Almost [Paper] Pregnant!

So we have the application completed and a bunch of other papers to be completed. We also need to get our physicals done and fingerprints. We need to file our taxes and update the financial portion of the application. But in all reality, we are almost paper pregnant! I cannot wait for that moment when we hand in all of the paperwork and are just waiting to complete our home study. Once we reach that point, all we have to do is complete our home study and then we are waiting to be matched.

Last night Andrew and I babysat for our friend's little boys. They are like family to us at this point and spending the night with them reminded me of how much I want to be a mom. It's not a matter of being pregnant that I long to experience, it is simply being a mom. I want to have a son or daughter. I want to see Andrew be a father. I want to fall in love with our little ones over and over again. I cannot wait for that all to happen.

In the meantime, we are trying to raise enough money to begin our home study which means we need about $1900. At this point we have reached $830 through the amazing support of family and friends. One family member promised to donate $1000 in February. That means we are EXTREMELY close to having our home study paid for. We are hoping that with the money that we get back from our taxes we can pay off some of the debt that we incurred trying to do an IVF procedure. :/ Luckily, it isn't too much and we will be able to focus on setting up our nursery once that is paid off.

I am most definitely looking forward to decorating the nursery. I already know that I want to decorate in a nautical theme if we are blessed with a baby boy and a shabby chic theme if we are blessed with a baby girl! So exciting!

So for now we are continuing our efforts to fundraise, sending a letter out to all of our family and friends to tell them we are "paper pregnant" and getting our physicals and fingerprinting done! :)

Also, I am knitting and selling infinity scarves. If anyone is interested they will be $25 and you can select any color! :) Please please please support our adoption & keep warm this winter with one of my hand-knit infinity scarves!

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