Pale Sunshine

Thats the name of the paint I picked for the "nursery"...which is still currently our spare bedroom and will remain so until we have a little one around. I decided on a whim today to go ahead and paint the room. I truly hate painting and wanted to cross that job off my list of to-dos. With the holidays right around the corner....I didnt want to get stuck with painting if we ended up with a baby sooner than we expect. Everyone urged me not to paint the room yellow...saying that it is too stimulating for babies...but you can only tell it is pale yellow in the right light...it mostly looks like a cream or off white. I must say that it looks 100 times better than the stark white primer that has been on the wall since we bought our house!
Nothing else is new with the adoption...we continue to wait. In the meantime...April and Jason welcomed their first son, Benjamin Edward, into the world on 10/23. I had my last soccer game with the U12 girls team...we finished the fall season 4-1-3...we got better at scoring as the season went on! The high school team lost in the 2nd round of playoffs therefore we are done for the season. They played great all season and am very proud they made it that far in the playoffs. Our high school league has around 60 teams...so I am happy that we made it into the top 15!
I am now going to spend the next month relaxing and crossing things off my "to-do" lists.

"The Book"

Its been awhile since I last posted so I thought I would write a little update. We handed in our profiles to the agency last weekend and were placed in "The Book" this week. We now have nothing left to do but WAIT!! I have been very busy lately so I am glad we are waiting and have nothing left to do. Our profile is also up on the website....check it out : www.childrenshomepgh.org ( Go to adoption and waiting families )

Things that have been keeping me busy: I sadly said goodbye to my brother as he left for his second tour in Iraq. We are all sad and will greatly miss him this coming year...please say a prayer for him. Also, Missy welcomed her son, Liam James, into the world on Saturday. I am so happy for them and can't wait to meet the little guy. More good news...my high school soccer team won the first game in playoffs yesterday. We are excited and will play again on Tuesday.

Amongst all of this I have had a bad cold the past two weeks and am just starting to sound like myself again. I blame my U12 girls soccer team....they like to hang on me like a coat rack.

November should be a slower month...but I often say that...and it usually doesn't happen!! Once again thank you to everyone for your support. We both are thankful to have such great people in our life!!

Thank You!

I normally don't post during the week because of all the things that I need to do but I wanted to tell everyone Thank You! We sent out our profile this weekend to over 100 people and I am amazed at all the emails we have received in support. All the positive comments and warm wishes were truly heart touching for both Mike and I. Sometimes when you are on this end you are unsure how others will feel about adoption and the whole process. We have at times been hesitant to announce that we are adopting for fear it will be challenged...no one wants something dear to them to be challenged or rejected. We have had the opposite response from our family and friends and we want to thank all of you for your support. I will keep these emails for the times when the wait gets long...to help me remember all the love and support we have...and that all of this love will be waiting for our baby. Thanks!!

Waiting!!

We finished all the paperwork, the classes, and the homestudy this week!! All we have left to do is send in our freshly printed profiles to the agency and we are in the books!! Now the hard part starts...or at least thats what everyone says. The dreaded wait time. Our social worker hinted that things are slow right now...but also said that you never know when things will get busy again. We are content where we are right now...and are ok with a little waiting....even a year of waiting. Like always have lots to do today...so little time to post. I will try to post once in awhile to discuss any news while we are waiting. Spread the word about the Childrens Home for us....and pray for our baby to find its way home!