Latest and Greatest!

OK I updated the slideshow and included some pictures of Artemis or Artie for short and also some from our latest camping trip! I'm trying to keep the nice and current :) I have some baking days coming up so I am going to try and get some shots of me baking all the fun goodies for all to see as well!  Enjoy the new slideshow!

Oh waiting is the hardest part :)

I guess it's only natural to start to feel a little anxious. The funny thing is it is Greg that is feeling it more than me at the moment. I mean don't get me wrong it's ALWAYS on my mind but I am learning to keep it there but still accomplish the other goals I have set. It has been an everyday occurance for the past week from Greg "So, have we got any calls or emails yet?" And I just look at him and say "No dear we've only been online for X amount of days ." Still it is nice to know that he is really getting excited! We finally picked a wall color and a design that we both like so I am ready to get going on that! I will try to post some pics when we paint. It could be a little bit because it's Hunting season! And we all know that nothing gets done during hunting season ;)

Friends and Family Letters

Ok this week I will be sending out our Friends and Family letters! They will have some pass along cards in there so you can pass them out to anyone expressing interest in placing their baby for adoption. I thank you for your support and for your continued help! Thanks for keeping your ears open and for spreading the word on our behalf! It means the world to us!

We are Offical!

YAY!! We are finally online! In some ways it felt like it took forever but when I really look at it I guess we went through everything pretty quick! Which is good, I'm ready to get going on this next stage in life. I am ready to be a mom and to see Greg as a dad. He will make the best dad because he is just a big kid himself! I guess it's really starting to sink in now that everything is done and it's all up to Heavenly Father (and the postal system to deliver my Friend letters) to get us to where we need to be. I'm so excited!!

Homestudy...

Well the homestudy has come and gone and we passed with flying colors! Hopefully we will be online on the 24th of the month! That would be awesome :) I just have a few finshing touches to make to the blog and then it's done to!!

Changes

As you can tell I am in the process of changing up our blog. I have added a button on the side that if you add it to yur blog when clicked on it should bring you back to this blog :) That is the idea.. I am new to computer talk and hopefully I got it down right since my copy and paste wouldn't work for me :( If there are any probems with this PLEASE let me know. I am trying to generate traffic to my blog so this HAS to work right. Thanks for your help in advance! I will be changing up some of the layout as well so bear with me while this gets overhauled!

Classes

      Well our classes are tomorrow. I am excited to learn about all the cool information that they have for us. As of right now I am just waiting on our marriage license to show up and our insurance to kick in and then we will be ready for our home study. I have been going through the house and de-cluttering every room. I have given away so much stuff but I feel so good just having it organized and clean.

       The room that is to be the nursery is getting closer to being ready for paint and bedding and all that good stuff. I know it sounds kinda dumb but I was so excited today because I got the laundry hamper I wanted in there put in the room and so now I feel like thats one step closer :) Greg and I are so ready for this, we are just so excited that hopefully soon we will have the new title of Mom and Dad!

YAY!

OK so 90% of the paperwork and online stuff is done! I'm so happy. I am just waiting for some insurance information  and then we'll be done! WAHOO!! Then we have training on the 17th and 18th of June and then hopefully our back ground checks will have been completed by then and we can get on the market!

Update to the update...

So after hours of searching for my social security card and tearing the house apart and getting upset and retracing my steps and going through the garbage. Greg comes home and says "Oh yeah, I forgot I put it up in the filing cabinet"... Needless to say he is in some MAJOR hot water. I was so happy/ ticked off that I started to cry and then he felt bad but still! ugh!! oh and P.S. He knew I had been looking for it ALL day.

Meeting Update :)

Hi all I thought I'd pop on for a sec and let you know that we had our meeting and it went well. We got all the information in and answered all our questions right so we are offically clients. I just need to find my damn Social security card so they can send in our background checks. I had it pulled out a week ago so I could go get a replacement drivers license and now that I need it its MIA , We also got the other forms so we can go get our physicals and turn in our financial records and our past taxes and also Birth certificates and marriage certificates. Its a little overwhelming but I'm ready to tackle it. There is also a bunch of online stuff that we need to do as well so yup I'm having a moment. But the caseworker yesterday was like ok you'll pay your $1,000 today and that is good for a year so don't drag your feet on getting everything done. She said that some couples got going and then just got discouraged and let it go. Well NO problem there! Starting next week I plan to have almost all of it completed. Wish me luck!!

1st Meeting!

Ok so we had a small delay from our bishop... He took a little while sending in his letter but thankfully LDSFS called and reminded him of it :) After they got the letter they asigned us a caseworker and she called a day or two later and we now have our first intake meeting on Thursday! I'm so excited!! I think after talking with our caseworker it finally hit me that HOLY COW, We ARE adopting!! I mean I know our end result is still a little ways off but I'm just so happy to be moving along! Once I know more from our meeting I will share on here!

Update... not much of one but an update all the same ;)

So my bishop pulled me aside 2 Sundays ago and said that he had gotten the letter from the adoption agency and that he still needed to fill it out and send it in. He apologized and said that he had been out of town and that was why he hadn't done it yet..... sigh. I just told him that it's all good and to just fill it out and send it in sometime soon because as soon as he does that then we get a call from them and we get to start meeting with them and really get going! SO as of 3:33 pm on wednesday the 26th of April I'm waiting for that phone call still.... :)

Waiting.....

Ok well the papers are turned in and the fun of waiting begins. I turned them in last week and then called my bishop just to say that his letter would be coming his way shortly. Now it's just waiting, and waiting some more :) but you know I'm ok with it. WOW can't believe I just said that. But really I think I am. Greg and I are busy with the everyday stuff and just having fun trying to keep our heads above water and so we just get to sit back and dream about what our life will be like once we have a child in the house. It was funny the other day we were remarking on how quiet and peaceful the house is and I turned to him and said "Now you know when we have a baby in here it's not gonna be so quiet anymore, right?" and it looked and me and said without missing a beat "Well it's a good thing I'm going deaf then isn't it? " Gotta love him :)

Oreintation

OK so here is a small summary of what happened. We got a bunch of paperwork to fill out and also got a sheet that I have to have our infertility doctor document and sign saying that we tried all options and are either left with IVF or adoption. Then they told us that after we get the papers filled out that they gave us we take them into the office and then they will send a letter to our bishop so that he can give us a recommendation. Then when they get that back we will have a meeting were they will go over all our stuff and get all the information for a background check. They will do couples interviews and individual interviews as well. Then they will send out someone for the home study while we are waiting for the background check to come back. When that comes back then we get to make a webpage basically about Greg and I for the birthmom to see and then we go on the market. Somewhere in there in the middle of June we have training that we have to attend. But so far so good. They lady was kinda a downer about the whole thing. I mean I know your not supposed to get your hopes up and that the birthmom can change her mind even after the baby has been born but she was like "don't even put together a nursery" and all I could think about was well if we don't and then we get a baby where the heck are they gonna sleep? You guys know me I'm a planner so We'll see how that part plays out... Right now I just have to finish up the papers and drop them off tomorrow and then talk to my RE in the morning and then talk to my bishop on sunday. SO Thats it in a nutshell :) I'm exhausted its been a crazy day so I'm going to crash! Thanks you guys for listening and for being on the crazy ride with greg and I , it means alot to us!

Finally!

Well we decided to adopt. Plain and simple. We ended up going with LDS Family Services. We have out orientation meeting with them on Wednesday April 6th at 3 pm. I can't wait. Luckily this month has flown by and our meeting has come up so quick that I haven't had time to sit and be anxious about it. I am hoping that after this meeting we will be able to get out paperwork going quite fast and get a move on. You know the hardest part about all of this is knowing what you want and were your life is going and having to wait and eait and wait some more! I am just so excited and the wonderful thing is so is Greg. Which is such a blessing. I can tell that his heart is really into it and we sit up talking about it some nights. It makes it so real that I ache. Its funny because when I talk about getting a child I usually refer to it as "she" becaue I really hate saying "it" but greg laughs at me and says that my prefrence is showing a little! He wants a boy I think, even though we both would me totally happy with either. Its just girl clothes are SO much cuter :) anyways like I said I would be happy with either or. I just want a child in our home so that our family can grow and so that we can take the next steps into our lives as parents.