Christmas Tree

Well to show how bored I was today I put my tree up. If you notice the tree is leaning just a little, I lost a screw to the bottom. I really love the smell of a real tree but it is really nice to have a fake one. I called my mom because she always has her tree up as soon as possible but I actually beat her. Ha, Ha!

Happy Thanksgiving!

My favorite holiday of the year was unique because my husband had to work until 6pm and then when we went to his parents to watch the Cardinals game the house was totally quiet. Which is totally weird for his parents house because their house is always loud. Well the Cardinals had been doing well but they got spanked last night. Here is a picture of my sisters and I at my grandma's house. My grandma always makes my favorites and I was able to take a ton of food home, YUM!

Update

So just to update everyone we are not getting the baby. We got to talk to the case worker in Idaho today and he said the Grandmother is fighting for the baby so we are out of luck. Oh well better luck next time right.

Update!

Well, we had the homestudy man was that ever stressful. It went well and now is the waiting game. We had a little bump in our road because the birth mom wants to still try to keep her baby so the adoption is still up in the air. We hope that all will go well but it is a guessing game. The doctors schedule a C-section for the 2oth of Dec. so if everything does go according to plan and the baby is healthy we might not be here for Christmas. We found out that the birth dad has brown hair and green eyes just like Steven, so that's exciting. The doctors say that the baby is moving around a lot and the birth mom might get to go home. We are grateful for all your prayers and ask to still keep us in them so that everything may go according to plan.

NOT JUST BIG BUT HUGE NEWS

Tonight we received a call from the case worker in Idaho working on our future babies case. Drum roll please.............................................................The birth mother choose us to be blessed with her little boy. I cant explain the excitement and joy that I am feeling right now, but I can tell all of you thanks for the prayers. We know that they helped with this and we cant be more grateful. Now we just have to play the waiting game and hope all the legal stuff gets done in time. We also will have to get to Idaho never been to Idaho but I hear that its cold. Lucky us Steve's company offers adoption reimbursement so as soon as the adoption is finalized they will reimburse us up to 5k in expense, just got to get the money together first. I feel so selfish saying this but please keep us in your prayers. I know with the Lords help this will happen. We will keep everyone updated so stay tuned.

BIG NEWS

So we are very excited right now and want to share some big news with everyone. No we are still not pregnant but close. Last Monday out of no were we received a email from LDS Family services about a placement opportunity. We were both kind of shocked because its been a year since we started the adoption process and have done nothing for at least six months. We responded back to our case worker about the email and suddenly we were being rushed through paper work. The baby is a little boy due December 25Th so he is a Christmas baby. His mother has Mytonic Dystrophy and it is very likely he will have it as well. The birth mother is located in Idaho so it will be a nice little trip. It will also be the best five year anniversary present and Christmas present. We are still not for sure the family that will be blessed with this little guy but are hopes are high and we were the first one on the list. Now its all a matter of getting the cash together to pay for the homestudy and other fees. Please remember us in your prayers and hopefully soon we will have even better news for everyone, but we are still trying not to let our hopes get too high.