Hannah Montana???

Collette got a Hannah Montana wig for xmas. So we of course had to try it on!!! Who do you think makes the best Hannah Montana????

So close, yet so far

Adoption update: I was looking at the unofficial list for the waitlist and we are 13th on the list. Which is where we have been for the last week. So I am counting and I realize we are 2nd, that's right 2nd in line for either gender(AKA a boy)...AHHHHH...Ok trying to pull it together. I thought we were 4th, not 2nd. And 2nd to people that we know. All this to say, there is still no telling when we will get a referral. But we are very close!!! So, much to do, so little time. Elliot will be with us before we know it. Please continue to pray for our family as we are going through this process. Also, pray for our baby and their family.

Pictures are hard to upload right now , but I will get some up as soon as I can.

Where the heck did the time go???

You probably thought that we had fallen off the face of the earth. Not so...We are just super busy. Where to begin, I am working full time in L&D and loving it! I work nights so flip flopping is a challenge, at times. It seems to be working well for us though. Troy has had some interesting job developments over the last few months. He lost his main client back in July and that has really put us in a bind. We basically have been living off of my income, which is less then half of what Troy was making. So we have been cutting back a lot. We have also had some really generous people help us out. I don't think that we could have survived the last few months without these people. Thanks you to those that have helped! A month ago, we decided that Troy should start looking for full time work. He has been on several interviews and thankfully God has blessed us. He started a job today! Praise God!!!

Where are the kids in all of this? Well, we enrolled the kids in day school at our church. So, on Tuesday and Thursday they are there and loving it. That leaves us with just one day every other week that we need a sitter. We have that all worked out already! On Friday we have our homeschool co-op. The kids are enjoying this as well. Collette has been playing soccer and loving it. She has her last game this Saturday. So far her team has gone undefeated! Dakota is getting ready to be 2 years old. I can't believe he is that old. He is still such a sweet boy. But man, is he ever a boy. He loves playing ball, cars, blocks, or guns. He keeps us on our toes. He is talking more, except Troy and I are the only ones who can understand him.

Adoption update: We are 4 months in on the waiting list. I am excited and nervous all at the same time. Average wait time is 8 months, so we are more then half way there. It is really a quiet time and it helps that we are so busy. It makes me look back at the last 4 months and think, Where did all that time go? We are ready to see our baby and find out if it is a boy or a girl. It will happen in God's time. We are just praying for a healthy, happy baby.

I will post pics as soon as I get a chance. In the meantime enjoy the update. Hopefully, I will be back on her sooner than 4 months.

Wait Listed!!!

It is offical...we are on the wait list as of yesterday. We are so excited to be to this next step. I called last night to tell Troy the news. He laughed and said "It's weird, I feel the same way I felt when you told me we were pregnant with the other two...nervous. There's no turning back now." So, we are officially "adoption pregnant"!!!

Our baby name is: Elliott

This will be our baby name for a boy or girl. We picked out one name so that we could have something to call the baby, before we know what it is. Also, so that the kids can get used to the name and the idea of a new baby. We did this when we were pregnant with Dakota and it made not knowing what he was that much easier.

I will post pics soon.

Stamp of Approval

We got our CIS approval in the mail on Friday!!! It was 4:45pm, I get the the mail box and it has finally arrived! At that moment I realized that we only had 15 minutes to make it to FedEx before the notary leaves. Then we would have to wait until Monday...ugh. So, we drive as quickly as possible, get the form notarized, and get it all mailed to KBS Dossier. Whew! We are so excited because now we will get to be put on the waiting list. One more step closer to our next baby. We should be officially on the waiting list this week! I will post baby name as soon as we get to that point.

Collette is so ready for a new baby. She prays for "Our new baby" every night before she goes to bed. What a great big sister she is. Dakota, on the other hand, still has no idea what is to come. Hopefully he will be a great big brother, as well.

Family Pics

Here are some family pics that we had done recently! These are a few of my favorites. I am so excited about how they turned out. The problem I have now is deciding which ones to order.

Sorry It's been so long since I have updated this. We got our fingerprints done and now we are waiting on CIS approval. We are so close to the waiting list!

Update

All of our documents have been authenticated without any glitches! All we are waiting on right now is the CIS approval. We are so close to the waiting list...I can feel it! Check back the first part of June because that is when I am estimating us being on the list.