Feeling sad

Today I started feeling sad that we have no news! This is just completely out of our control.

No financial help

Unfortunately, Sacred Selections is unable to provid us with any financial assistance. They have limited funds and they had 3 other couples whose salaries were under $30,000 who they are going to help. I can certainly understand.

So what does this mean for us. Well it means that we cannot sign up with any other agencies but the one we are with now. It means we wait longer, but hopefully not longer than 2 years.

100 days and counting

I checked in with the agency today and there's no good news.

So to cheer myslef up, I decided to pack a baby bag. You know just in case we get a call and the baby is already born. But really, it was just to make me feel a little more in control.

So I pulled out the tiny diapers, bottles, blankets, and green & yellow gowns and sleepers. It was fun looking at Carson's little clothes and remembering him that small.

Anyways, I'll still be here waiting............................................

Disappointed with agency

Well it's seems I can't ever get clear answers out of our agency. But today while talking to another "waiting" mom, she said the agency told her there are 30 families waiting. They do 50 placments a year and 50% of those don't match our criteria. So We could be waiting 1 year or longer (probably longer since we already have a child).

The most disappointing thing is that if we were made of money we could work with other agencies and have our baby sooner. But financially we cannot go in debt anymore than our current $30,000 for Carson's adoption loan. UGH!!!!!!!

It's been 3 months

The good news is we are so busy, so we kinda forget about it. Carson is such a joy at almost 18 months and keeps us very entertained with his new words, new tricks, and his silliness. What a joy! He has really started noticing babies and gets very excited about them. We are working on getting his "big boy" room together in preperation. I hope and pray that our wait is not too much longer.

A few situations

A Christian woman in CA works with birthmoms and we have sent her our "book" and information to be considered. She is working with 3 potential birthmoms right now that are all in their 1st trimester (so it will be awhile before a decision to create an adoption plan will be completed). We are praying for these young women that they have the strength to either parent their child or create an adoption plan - I'm sure that this decision is very difficult and emotional.

Sacred Selection

A group of Christians (from the conservative Church of Christ) started an charitable orginazation to assits Christian couples adopt. We are completing our application now and will hope to know if they can provide us financial assitance in the next 2 months.