Faith, Family and Famlyish-Friends!

the guest book, "The Places You'll GO!"

Wow!
That's still pretty much the first word that comes to my mind when I think about the Pre-Foster/Adopt Shower that was thrown for us!

We needed this shower to help supply us with all the things that our Social Worker told us to get to prepare for our home visit, (aka: the inspection of our home to make sure we are fully prepared and ready for our sibling kids/babies).








Family!

We are SO thankful for this support! This took complete faith from everyone involved!

We still don't know how old the sibling babies will be, if they will be boys or girls or both, what race or size or when we'll get placed with them... These supporters show that along with us, they also have complete faith in what the Lord is doing in our lives!

Familyish-Friends!

Matt's sister, Christina, was gracious enough to volunteer to put this Seussical shower together. With her party planning experience and the help of some great friends and family, (shout out to Kelley, Amanda and Jenn!), we made it happen!


Once we finally decided on the theme of the shower, we only had 3 weeks to throw it all together. Funny thing about last-minute planning by this creative crew, the less time we had, the more the great ideas just kept coming and the craziness continued to grow!
Matt made the frames for the photo area (an idea we got off Pinterest), and I helped spray paint the Truffula Tree pots (another idea we got from on-line), and frames.

Family Frame!

I'm going to stop right here for one second just to let everyone know that Matt, the father of my not-yet-adopted children, is amazing. There is nothing this guy cannot do! Please give him a round of applause!!






Yummy Snacks!

 “You're off to Great Places!
Today is your day!
Your mountain is waiting,
So... get on your way!” 




Kim (my BFF from 4yrs old) and her
hubby Neal...who are starting their own
Foster journey this month!!

 We are going to use all the photos that were taken of our guests, for our kid's scrap books! This way they can not only see people celebrating their "almost here-ness", but also who came and loved them before we even knew their names!

(Plus, seriously, this picture taking with props thing was so fun!)










My Mom with
 Aunt Karen & Aunt Laurie!

Newest Update:
We are now prepared for our home visit by the State! The application has been sent, and I have spoken to someone there and they have received it. Now we are just waiting for them to process our paperwork and call us to schedule this home-check appointment.
After we are OK'd by the State, our social worker will come do her own inspection and interview us one more time...and then place us with our kiddos! We are so close, and ask for continued prayer that the rest of this process goes smoothly and quickly!

To see more FUN pictures,
visit my Facebook album!

“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go...”



So now we come to the fact that I have so many children "things" that I don't even know where to start to organize everything. Which inevitably ends with me sitting here at the computer typing and drinking incredibly strong coffee to get me motivated. Let's see if it helps!




                                                    Next up:

               Photos of the "Kid's Room!" hopefully within the next few days... so stay tuned!!