Here are a few more pictures.
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Blessed
We have been so blessed by family and friends during this whole process. People have been asking about it, encouraging us, praying for us, and blessing us far beyond what we expected. We have been given so many great things. They're such a great support! Here are just a few of the things we have recieved: crib, high chair, bassinet, boppy pillow, changing table cushion, several blankets, towels, and cloth covers, clothes, and books.
I thought I might put some pictures up. Hopefully we will have the nursury finished soon and we can really set things up!
Changes
I am ready to write again. For a while I haven't written anything here. I felt a little silly, and I didn't feel like there was a whole lot to say. Last week a friend suggested I keep a record of this whole process. Little did she know that I had already started. This renewed my desire to keep going and blog the whole journey. That, and the fact that there have been some changes. Good changes.
We had taken one adoption course, the introductory one, in a town near us. It wasn't focused on state adoption, but more on state foster care. At the end of the class the teacher said we should really wait and take a class that was more focused on adoption through the state. We talked it over, and decided it was worth waiting till the fall when we could get in. We thought we had everything all set until our social worker called us up and told us that there wasn't room. They wanted to move us yet again. To make matters worse, she didn't know when the class started, or what night it was going to be.
THEN she told us about the possibility of an intensive MAPP training course. What is an "intensive" course you say? Well, it's two weeks, three nights a week, for a total of 26 hours between the two weeks.
We talked it over. We have to miss a dear friends wedding, and an incredible worship concert at our church. However, the choice wasn't all that hard to make. It's just the first of many sacrifices we'll have to make when we become parents.
Our class starts this coming Thursday, FIVE more days! It will be 6-9 on Thursday, 6-9 on Friday, and 9-4 on Saturday. Then we repeat the same thing the following week. Then we will finally be done class. Instead of taking 10 weeks, it's only 2! Then we get to fill out an enormous survey/questionaire (around 25 pages). After a few visits, we should be all approved and ready to go by late this month or mid-October!
It still makes me crazy when I think about it. Once we're approved, we could get that call at anytime and become instant parents. It will be a crazy and hard adjustment I'm sure. However, it's one I can't wait to make!
We had taken one adoption course, the introductory one, in a town near us. It wasn't focused on state adoption, but more on state foster care. At the end of the class the teacher said we should really wait and take a class that was more focused on adoption through the state. We talked it over, and decided it was worth waiting till the fall when we could get in. We thought we had everything all set until our social worker called us up and told us that there wasn't room. They wanted to move us yet again. To make matters worse, she didn't know when the class started, or what night it was going to be.
THEN she told us about the possibility of an intensive MAPP training course. What is an "intensive" course you say? Well, it's two weeks, three nights a week, for a total of 26 hours between the two weeks.
We talked it over. We have to miss a dear friends wedding, and an incredible worship concert at our church. However, the choice wasn't all that hard to make. It's just the first of many sacrifices we'll have to make when we become parents.
Our class starts this coming Thursday, FIVE more days! It will be 6-9 on Thursday, 6-9 on Friday, and 9-4 on Saturday. Then we repeat the same thing the following week. Then we will finally be done class. Instead of taking 10 weeks, it's only 2! Then we get to fill out an enormous survey/questionaire (around 25 pages). After a few visits, we should be all approved and ready to go by late this month or mid-October!
It still makes me crazy when I think about it. Once we're approved, we could get that call at anytime and become instant parents. It will be a crazy and hard adjustment I'm sure. However, it's one I can't wait to make!
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