Our Journey to Hope

Thought I would give an update on our adoption. The due date for little Hope is the 25th. Our birthmother's doctor said she could go over by 5 days. So we are planning to leave on the 29th at 9:30 PM. We will be arriving after midnight. We are not crazy about flying at night with Halli, but it will save us almost $200.00. But what's worse, is our flight home. We will be leaving around midnight or 1:00am and arriving in Portland at 5:30AM. I'm hoping that Halli will sleep through pretty much everything. This will save us another $200.00. We figure it's only a three hour flight, so we should be able to handle it. We're praying that Halli will be able to handle it too.

We are getting everything ready. We have been filling out tons of paperwork and trying to find our birth certificate and marriage certificate. How come when you need them you can't find them? Half of our stuff is still in storage, so it was easier to go on-line and order them. I'm praying that they will get here within the next week. I didn't want to pay the extra $20 per item to have them UPS 2-day. I just mailed almost all of our paperwork to the agency, so we should know soon when they will want to meet with us. They are getting nervous.

I've enjoyed getting baby items washed and folded. It's so fun to look at all the little outfits. Halli and I will be doing some shopping. We need to get pacifiers, burp cloths, baby shampoo, baby soap, wash cloths, baby towels and just all the little stuff in general. You think you have everything, but all the little stuff starts adding up.

Last weekend my family did a garage sale. We have several friends and family donate items. We made $450 dollars. We will be doing another garage sale in a couple of weeks. We had so much left over. Some of the bigger items that catch people's eye went fast. I'm sure the Lord will still bless us. He has brought us this far and I faith that he will carry us the rest of the way.

Our birthmother and I have been chatting a lot on-line. I find it very easy to talk to her. I know this is God's work. You all know how chatty I can be around new people. :) Please pray that we will continue to have a good relationship and that when we meet in person that our conversation will flow just as easy. They will forever be part of our family.

Well, it's late and we have our parenting class tomorrow. So will update more as the day gets closer.