Fundraiser :)

With our new match comes great hurdles to overcome. We now need to come up with $16,000 by Monday July, 19th. Well today we had a baked potato bar fundraiser, it was a big success!!! We raised right under $5000. Not bad for less then 24 hours planning.

Now the big hurdle is coming up with the rest of the money by tomorrow.

We Have A Match!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's been a long winding road, but we are nearing the end. We got a match today...we are going to be the proud parents of a baby boy due to be born Oct 2nd.

It all started when we got a late night call from a friend. The friend called to tell us about a post she had seen on a yahoo group. She stated that there was a need for a family to adopt a premature baby in Washington.
We followed up with the lead the next day. We were directed to call Abby's One True Gift because they were the agency handling the adoption. We spoke with a case worker and learned that we were the only family interested. We worked hard at getting our application in to them on Saturday July 3. We got everything in and approved quickly and we're ready to move forward to the next step of a match call. We waited and waited, I sent several text, emails and made phone calls. Finally on July 6th we were told that they were waiting to hear from the doctor to make sure the baby was doing OK after the long holiday. Then on July 7th we got a call stating that the child had already been placed with another family. We were heartbroken and stunned. We were told that we were the only family interested and just didn't understand.
Finally after several more emails and text we found out why. The social worker at the hospital convinced the birth mother to place the baby with one of her families waiting.
Less then a week later we got a call about a birth mom in Michigan wanting to find an adoptive family. We got a match call set up for Wed July 13th at 4:00. We we're super excited yet nervous at the same time. We got on the phone to start the call and the birth mom was not on the line. The coordinator didn't know what happened. She tried calling the birth mom back several times with no reply. My heart sunk..I was sure she had changed her mind and we we're in for another heartache. We finally heard back from the coordinator On Thurs saying the birth mom did get scared, but got the call rescheduled for today.
We got on the call today..it lasted about an hour. The birth mom was very shy, but answered all our questions. 30 minutes after the call ended we got the news that she wanted to place her baby with us!!!!!!! I've been on cloud 9 all day!! LOL She stated that she liked how open we are willing to be and that us talking about our faith in God is what made her want to pick us. So that our story for now. We are looking forward to bringing Samuel Wilson home soon!

Time To Wait

Well everything has been done and approved. We got our PREP training finshed awhile back & had our last home visit for awhile. Now its time to wait. Our birthmom letter & pictures are now in the books. We have been in the books about a month now, but it seems like forever. We know that our profile has been viewed once, so at least there is some activity. I know the right match is out there and it's all in God's timing, but when your heart longs for a child its hard. Hopefully soon we will have good news!!

Thank you to my followers!!

I have not been very good at keeping up with my blog I guess because I'm not much of a writer. I just read all the comments that some of you have left about my previous post. I just want to thank you all for your kind words and support!!! It means so much to know that you all care and are excited for us!! I'm glad to have you all and that you know the struggles and the happiness that comes with adoption. I am praying for you all as you go through your process! Thank you again and love and blessings to you all.

Its Been Awhile

Well it's been quite a while since I last updated. First I will start with the good news. We have received more donations from a very gracious family! They have donated $5100 towards our adoption. We can never begin to thank them enough or completely have them understand how very much it means to us.
As far as the adoption process, we have completed our home study and it was approved. This weekend we have PREP training. The next step will be going into the books and waiting for a birth mother to choose us as the parents of her baby. Just thinking about it gives me goose bumps. I am so excited and have never felt more ready to be a mother then right now.
My very best friend Shawn is throwing me a baby shower in April. We know we don't have a referral yet, but it just seems like the right time. Since we will be in the books in a week, it could happen quickly. I am really excited about the shower and just can't wait.
I guess that's all the news for now. I will let you all know how the training goes!

Unbelievable Blessing

We received an unbelievable blessing about a week ago. A family made a $3000 donation to our adoption. I still feel like it's all a dream. I am so thankful to this family! Words can never describe how grateful we truly are to them. They had already donated $1100 so another donation was so unexpected.
We also received a donations for $100 from an unknown donor. We would like to thank them as well!
When we started with our adoption journey, we had no idea how we would be able to pay for it. All I can say is to be faithful to what God wants you to do and he will provide all that you will ever need. Thank you God!!!

Frustrated

I keep feeling frustrated about our adoption. I'm not getting much support from my fundraising endeavors. I advertised the raffle party we had more then enough, but still no one showed up except a few close friends and family. It's so frustrating to want something so bad, but know that you have to rely on the kindness of strangers to help you get there. Why can people who don't want kids or care anything about the ones they have pop them out like crazy. Yet I have to work and save and skimp in order to adopt and get very little support???
On top of all this I'm not sure how on board Kevin is. I know he is worried about the finances, but do I wait until I can actually afford it? Are you every really able to afford it? It's a big expense, but worth every penny!! How do I get him on the same page as me? We aren't getting any younger!!! LOL :)