Waiting - in pictures and poems {?}

 

Two somebodies are missing at our house,

and it is not our father or our mother.

The two little missing somebodies are,

our little sister and our brother!

 

6 Months and Counting!

We have been in the adoption process for a little over six months now, and what a journey it has been!  We are incredibly blessed to already have referrals, as many families don't get a referral for more than a year.  So where are we at now?  Well, we are doing what you do most in the adoption process:  waiting.  Waiting, dreaming, praying and preparing.  And we are doing alot of all of those.  I'll post pictures of some of our room rearrangements and house changes later.  Keep praying!

Yard Sales Rock! Getting Ready for Our Little Ones

My mom and I went to yard sales this past Saturday and got some really adorable things.  For our little girl, (almost two weeks old) we found some adorable clothes.   I love to look her teeny bathing suit and onesies and shoes!

We also found a baby rocker, which we almost did not buy, because it was looked dirty etc.  But we did and after a good washing, scrubbing and change of batteries, it was as good as new!

We got lots of nice clothes for our 2 1/2 year old little boy, too.  We found some really cute pajamas:

                   

 We also got some bath toys, finger paint and other things.

Bath toys!!

Finger paint: messy, but really fun!

And a bouncy seat for when our little girl is old enough to use it:)

I love buy things for my new little brother and sister, it is one of my favorite things to do, and I love to think about them and look forward to their arrival.  But still, getting these things makes my heart ache when I look at all the little clothes we got for Benjamin, and remember how much I loved buying his little things.  We had some things for Chance, too, but we didn't know what size clothes she wore, so we don't have as many things that we got for her.                          Benjamin's closet:

Changes Part 1

So we got bunk beds Saturday, set them up Sunday and we are getting used to them today!  We found them on Craig's List, and two hours later we were hauling them upstairs!  We still have a lot to do, but we have got one big step done.  Please continue to pray for us!

loading it inside

cleaning, cleaning, cleaning it:)

Moving Brandon's old bed out.

putting David's bed in the playroom

where David's bed was.

The rest of the room...

Brandon's room- minus the old bed

moving Brandon's bed into David's room

David!

The bunk beds are IN!

It is Moving Along!!!

We got our fingerprint notice today!!!!  Everything is really moving along!  Also we have been talking about room rearrangements etc.  We are thinking that Brandon and David will share a room, (they pretty much do already) Chance and I will share, and Benjamin will get his own room:)  We have A LOT of work to do in a SHORT time!

Who is this?

Ommm, I'm not sure...

Oh, it's David!!  (It was wacky tacky night at Awana's)

The moon last night was so beautiful...