There are many things that we would like to be more faithful with in our lives and one of them is truly making the Sabbath a day of rest so today we decided to do just that. Instead of using today as "catch-up day" Jack, Aaron and I spent the day together. We did end up running a couple of errands and were blessed with some great deals (mostly thanks to Kmart Double Coupons we were able to get $54.00 worth of items for only $2.34!!)Tonight we had a pizza party out of the deck and read to Aaron out of the book of Mark. We just finished reading the story of Jonah and now we are on to the New Testament! We concluded our Sabbath Day with a beautiful walk outside!
Today Jack, Aaron and I went to Grandpa & Grandpa R's Farm for lunch. We had such a wonderful time. Aaron got to see all of the sheep and meet Oreo, the rabbit. He just stared and stared at Oreo and then wasn't quite sure what he thought of him (as you can see by his sad face in the picture). We toured Grandma R's garden and even got to bring home some delicious veggies to enjoy later.
Who would think that you would need to bundle up to go to the park at the end of August....well that is what we did tonight! We took our friend Katelyn and Aaron to the park. Aaron fell asleep on the walk to the park so slept through his first park outing!
I am a redeemed daughter of the King, a wife to the most amazing husband in the world whom I love more than words, a teacher, daughter, sister, and mother of our precious son, Aaron. We are expecting our second child the beginning of February.
October 2006 - Began praying about adoption. October 2006-February 2008-Research & Prayer February 7, 2008 - Attending Steven Curtis Chapman concert in town which God used to confirm our adoption calling. March 2008 - Began researching agencies (both Homestudy and International) June 26, 2008 - Sent in our AAI application. July 2, 2008 - Painted Baby Hope's Room in preparation for his arrival. July 22, 2008 - First homestudy mtg. July 28, 2008 - Received more paperwork from our homestudy agency and our Ethiopia dossier packet from AAI. August 8, 2008 - Second homestudy mtg. September 3, 2008 - Third homestudy mtg. September 20, 2008 - Walk for HOPE adoption walk September 26, 2008 - Dossier, I-600A, Grant Application sent in. October 3, 2008 - Found out we were pregnant - Adoption put on hold. October 22, 2008 - Dossier to Ethiopia June 6, 2009 -Aaron Matthew born! October 2008-November 30, 2009 - ON HOLD December 8, 2009 REFERRAL! December 12, 2009- Received Placement papers. December 14, 2009 - Mailed Placement papers to AAI. December 30, 2009 - Case submitted to court. Many months of praying for our Sweet Baby-M while his case was "caught in the middle." June 2010 - Released Baby-M after learning that his case was "impossible." August 2010- Learned that God had done an amazing miracle and Baby-M's paperwork was complete. August 2010 - Again released Baby-M and started praying for his new forever family. September 2010- Baby-M has a new forever family! Thank you Jesus! September 2010-Waiting for God to once again open the door for adoption...