A Little Excitement

Hello there,

Just a real quick update! We heard from our Social Worker (SW) over the weekend! She has completed our Home Study (HS) and has sent it off for review, then she'll make any necessary changes and send it off to the agency for approvals. We're really hoping that it will all be officially official by mid-May at the latest. The HS process can take up to 90 days, so if we're official by mid-May that will be slightly under 60 days! No complaints here!

We've had lots of fun lately, I just haven't got my act together as far as posting pics or anything lately. I'll try and get back in the swing of it real soon!

Hope everyone had a wonderful April....

CJ~

Amazing Poem.....Mascara Alert!

Below is a poem that I ran across....it says it ALL!!!! Enjoy!

Dear Sweet Child,
As a girl I had a common dream, to be a mom someday.
My baby would have eyes of blue and hair the hue of hay.
But now my dreams have been transformed, new visions fill my head;
Now the tresses that I long to stroke are raven black instead.
And in my dreams those eyes are not so big or blue or round;
Now in my dreams they're almond shaped and colored cocoa brown.
And in my dreams my arms can stretch across enormous seas.
They reach half-way around the world and hold you close to me.
As you grow in your mother's womb, carefully knit together,
you're also growing in my heart, where you will stay forever.
And in my dreams the moment that your mother says good-bye;
I'll be right there to comfort you and hold you as you cry.
Our features may not look alike; we're different as can be;
But still I know the Father has created you for me.
And though I've not yet kissed your face, or held your tiny hands,
and though we're half a world apart in very different lands;
I'll be right there to get you just as soon as God allows.
But 'till He says the time is right I give to you this vow.
I'll pray for your protection every night on bended knee.
For God will hold you in His arms, until you're here with me.
-Gayle Leubecker

The Greatness of Tulsa

Well, we're one tiny step closer! We attended the Dillon International Pre-Adoption Workshop in Tulsa over the weekend. We met some real neat folks from around the country. Two other couples were adopting from S. Korea, two from India, and one from China. The staff is absolutely amazing and we just had a great experience. We feel soooo blessed that God has led us to Dillon and S. Korea!

Jay decided to just go for it and make it a "Date" weekend! We stayed at a B&B that is a Historic Mansion. The wife is a former chef from France. When we arrived we had hot tea and fresh strawberry pie waiting! The place was fantastic! We strolled through Utica Square (Tulsa's HP Village), shopped and ate dinner....alone!!!! Then she made us the most amazing breakfast (I had a crepe...mmmm) and served us in our room!

We're just waiting to hear from Dillon that our Home Study is approved and we are official! Could be a few more weeks before we know anything!

*Pray that the HS is completed and approved with NO glitches along the way
*Pray that we have peace and patience while we're waiting

Hugs~

Woo Hoo...2nd and Final Home Study Complete!!!!

Hello again,

Well we started at 9:30 this morning and finished up right at 1:00pm. We were ALL starving!!! But, it went fabulous! We thought so anyway! We liked her a lot last week, but really enjoyed our time with her and the information we learned today even more!

She had Miss C sign a "Big Sister" contract and interviewed her first. I think Miss C told her everything down to my underwear size! But hey, you know going into to this process that you have to be totally transparent, so why not with sizes as well! ha!

She interviewed me individually for about an hour, J for about an hour and then wrapped up with us together at the end. We feel really confident about this process and that God does have a child planned for us! Hopefully sooner than later.....and we are trying to be as patient as possible!

She completed a "Safety Check" of our house as well, and we need to get one more fire extinguisher and put a lock on the medicine cabinet (it's up high so we hadn't put a lock on it). Other than those two minor items our house was fine!

She said it will take her 2-4 weeks to get it all written up and to Dillon (our agency) and then another 2-4 weeks to go through all the different approvals. Then we will be officially waiting for our addition!!!!

Please continue to pray for our process.

*Pray that there are no hold ups in her writing up the HS.
*Pray that there are no glitches or hold ups as far as all the agency approvals.
*Pray for our hearts to be prepared for the wait (short or long).
*Pray the we know that it is our child without a doubt when they call with a referral. And if it's not we will have peace about it and know that our child is coming.
*Pray the our child's BM is taking wonderful care of her body, health, pregnancy, child, etc.
*Pray that our hearts (mine, J, Miss C and baby) will know each other when we meet for the first time.
*Pray that our child will be the epitome of health and sound mind.
*Pray that we can meet whatever needs our sweet baby has or will have (physically or emotionally).

Thanks for letting us share all of our specific prayer requests! I know we will have MANY, MANY more in the months to come! That's it for now!

Lots of Love and Thanks,
J, C and Miss C and one step closer to Baby J or C