Adam's Fault

      Ok, so we messed up. Correction, I messed up. Not Ashley, just me. Totally my fault....although I'm still trying to shift the blame to her a little bit. We've done this blog since September and we've been posting things on here every Monday without fail...until this week. Christmas Eve? No problem, we wrote a blog. New Year's Eve? Please! We got that covered! But somehow this week, we got derailed. What huge event could have taken us off track this week? Adoption paperwork. It totally killed our Monday evening and by the time we looked up, it was time to go to bed. Sorry.
      On the bright side, we're almost done with the paperwork we have to do to get our home study started. We're hoping to get everything finished and sent in by the end of the week and then get ready for our home study. Although this is just the beginning of the process, we're pretty excited about getting this part done. Every step we take is a step closer to getting finished. 
       We're also excited about the progress we've made with our adoption fund. Between money we've saved and our fundraisers and donations, we have enough to cover our home study costs and a good percentage of the next round of fees that we'll have to pay. We're not all the way there yet, but the progress is great and we have a lot of you to thank for that. Your donations and support have been amazing and we can't thank you all enough.
      I was fortunate enough to be asked to speak at Orleans First Baptist Church the last 2 Sundays. We enjoy seeing everyone there and they've all been very supportive of our adoption process, as well as our fundraisers. At the end of the service, they unexpectedly gave us an envelope with an incredible donation to our adoption fund. (If anyone from the church is reading this, thank you all so much.) It wasn't something we expected, but maybe we should have. It seems like we've been blessed with support from unexpected places at unexpected times throughout this process. We know that God has guided us through this, but things like this are further affirmation that He is in control.
     Again, I'm sorry we didn't get the blog up on Monday. We'll try to get back to normal next week and hopefully we'll have some more news to share. Until then though, thanks for all you've done and for all you continue to do. We'll see you next Monday...unless Ashley screws it up again.