The furniture is here!!

Mom, Dad & Landon drove the furniture to our house and put it together with the help of Mary, Janice, Emily, Tyson & Jordan. The furniture was so heavy we had to call in the big guns.

New Crib... yo!

We are very thankful that my Dad and Mom ordered us a new crib for baby Foster. Last weekend we went up to Cashton WI to visit Monroe- he is in the Amish community and we were able to pick our a beautiful crib. I had a tough time picking out the color- originally I thought I wanted a dark cherry wood but after we left I changed my mind. I had to write Monroe a letter to ask him to stain the crib black. I'm happy with our choice I hope Monroe got the letter. I wish he had facebook:) The crib should be finished by April- so we are waiting for his letter to arrive....

Thanks Mom & Dad - we love you so much!!

Jessica

We are approved!!

Mark and I got an e-mail today from our Social Worker that we have completed our home study. Praise the Lord!! This means we can now be on the Angel Adoption website for birth mothers to search for us and see us and hopefully choose us as the adoptive parents. Stay tuned!!

Psalm 148:4 Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, And ye waters that are above the heavens.

Thanks

I just wanted to give a special thanks for all of my helpers! Elvis you did an awesome job with the room and we are so blessed to have your family in our lives!! Thanks to Angie- love you so much and thanks for helping! Thanks to Mary for being so excited for us and dropping off treats for the workers. And Summer you do so much for us we can't thank you enough. The house looks awesome- thanks for painting our kitchen cabinets as well. And Elvis thanks for turning my husband into a carpenter just just Jesus.
Here is a picture of the kitchen.

The room before and after

Guest room before 

 We found some bears under the wall paper.

Mark, Elvis (project manager) and Angie

 Emily and my good friend Mary- stopped by to feed the workers... so sweet!

Summer working hard.

Painting the doors

Glory and Kayla playing downstairs.



After!! Love it.  

Baby nursery plans...

After talking with all my interior designers (you know who you are) we have decided on the colors of the room. The walls will be painted gray and the trim will be painted white. The furniture will be a dark wood. And the accent colors will be white and a plum purple. We are painting next weekend - Elvis, Glory, Angie and Summer are coming to help. It should be a good time... Mark and Glory will be responsible for watching TV, eating and playing with Kayla. I will post pictures next week.
We appreciate all the love and support from our friends and family!!

Not a match...

What a difference a day makes. We talked to the birth mother last Monday and because of various circumstances we decided to move on. We learned so much in 2 days. If we adopt out of state (she was from Texas) we need to hire a Texas Social Worker to meet with the birth mother and to give us information on her. We have a social worker here in IL and then we will have another one in the state the birth mother resides. And possibly an attorney in each state.....
We were very nervous to talk to the birth mother at first but we are so glad to have this experience because it will prepare us for our next contact.
God has already chosen our child... and I can't wait to meet him or her!!