One year

One year ago today we had our first home study meeting, which started our journey to International Adoption. At that time I was really hoping we would be a lot closer to our babies than we are, but God had other plans. I trust that He will do what is right for us and our family.

There are rumors going around in the Ethiopian adoption world that we will now have to take two trips to Ethiopia for our adoption instead of the one trip consisting of 7-10 days. Now as of right now our agency is saying that they will not be implementing this to their clients, but if it becomes a law there is nothing they can do, we will have to take two trips. As you might realize this will be more added expense to the already expensive journey of ours. It could possibley run us an extra $5000.00 to $6000.00, but I know that we will be able to do it, God can move mountains and in comparison this is just an ant hill. We would appreciate to be in your prayers in this time of unsurity as to what is in store for us financially. We know that the children God has planned for us are in Ethiopia and we will do whatever it takes to get to them.

Last night my mother-in-law and I went and picked up the dresser we will be using as the changing table. So this weekend Matt and I will be sanding and staining it. We will also be getting the shelves hung and the blinds. I'm still looking for brown curtains that I like. If I can't find any I might look for fabric and see if my grandmother, who happens to be an awesome seamstress along with other things, will make us curtains. After tax season I will be helping my grandma make the baby wipes and washcloths. I would love to learn how to sew, so maybe this will help me get on my way. In high school I took home ec and sewed shorts and a sweatshirt but I have totally forgotten everything I learned. Hopefully after this weekend I will have more pics of the nursery to share.