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Well, both Daddy-O and I have completed our interviews now. They were much easier and less stressful than we anticipated. I simply can not believe how close we are to being finished. We should do our last home study visit next week, after we’ve “baby-proofed” the house. Here’s a list of some of the things we have to do, in case you’re wondering what it takes, legally speaking, to “baby-proof” your house:

• we have to have outlet covers on all the outlets that aren’t being used
• we have to have a 6lb fire extinguisher that is visible in the kitchen
• working smoke detectors in the kitchen and hallway outside the bedrooms
• a screen in front of the fire place
• all medicine must be locked up (we’re going to use a tackle box with a pad lock on it)
• the gate to the pool must automatically close
• the guns have to be locked up
• the ammunition has to be locked up (separately from the guns)
• we have to have an evacuation plan (that’s so we can be licensed for foster care)

That’s all I can think of off the top of my head. We’re going to have a work day this weekend and see if we can’t knock out most of this list.

On a much more exciting note, I want to have a painting party! Doesn’t that sound like loads of fun? I can only do some basic stuff, but I need to paint the play room and I also want to paint the baby’s room. While we’re at it, we may as well go ahead and paint the toddler’s bedroom, too. (Assuming we also get a toddler – if not, it will be the guest room.)

I’ll post some pictures of what we want for bedding – so you can get ideas of what color we should paint the nursery. I’m sure you have nothing better to do than wonder what color I should paint the nursery. Right?

If we are lucky enough to get a girl….

If we are lucky enough to get a boy….

This is my nephew Wes. He was baptized last Sunday and we are SOOO proud of him. He spent a few days with us a few weeks back and we had a blast. He’s such a great kid and so much fun to be around! We love you, Wes!

Thought you might want to see the crib we have selected for our nursery! We hope to order it this week and I think it will take it about a week to come in! I can’t wait to put it up in the room!

This is Cassie…she is the 18 month old who stayed with us for the weekend, along with her brother! They were sooo much FUN and soooo much WORK!

This is what my sweet husband gave me for my birthday! Isn’t he the best?

So tomorrow (Thursday) is actually our birthday. Yes, I said “our”. If you didn’t know already, Daddy-O and I share a birthday. I can’t think of a better birthday present than to be making progress toward adoption. Happy Birthday to us!!!!! Woo- Hoo! What are we doing for our birthdays? Well, we are both working all day (yes, I am REALLY working) and then we have class tomorrow night. Not too exciting but we’re going to celebrate next week sometime.

We had our first home visit tonight and it went pretty well. The worst thing about it was that the lady tried to scare us to death. I guess part of her job is to make sure we are really committed to this. Sadly, part of her job must also be to try and get us to adopt older children because they are so hard to find homes for. One thing that is heavy on our hearts is the fact that it is possible that we’ll have kids placed with us, then they’ll go on to live with a relative or something. It is a very real possibility that we have to be prepared for.

Please pray that God will prepare our hearts for whatever lies ahead. Pray that we will “trust in Him with all our hearts and lean not on our own understanding.” A friend recently reminded me of 2 Timothy 1:7, “For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.” We know that we would be devastated to lose a child that was placed with us, but we also know that God will carry us through any hardship we face. We trust Him to give us what we need to get through and part of what we need is you! We know we have friends and family who love and support us and we are so incredibly grateful for that. Thank you for your prayers, your words of encouragement, and for your genuine excitement! We love you!

The second part of the homestudy is where we do our individual interviews. Daddy-O goes for his on Friday morning at 9:30 and I go on Tuesday at the same time. After those, we’ll have to make sure we get everything done on our list for “childproofing” and then the case worker will come back out to go over everything. Once we have that final meeting, she’ll present us to a committee who will either approve, deny, or ask for more information. Assuming we are approved, all that’s left is for the case worker to come back out one last time along with our adoption worker and introduce us. From there, they starting looking for our children!

just think, next year, I should be able to get Daddy-O a Father’s Day present! Woo-Hoo!

I’m exhausted and ready to go to sleep so I’m going to make this short. I talked to our home study worker today and asked if we could schedule our visits so we can work our schedule around them. She said she could be here Wednesday!!!! As in THIS WEDNESDAY!!!! So, please remember to say a prayer for us at 5:30 on Wednesday, June 15! She will be coming to our house (luckily, our wonderful housekeeper comes that morning) and we’ll meet for about an hour. At that time, she will give us the list of what we need to do to this house to get it “child-proofed” and then we’ll have a couple of weeks to do it before she returns.

Each of us will meet individually with her for about 2-3 hours after this initial visit. Once we’ve done that, she’ll meet with us jointly again and then she has to present us to a committee that will decide if we are “accepted”.

We’ll keep you posted!

i’ll post pictures of the nursery later, we still need to straighten a little in there!

"Samuel took a single rock and set it upright between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer (Rock of Help), saying, This marks the place where GOD helped us."

1 Samuel 7:12 The Message

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