SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 2006 03:05 PM
Today marks the 1 month anniversary since we made the decision to pursue the adoption and gave the agency our official OK to start the process. We have an incredible amount of documentation paperwork to complete, it can be a bit scary and overwhelming but as our friend Theresa keeps telling us: "just look at it one step at a time, it will all come together and it will all work out in the end!"
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TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 2006 09:54 PM
Today we went to our family doctor for a complete physical (a requirement for the adoption). We hadn't seen our wonderful doctor in quite some time and he was absolutely thrilled for us about the adoption and even started to practice some of the little Spanish he knows with us, it was just so encouraging. Everything was good with our health (other than of course, both of us needing to lose some weight)! :>)
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 2006 08:21 PM
Now it's more than official, today we had our first "Home-Study" meeting with the Social worker. When we first got there we were both quite nervous for we didn't know what to expect, but the 2 1/2 hour meeting went so smoothly and it was much better than we expected!
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SUNDAY, APRIL 09, 2006 09:31 PM
Today we went to a wonderful get-together at the lovely home of our friends Ana Laura & Landy. They are probably one of the most hospitable couples we know, always opening their home for friends and family, making us all feel so at home and ALWAYS having the most delicious meals!
We were soooooooooooo touched that everyone there wanted to hear about our decision to adopt the girls (we probably talked everyone's ears off, we just get too excited about it) and right away some of them were fighting for the few pictures we had taken to share. Needless to say, we didn't have enough pictures for all who wanted, this just shows us that the kids will have many aunts & uncles to spoil them rotten! :>)
We are so blessed to have such awesome people in our lives!!!
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SUNDAY, APRIL 02, 2006 10:00 PM
Today, while driving home from the morning service at Northridge Church, we started talking about all the doubts and fears that creep into our minds regarding all the unknows about these adoption options (which we were told by other adopting couples, is a natural thing once you've made the commitment). We kept asking each other the question: "How does one really know if they are doing the Lord's will, etc., etc., etc.", then instead of going on fretting we decided to hold hands and pray, pray and pray some more and actually asked the Lord to make things even more clear for us and just give peace in our hearts. Then, before going home we decided to stop at Walmart to get some dog food, so as soon as we got into the store we went to the kids department and there was a big hanging sign above the kids clothes department with a beautiful little Hispanic girl and in huge letters above it was the word: Catalina (which just happens to be the 9 year olds 2nd name)! We had goose-bumps, but just shook them off saying that we aren't going to be silly and call that "a sign", so we went in the back and I saw a little stuffed animal that we ended up buying for Sophia (the little daughter of our friend Theresa) and after we took it home and were taking the tag off to gift-wrap it, we found that there was only one word on the tag and that was the word: "Commonwealth" (which just happens to be the name of the agency handling the adoption). So we said OK Lord we're stubborn, but maybe you are trying to tell us something here!!!
Of course we went ahead and bought a couple of little outfits for the girls (by faith)! :>)
Saturday, April 29, 2006
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