*It's ready and Waiting*

Well this weekend we finished the NURSERY! It seems like I have waited an eternity to get that room finished and now it is done!! I have spent many hours in here praying, decorating, and doing inventory on all the things I have already bought. I am very proud to show it off so here are a few pictures! I hope she likes it as much as I do! The very thought of a little one having a room to call her own makes my heart melt. I wonder if you can guess what my favorite color is by the pictures?

Landon's Mamaw made the curtains for us and the cute pictures on the wall are all courtesy of Mrs. Dar! Thank you both they are amazing!!

As you can see I already have diapers and a bag ready to go! I even have a floppy pillow!!

We still need to paint the crib black but Landon thinks that would be extremely difficult so for now it will be mismatched! I am sure she won't know the difference so it will be fine!

This final picture is of all the clothes and diapers I have been gathering for the past 6yrs!! That is only a half of the clothes! You can't see the bottom of the closet but it's covered in piles of clothes too!! I didn't have enough hangers or drawer space!! Needless to say Landon has put a ban on my buying anything for awhile!! I can't help it!

I hope you like it as much as I do!! The next time you see pictures of this room it will have a baby girl on the floor playing with all her toys!! I promise the pictures don't do it justice but they still look cute!! Here is the latest quote I found!

"Born not from our flesh, but born in our hearts, you were longed for and wanted and loved from the start."

* C.A.L.L. Meeting #1*

We had our very first adoption meeting last night!! It was a night full of mixed emotions. This particular meeting was mainly focused on people who want to start foster care but we did get some information on our adoption process as well. We will be having our first home visit interview in a few weeks then we start our parenting classes!! We will be doing 30 hrs of parenting classes in just two weekends! That makes for some very long Saturdays and Sunday evenings! It will be so worth it though. We might even be able to get it all done in 4 mo instead of 6 if we turn everything in and pass our interviews. Woo! Hoo!


So last night we both had to get fingerprinted by a police officer at the meeting. That was a first for me. Just imagine me with ink all over my fingers and then walking down a dark hallway to get to a bathroom at a church I had only been in a few times. It was not pretty! I ended up going into the boys bathroom because that was the only room with a light on! I just knew if I tried to feel around in the dark for the switch in the women's then they would see my little hand prints everywhere!!


In the mean time I will be fixing things around our house, getting a list of information put together in a folder, and filling out a book of paperwork that has to be turned in at the end of October. I can do it right? No pressure! lol!! I know it was only our first class but I am just going to enjoy every part of it even if I have to force myself! Who says you can't fill out paperwork and enjoy a Dr. Pepper too!! It's so excited to know that God has a perfect child out there who is needing parents just like us and a church family just like you. I can't wait to hold that little one in my arms for the very first time. God is so Good! My next post will be about our first interview! That should really be interesting!! lol! I found this quote today and had to share it with you!


"You had a journey to make, A trip to come through, To parents who were praying, And waiting for you." -Judy Pelikan

*We are excited to announce.....

We are Adopting!!! Excited?? Jumping up and down?? Don't worry we are exploding with excitement too!! Well let me tell you how it all came about because I am sure inquiring minds want to know more. I had always said when I was a little girl that when I grew up I wanted to adopt a child and give them a loving home to grow up in. Well after much prayer during the summer we felt so much peace and excitement building in our spirits that we knew this was forever going to change our lives.



It's so amazing how God leads you to the right people at just the right time and that's exactly what happened with us. Through my work I was able to connect with a wonderful spirit filled woman who has been working with adoptive families for a couple of years. She is a leader of a group named the C.A.L.L. They work along side the state of Arkansas and local churches to match families with children who are needing homes. After talking with her about her own adoption process I knew in my heart that this is the way we needed to go. There are several parenting classes we have to take, lots of paperwork, and many more things we have to accomplish before being able to get matched with a child but it will be so worth it in the end.



Hopefully my next couple of blogs will be about our first class, the adoption process, and many more things we are looking forward to as we start this journey. We are believing that early next year we will be introducing you to a perfect little girl that God has blessed us with!!