We have received so much encouragement and love from so many people! We are so thankful for that. We have been given the money for our home study!! A family member has gifted it to us! SO shockingly blessed! We are planning to have the home study done when I return from California. 😃 on top of the home study gift we have raised a few dollars shy of 1,100.00! God is good. You guys are amazing! Thank you!!!
I am going to California to spend time with our birth mother, my family and friends. It will be the first time back "home" since my mother passed away. It will be bittersweet as I will be immersed in the town where she was such a big part of my life. On top of it all, I don't get to share with her this happy, stressful, beautiful time in my life... Makes me so mournful and want to cry out for her. But I know she is in Heaven looking down, smiling her beautiful smile.
I am looking forward to seeing baby parks for the 1st time ever. I get to go to a prenatal appointment on the 21st! I am SO excited to hear his heartbeat. I wish Joey could come but unfortunately he has to stay and hold down the fort while adding to his vacation time from work when our bundle of joy comes! :-)
Today is Valentines day, and as Joey and I have no extra funds for ridiculous items that corporate America loves to tell us we need we decided to spend 10.00 on a 60.00 coat at "the children's place" 10 bucks!! So amazing! Picture below! It's a 3in1 for 6-9 months! AND I broke out my sewing machine and random fabric I already had and made 4 burp cloths, I remember Hunter had hand made burp cloths from His nana, and I loved them, so I figured I will try my hand at it. They turned out great!!! :-)
Hope you are all feeling God's love, his peace and his voice in your lives.
Love,
KayC
OH and another thing I wanted to share with you that's been a very helpful thing for us with the dogs. I babysat this 6month old baby a few weeks ago, I wrapped him up in a receiving blanket and got all the "scents" of a baby on it. I brought the blanket home and wrapped my cabbage patch doll in it, the. Proceeded to play baby crying noises from my phone, and "introduce" baby to the dogs. They were very good about it. VERY interested in the scent of baby. So anyway, here's a photo of the "baby" on our changing table. :-)
Our precious KayC, you are brilliant. I just love you! What a sweet story about the dogs. We are praying for you guys, the birth mom, and your CA trip. Wonderful news about the adoption funding--God is faithful.
ReplyDeleteHi, I am Cathy and also live in Sacramento and also adopted a baby here. AND, we have the same baby bedding - I love polka dots. Hey, I wanted to make sure you knew that you get a BIG adoption credit from the federal governement so when you get your taxes done, ask your tax person or if you do them yourself, look it up. I think it's $10-12K. Good luck, it's a long and emotional jpurney, but it's worth it!
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