How's the adoption stuff going?

This is a question that many of you have asked so I thought I'd answer it en masse.  

We are feeling really good about our progress thus far.  We are almost done our homestudy and hope to formalize our registration with our agency this summer.  Ideally we will be on the active waiting list at our agency sometime in the fall.  This means that birthparents will be able to view our profile as part of their adoption planning.  Hopefully one of these birthparents will choose us as the family to raise their child and so the ball will continue to roll. 

Many of you have asked how long the process takes.  There is no answer to this question.  We could be chosen by a birthparent right away or it might be a year or two.  We know that this part of the process is tough.  It was tough while waiting for Kailyn and we know that it will most likely be tough this time too.  But we also know that God has a child for us.  We don't know anything about this child or his/her birthparent but we know that God is going to use them to bless us and their child.  

In the meantime, we continue to go with the flow.  Summer vacation has arrived and I have decided not to return to work in the fall which means I am officially a stay-at-home-mom again.  I am so thankful that this is possible for us.  We have lots of plans for the summer ... splash pad trips, backyard fun, camping, trailer visits (aka "funny house" according to Kailyn), a trip to Alberta to visit Josh's family and my sister, Kerissa, is coming home from Australia for a few weeks.  Summer will be packed but it is going to be great.  We are incredibly blessed. 

We are getting excited for the Warrior Dash and can't wait to post pictures of the event.  Please consider sponsoring us to complete the dash.  Josh thinks that his theme song is going to be about waiting for me (Mumford and Sons).  

I doubt it :)

See my previous post for more information on the Dash. 

Blessings, 

April