but I wasn't doing it that day. So my mom grabbed a cookie sheet and lined up rows of chips ahoy and handed me a spatula. We went to the speedway and took race car pictures however, the stadium was empty, but maybe no one will notice or think we got there really early that day. There were others that to us are funny but thankfully look like exactly what we wanted them to look like.

Christian and I with the help of my Mom....that's not entirely true....my Mom along with help from Christian and I were able to get most of the nursery in order. It's still missing a few pieces but is coming together beautifully. When we get it all together we will post pictures. In the meantime Christian and I are sorting through the last little bit of paperwork and will be very relieved when it's done. Thank you all for your kind words and prayers through this process. We love you and we will keep you posted!

Love,
Kelly