It’s unbelievable really.  We have been so busy the past few months.  Soccer started back in full force.  Then we got news that we were selected as 1 of 2 families to adopt two boys (Brothers).  One week went by and we were selected as the adoptive family.  So after reading many, very many pages of case files we took a leap of faith and said yes to adopt these 2 boys.  They are 3 and 8.  It’s so awesome! 

However it was or has been a lot of work to prepare for this.  Tonight will mark the first week that we have had them.  Yes it’s a hard adjustment from being a married couple with tons of time on our hands to having two boys and no time on our hands, but it is and will be worth it, the remainder of our life.

We love them…

So now that things are settling into place, I hope to update this more often and have stories to tell about our mis-adventures of our new family…

I actually cannot believe it’s been this long..  I have been rather busy and there has been a lot going on this last month.  I have a lot to write about just don’t have a lot of time lately.

Here is a small list of things:

* Soccer season just started
* Weekend getaway to Fredericksburg, tx
* Trying to adopt a child

Over the next day or two I will post some write ups on these things..

Last week we were short listed for a possible adoption of a 4 month old girl. We are 1 of 5 families that were picked to be potential parents. Our Agency advocate will meet with CPS tomorrow and find out more about the child and then show off our home study and our life book (scrap book) that we created. We have been praying ever since we found out about the short listing.

I’m not sure if they will actually make their decision tomorrow night but it’s a possibility. If we are awarded the adoption there is a good chance we will have her by this weekend or sometime next week. We are prepared and looking forward to this life changing addition that may be taking place. Sitting here thinking about it, I’m pretty excited at the chance and still extremely nervous at the same time. I’m not sure when the meeting is tomorrow, but I’m sure I will be thinking about it every minute tomorrow until I hear from our advocate.

I will update the blog of any possible news we get in the next few days.

My previous post mentioned how are are closing in on completing our process so we can adopt or foster a child in Texas.  We have put the house through a few changes to get things ready so we pass our agency inspection.  We have to follow some specific rules to qualify.  Kind of like the child locks on the drawers and cupboards with bad things in them.  Yeah those were a pain in the butt to install.

A couple weeks ago we got our verbal final approval for our foster/adopt license and we finally could take a breath.  We started this process back in September with our classes and now we are approved.  Now that things are finally hitting home, I think it might be time to check out some life insurance rates so I’m covered in case anything bad happens.  Yeah I hate to think about it really, but it’s reality.

I will continue my adoption story later.  For now the 2 year old girl we want to adopt has a court date in April and then we will know if she goes up for adoption.

And I hope in a good way..

One change, the weather.  I think our nightly lows are creeping to the upper 40′s, low 50′s which is nice and that also means (I hope) that winter is nearing it’s end and spring is around the corner.  Forecasts show possible thunderstorms Monday through Wednesday with some potentially reaching slight severe levels..  YES..  Bring on the storms..  Although this might impact soccer practice, but I welcome the heavy rains and thunderstorms.  (that’s one of the things I like about Texas)

Speaking of soccer, we are only one week from spring league starting up.  Wow we are in bad shape too..  The girls decided over winter break to not practice and we are now behind schedule getting everything ready for the spring opener.  Maybe that is why we are having two practices tomorrow. hmmm..

That’s probably the only two big changes at this point.  Oh, we did get our final approval for our Adoption/Foster license so that was some good news..

Yep we have a big announcement to make which we have kept secret until we could tell our parents and family.  Hopefully in 2009 we will be adopting a child and becoming parents.

The last 4-5 months have been pretty busy for us and for the people that are close to us will understand why we have been so busy.  There is a lot that we had to do to get prepped to get our foster/adoption license for our local Christian agency.  We have done tons of classes and tests to get prepared.

We have met a little 2 year old girl named Ella who our friends were respite care providing (since they are foster parents themselves) and we just fell in love with Ella.  However Ella is not up for adoption yet and we wanted to be all prepared just in case she did come up for adoption.  If it does not work out with Ella we will see where God takes us and what child he will bless us with.

Our parents are really excited about being first time grandparents.  They are very much ready to have a grand child so we are happy for them as well.

As things progress I will either update my blog here or possibly start a new one.

So hopefully in 2009 we will become first time parents.
We are soooo excited!!!