Well....

Carla just left. We had a wonderful visit! She is so laid back and easy to talk to! She has to come back because we didn't get to cover everything, so January 12th we will finish our conversation! lol She covers EVERY base, and wants details on EVERY date and time! lol Some of them were hard to remember!

Anyway, she makes me very at ease, and I enjoy talking to her. She said she doesn't have all of our paperwork, but she sees nothing so far that would keep us from being approved through her!!! YAY!!! Of course, she isn't finished, so she said she can't make any promises. She still needs to look at finances and back ground checks, but those should all be fine. We aren't rich, but we haven't filed bancruptcy or anything, so she thought we'd be fine.

David contacted me today as well, and he and Pepper should be called Friday! That should get the ball rolling with them as well!!! I am SO EXCITED! But...still trying to be patient! I'm having an easier time with the excited part! lol

Thank you so much for your prayers and comments! I LOVE hearing from you guys and knowing that you are checking up on us! We really appreciate you all!

In the meantime, I have 2 other prayer requests for you praying warriors! Dr. Juanita Thompson is our assistant principal at school, and her mother passed away today. In addition, Carla Shaw, my booster club president for cheer lost her grandmother this week. Lots of death, and it makes me sad. Please remember their families as they deal with their loss.

Happy New Year!!!!

CARLA'S COMING!!!!

YAY!!! Our homestudy is scheduled for tomorrow (that's Wednesday) at 1:00!!!! I hope, and pray, I have everything ready, although I will probably frantically try to do a million things between now and then! She keeps telling me it is no big deal, but it sure feels like a big deal to me!!! The house is back in order from Christmas, so hopefully it really won't be a big deal!

Just pray for us! I talked to Embraced by Grace yesterday also, and David and Pepper should be calling us this week as well. Everything is starting to move along quickly!!!!

Hope you had a Merry Christmas!!!

Isn't this cute?!? The cheerleaders went Christmas caroling and got their pictures made with my grandmothers at the Assisted Living Home. That's my MeeMaw on the left and my Grandmother on the right! They were so happy!

We had a WONDERFUL Christmas! I hope you all did too! We are now busy getting everything put away and trying to get our house back in order! lol I LOVE Christmas, and I love decorating for it! The only problem is taking it all down! lol lol That isn't as much fun, and it makes a HUGE mess! hahaha

I am loving being off, and I am getting a lot done! That's helpful! I call Carla on Monday to schedule our appointment for our homestudy. It should go wonderfully, but we always appreciate your prayers! We have been able to get a lot of our paperwork done, and Jay has been able to get some of the police clearance stuff done a little faster than normal because he has friends in good places! Thank goodness!

We are also still waiting for our follow up phone interview with Embraced by Grace. The board met over a week ago, but we haven't had the follow up interview yet. I'm sure it is because of Christmas. lol I just want to make sure we are clear with them for the adoption!!! I'm sure all is fine, but.......it's always in the back of my head.

Anyway, just keep praying! We are still excited, but there are lots of things that are still hard! It's hard to understand unless you've been there, but there are still things that are difficult. You guys praying for us and checking in on us are making that much easier!!!! We love y'all!!!! I'll let you know as soon as I talk to Carla and/or hear from EBG!!!

Ok.....

I LIKE CARLA!!!! I don't know what it is about her, but I REALLY like her! She was great in the initial interview, and I am ready now for the homestudy! It is going to cost us a little more than we had hoped, but it will be worth it. I know it will, and God will provide! He has provided everything!

So....now we get started on MORE paperwork! lol This time, it is for her, and we will get it completed and turned in to her as soon as possible. She told us to enjoy our holiday, and I am supposed to call her on the 29th and schedule our home visit! She wants to visit us while I am off for Christmas so I don't have to worry about it after I go back to school! That was SO NICE of her! David was great, and Jay was really comfortable with her too! (She was a Delta girl, so she spoke his language! lol) We had a wonderful visit, and I am actually looking forward to her stopping by now!!!! YAY!!!!

Thank you so much for your prayers, and keep praying!!! Don't forget to sign the guest book too! I like reading what you have to say like you like reading what I have to say! hahahaha

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

We're going to meet with Carla!!!

I spoke with Carla again on Thursday, and we are going to meet with her today to start our paperwork while I am off! We went ahead and started collecting some things that we knew we would need, but there are several things that require that we have forms to be filled out. I can start on that while I am off from work!

The board met Thursday night, and my email simply said that David and Pepper would follow up with a phone call. Emily said that a new policy at the company required a post-application interview, and since we were out of town, ours would be done by phone. I don't know when they will call, but I would guess Monday or Tuesday. We'll see! We will be out of town Monday, so I will see how all of that goes. I'll keep you posted!

Prayers tonight!!!

I just spoke with Emily, the social worker at Embraced by Grace, and their board of directors meets tonight! They will review our application then and vote for approval. We appreciate your prayers today and tonight for their meeting! She said she will let me know the first of next week if we were approved.

Also, I am waiting for a return call from Carla Proctor, the social worker here that will probably do our homestudy, to meet about paperwork! Pray for that meeting as well, and that it will not take as long to complete it as she thought it might!

I'll let you know more when I do!!!

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