Homestudy Numero Tres!

Not too much to report from the third home study! This is kind of how it went: our social worker came over. We didn't have any questions. We turned in our marriage certificate and a couple other pieces of missing paperwork. We gave Nancy a check, and went over our written up "Home study!"

One humorous moment was when I was reading over the home study and I came across Kevin's personal interests. We want it to accurately reflect who we are, so we have to proofread the final copy. It said in the last sentence of this section: "Kevin’s personal interests include playing golf and basketball, grilling out with friends, art, music, dance and theater." This sounded a bit "flamboyant," which is not an accurate way to describe Kevin's personality or interests. Therefore, I had her change this sentence and a few minor details about our families and our history.

We also need to change a couple things in our homestudy profile scrapbook, because I gave a little too much information about where family lives. We don't want anyone stalking us later in life (haha...but really.)

Other than that, it was a pretty easy deal! We're officially in the system, and will continue to pray for patience as we wait for the right mommy to pick us out to be her baby's parents, and follow through with giving us her baby.

I can't imagine how difficult and scary that decision is going to be for her, and that's one of the main things I am praying for her about. Courage. Faith. Peace in that decision.

This is all TOTALLY and COMPLETELY in God's hands! We are just having fun talking about baby names and preparing for the little one to arrive. I like fundraising, so the Holy Yoga/Zumba event is going to be legendary. We're working on live music, t-shirt designing, etc!!

Now for the Baby room sneak peek:

Yay baby!!

Holy Yoga/Zumba Fundraiser!

We are SO excited to have our first BIG fundraiser for our adoption! PLEASE join us for this awesome event coming up on August 20th!

Where: The Center, 1411 Brady Street, Davenport, IA

When: Saturday, August 20th, 9:30am-12:00pm

What: DANCING, RAFFLES, FRIENDS, FUN, AND HOLY YOGA!

Price: $20 Entry fee into the event, and this includes a T-shirt if you donate your $20 through pay-pal on our website, or you can come to a Holy Yoga class to sign up and pay! If you use Pay Pal, just write a "Comment" on this blog post with your size and I will officially "Register" you! Or you can email me your size at oliviar@holyyoga.net prior to August 13th!



Adoption Fundraiser

Homestudy #2 and #3

On July 5th, our 3rd Anniversary (yay!) we had our second of three home studies! This was the "biggest" deal of the three, because we had to clean our house (even the office and storage spaces ;o) as well as turn in our Scrapbook/Profile.

Needless to say, it was glad to have that meeting over! I had been cleaning and scrapbooking like a mad woman, and it was time to just get it over with! I probably put at least 40-50 hours into the scrapbook, and it was sucking my time away. Obviously, every moment was worth it because this will be what the birth mom looks at to make a decision on which family to give her child to. But, at the same time, I just needed to trust that it was "good to go" and give it over. It's totally in God's hands now for timing. All of the work we could have done is done...and it's just a matter of prayer and trusting now.

One piece of paperwork we hadn't turned in yet was our marriage certificate, which we had to order another copy of, because we lost it. If you know me at all, you will start to know that I lose important things quite often. Luckily, this was only a 27 dollar mistake. I'm sure we'll come across it someday (probably next time we move!) We'll turn that in today at our third and final home study.

We really like our social worker. She is extremely patient and answers so many questions for us every time we get together. We're excited to "seal the deal" today when we pay the final amount due on our home study and turn in the last couple pieces of paperwork. We will also look over the final write-up of our "home study" which includes detailed family history, our relationship, and how we plan on raising our child/children.

We are so thankful for the three families who wrote our references and for everyone who has partnered with us in prayer. Please continue to pray for our continued patience and trust as well as protection over our future child!

We'll keep you updated as things change/we find out any new news!

(A little juicy tidbit: we started the baby rooM!! IT IS SO ADORABLE! We are doing a "Zoo Babies" theme with baby Giraffes, Baby Elephants, and baby Monkeys! So if you see any big stuffed animals of those 3, let us know! We painted the walls and got the crib set up! The crib is awesome and it was a gift from some close friends who are done having kids! Pictures to come!)

(this is a picture we included in our profile book! These are the adorable twins who were our flower girls, as well as their little brother and adopted brother and sister! I babysat them in College and their family has been an amazing resource to us in our adoption process!)