We're approved!!!

Earlier this month, we submitted our homestudy to our caseworker for approval and, as of two days ago, we received an email back from her letting us know that we are officially approved to adopt!!! We are so excited!

So at this point, we are finishing up a family portfolio book that will allow us to show birthmoms and birth families what our family and life is like. These portfolios are non-specific, but tell a great deal about what we like to do and about what sort of things are important to us. They enable birthmoms to make an informed decision when choosing who will adopt their baby. We will soon start receiving profiles about birthmoms looking for adoptive families, and then we will be able to choose who to submit our profile to. (It's all very private until we feel comfortable sharing information about our family.)

Please keep us in your prayers as we move forward, that we may have patience and wisdom. Pray that the birthmoms make wise decisions and that we can be a help and a positive force in their lives also.

Just a sidenote, Bryan and I are in the process of planning a spaghetti dinner fundraiser. So stay tuned to hear about when you can eat our delicious italian food and support us if you would like to! Also, just to be open about what we are facing, we will soon be making a 5,000 dollar-ish payment, and then we will need to focus on coming up with more than 10,000 dollars for the adoption finalization. We have a long way to go, but God has blessed us immensely to even bring us this far. 

Lots of love to everyone! Thanks again for reading!!!!