Thankful...

With Thanksgiving only a couple days away, I want to focus on all that we have been given this past year!

The hubs and I certainly can look back on this past year and praise God for all the wonderful 'things' that have happened to us. But what really are we thankful for?

Today, I am thankful for something that I wasn't too thankful for back in April... that being our infertility. There are days when I'm not as thankful for it, but I am today. God has an incredible plan and journey planned out for us. Throughout the adoption process the hubs and I have been blessed to dig deeper into who we are as a couple, why we love each other and really get into our hearts. We have felt incredibly loved and cherished by people around us. It has allowed us to start the adoption process and really learn what adoption is all about and how our lives will be blessed and impacted by people we have never met.

Just over a month ago friends and family gathered around us and celebrated our adoption process by helping us to create a video. I want to share it with all of you! The video is a part of our profile book/online profile with our agency. It portrays who we are and how incredible our family and friends are!

This week I challenge you to find things that you are thankful for in the uncommon places of your life. Think about how situations are impacting you not only today, but in the future. The hubs and I are incredibly thankful to know that somewhere out there, there is a plan for our child to be in our arms, someday! Until they we are thankful for the full nights of sleep, our alone time and really the freedom that we have... but we are patiently waiting for the day when we get that email/phone call! God willing, this will be my last Thanksgiving talking about the waiting process! 

Be Blessed! 

Annie

Praying...

There's a lot of praying happening in our house lately.

I can't get into exactly what the hubs and I are praying about... it's an odd situation to be in, but we know that our faith is going to get us through it. Tonight, we got a call and after I got off the phone with this person we had to have a long discussion that was followed with us praying, tears flowing from both of us, and really just seeking God's voice on what He wants us to do!

We know that this situation is just one of the many that we may encounter while walking through the journey of adoption, but it's the first time we have had to deal with this weight, these thoughts... the thoughts, hopes and joys that come with this situation could be monumental but it could also be heartbreaking, crushing and faith testing!

Tonight my prayers are that God will give us the guidance that we need to make this decision. Let is be HIS will. Let my heart be at peace. Let us be in His care!

Love & Laughter!

Back at it...

A lot has changed... (that's an understatement!)

I've been gone... but people keep emailing me and calling me asking for updates! So here we are... back at it. So, in the last month H and I listed and sold our house, purchased a new house, moved, unpacked 90% of all the boxes, purchased new furniture, painted... and are finally settling in!

We also received our adoption video back from the guys who produced it. To say it's incredible is an understatement! Best money we have spent on the adoption journey thus far!

We took our Christmas pictures and I have started to design the 2013 Christmas cards! I also update our profile book with a couple of the new pictures!

And I guess the most important thing has been... We finished up our Home Study! (WAHOO!) Today actually was our final meeting! I had to update some paperwork and send it to our social worker, but it's done, emailed into her and now we wait... we wait for her to write our study up and get it approved! We are certainly excited!

God is Good and we are so incredibly happy!

We are praying for all of you who are in the adoption journey!
Annie