Session 2....Check!

So, we completed our homestudy yesterday morning prior to my surgery. I feel a sense of relief knowing that this part is over. We answered every question with honesty. Everything from "what do you fight about" "how do you manage finances" "what are your plans for discipline" and " "how does religion play a part in your lives?" Wow, so personal, they know it all now. Everything from our dollar amount in the bank, down to what a procrastinator Tyler is, and how I can be a little hot-headed at times. But, these are the necessary steps to receiving our child into our arms in the future, so it's totally worth it. Our social worker said it will be complete in the next couple of weeks and then we will be off to meet our new worker at A-Angel, and then hopefully on our way to a birthmother. I'm so excited and I just really feel special that God chose us to pursue adoption and that we get to be the ones to provide something for a very special child that may have otherwise never been chosen. I'm glad that adoption gives mothers who are considering abortion another option to be completely selfless and allow life into the world, and gives them peace knowing that someone is loving and praying for their child.

Session 1...check!

So, monday night we had our home visit with our social worker. She was super nice and it went so smoothly. Lots of questions were asked, everything from how we met, to how we fight, to who handles the money. We were honest and real, and didn't hold anything back. We had a few good laughs over some of our answers. I had, of course, cleaned my house, and got my fire extinguisher ready, checked the batteries in my fire alarms and she never even looked at those things. She walked through the house, said it was cute and that she liked my decorating, and that was about it! Now we can move on to the last session, which will be Monday, Feb. 7 at her office. I have surgery that day as well, but we are going to meet with her prior to me going to the hospital. Found out that I have a big cyst on my right ovary again, soooo gonna have it removed so I will quit hurting so much. After we meet with her on Monday, that should be our last session and the homestudy will be complete on our part!! She hopes to be finished with it all by the end of Februrary and then we will be moving on to A Angel in Helena to talk with them about the next steps. Every step we take gets us one step closer to the baby God has chosen for us! Yaaay!

Homestudy Time!

On January 24, 2011, I got the call that all of our clearances were completed and we were finally ready for our homestudy! I kind of feel like it's a positive pregnancy test :) Tyler and I are super excited, and surprisingly I'm really not that nervous about it all. Our social workers seems very nice and she put me at ease about this entire thing. I am excited to get to sit down and talk with her, I feel like I have so much to learn about the things we will be going through in the upcoming months. This is such an exciting time for us and I just feel so blessed right now!! I am praying that God will continue to guide us and show us the path He has for us. I had been praying that things would move right along in His time and not mine. With tyring to sell our home and do our homestudy I had been a little nervous about the timing of this all and if it would all work out, but I know that God has his hands on this all and it will work out just the way he has planned for us. I had just said to a co-worker about an hour before the call that "I wish Agape would call and tell me all my clearances were done and that they are ready to do my homestudy" and much to my surprise she did call and tell me exactly that! Our homestudy is scheduled for Monday, January 31. I can't wait to keep moving along and getting closer and closer to our baby!!!

White Christmas!!

Well, it's been super busy this Christmas season, but I have been so blessed to spend time with our wonderful family and celebrate what Christmas is all about! Tyler and I were talking about how this may be our last Christmas by ourselves. Hopefully next year we will be preparing milk and cookies for santa! This year we woke up early on Christmas morning to a beautiful surprise...a white Christmas!! That was the first white christmas I have ever had, or at least the only one I can remember! There was so much snow that we were able to have a snowball fight, build a snowman, and ride 4-wheelers over at my parents house. The white snow was a reminder that morning of what Christmas is about, a sign of how Jesus wipes our sins away and washes us white as snow, if we accept and follow Him. Ahhhh what a wonderful Savior we have =) 

This morning, I again woke up early and was unable to go back to sleep, I decided to take down my christmas decorations and get the house cleaned up. We have decided to sell our home and build something a little bigger, so I want it to be ready for potential buyers to come look at it. God has blessed us greatly and we have been seeking His guidance in this next step. I'm excited and nervous about it all. Not quite sure how this will affect our homestudy, I'm just trusting that God has His hand on this all, and I know that His will is going to be done.

 I called our homestudy agency this past week to find out what we are currently waiting on.  The last thing we are waiting on is our CAN clearance. Our social worker told me that they are running behind on these clearances, so who knows how much longer we will be waiting. I know most people may think of this as bad news, but I just think that my baby isn't here yet, God has chosen a child for us, and His timing has to be perfect, so this is just another way of Him assuring that His will is done, and that we receive the only baby that is meant to be ours. As soon as our CAN clearance is received we will be getting a call from the social worker to set up a time for our homestudy!