preparing to add another lego brick to the group

This Monday I received a phone call that brought about a huge change to our week. On Monday our case worker from New Life called. To set up an appointment to start our home study.

If you look at my previous post we came home from our pre-adoption conference with a stack of papers to be filled out, books to read, and classes to be taken. After that was done we were to be placed on the home study list. So Josh and I looked at the paperwork and figured it would take us about 3 months to get it all in, get our book prepared for the birth mothers to view, and get on the list.

Nope. God had a different plan.

His plan is now. We are meeting on Monday to have our first home study interviews. Those letters and pictures needed for our book? They need to be ready for Monday.

MONDAY! (that's how I feel when I say it.)

We are so excited and completely in shock at this development. I have never had to rush to the hospital for my deliveries. But I think that this is sort of what that feels like. It's really happening and we are excited and a little frantic and we can't stop smiling at each other.

We had an emergency photo session last night. Have you ever heard of a thing??? A dear sweet friend from bible study fit us in to her crazy schedule of being a mom with a new baby and little boy and spent an hour with us. I can't wait to see my guys pictures....they looked so handsome!

*DISCLAIMER* If you are a grandparent in our family or can faint easily you may want to skip this part!*

So are you wondering why we went from months out to "hey we need your book in here now to show these moms"? On our initial paperwork we are to specify what sort of child we are open to adopt. This agency mainly deals with infant adoptions, but sometimes there are exceptions. Josh and I felt like keeping the birth order in our family was important to us, so we have listed our age max at a one year old. We don't pick gender with this agency so it's a toss up! We also said we were open to twins (see the need for the disclaimer!). But the main reason they need us now is that we are also open to any ethnicity. There are simply children that will not be easily adopted because of their race. Sad but true....and the topic of another post to come.

Oh how crazy this journey is. If you see us in the next few days don't be surprised if it takes us minute to register your face or carry on a conversation. We have a glazed look in our eyes, smiles on our faces, and go between laughing and thanking God to crying and thanking God.

It is a really good place to be!