It's been a while...

This was a busy month...busy, but productive.

As some of you know, Scott was in a car accident back in February. He was OK, but the car was totaled. He is really luck to be OK, thanks to his seat belt. His car flipped over and all he had was a couple of scratches and bruises. We are definitely thanking God that he was OK. So needless to say we went car shopping. We loved the car that was totaled, so we thought about getting the same thing, but with the deals they have going on now, we got a nicer car for a great deal. Plus...lucky me, I get to drive it and Scott's got the old Camry :-) We are headed to court tomorrow too what happens to the lady that hit Scott. Hopefully the punishment fits the crime, since it was a hit and run!

We finally cleared out the nursery. No more boxes, just the changing table, a chair, and crib parts. My spring break is in a couple of weeks, so I plan on painting. We decided to go with a pale yellow. Once the paint it up, we'll go ahead and put the crib together. Even after those two things, I still have a list of things to do in that room before it is baby ready.

Scott's sisters have offered to host a baby shower for me, so we did go ahead and register. That was strange for us. At times it doesn't quite seem real that we're going to be parents. Walking through the isles with the scanner made it pretty real. Of course we registered for a lot of gender (and age) neutral things.

April and May will be busy months for sure! We're headed to Indiana for Scott's cousin's wedding in a couple of weeks. Then we'll spend Easter at the beach with both of our parents. I'm headed to a Women's Retreat on the river toward the end of April. There are some wedding and baby showers sprinkled in there too. I think after that the weekend of Scott's birthday and Mother's Day, we'll finally be able to sit back relax for a weekend.

One could complain, but it will make the time go by fast. And every week that passes, is a week closer to getting our baby!

Help Us Lobby for the Federal Adoption Tax Credit

The Federal Adoption Tax Credit makes adoption so much more affordable for people like us, that have chosen to grow our family through adoption. The current tax credit is due to expire in December of 2010. We hope to have completed our adoption by then, but you never know when we might try to adopt our second :-)

The Adoption Tax Relief Guarantee Act of 2009, H.R. 213 will help the current tax credit from being replaced, and instead make it permanent. You can find out more information about this important Act by clicking this link.

The Adoption Tax Relief Guarantee Act of 2009, H.R. 213

You can also lobby for the Act by writing your your Representative or Senator.

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No Doubt About It!

Hands down...without a doubt...couldn't be more true...We have the absolute best family and friends!

When we broke the news that we were adopting, we were knew that we would immediately get support from our friends and family. Well here we are, a couple of months later and we're still getting e-mails, notes, letters, phones calls all showing your support for us! It means the world to us. It is that encouragement and support that keeps us going.

Thanks for being such great family and friends!

We have been trying to get the nursery together. We are currenly on a standstill trying to decide whether or not paint. The room is beige and looks great with the dark furniture, but I'm still leaning toward yellow. We just can't decide. Plus we still have a bunch of boxes in there that we need to get rid of. So...it is still a work in progress!

Happy New Year!

We hope you have had a great start to the new year! It is hard to believe that 2008 has come and gone. It was a busy year for us. One with a lot of changes, but they have all been changes for the better.

December was an especially busy month, as it always is. We spent time with friends and families preparing our hearts for Christmas. We saw both sides of the family for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. We were very luck to attend our nephew's baptism in Newport News. Then we wrapped up the year with a trip down to the beach. It was a full beach house with the two of us, Scott's parents, Scott's sisters and brother in-law, our two nephews, Scott's aunt and uncle, and three cousins. We has a great time just being bums, playing games, and watching TV. And now back to work :-(

We enjoyed reading all of your Christmas cards and all of the prayers you included with them for our adoption process. We haven't heard anything for a while, but that is to be expected. We appreciate everyone waiting anxiously with us! Of course we'll let you all know as soon as we know anything!

This winter we are slowly going to get the nursery together. We cleared out the room this weekend (man, there was a lot of stuff in there). We'll probably put some furniture together next weekend. It has been sitting in boxes for about a month now. We need to make sure everything is in good condition and not missing any parts. We are just going to take our time and do things little by little, but of course if we hear anything we'll speed up that process!

Sorry for the long blog, but it had been a while. We had been getting some subtle and not so subtle hints on the need to update! Hope 2009 is a great one for you and your family!

Happy Thanksgiving!

We have a lot to be thankful for this year! God has blessed us in so many ways. He has especially blessed us with wonderful, supportive family and friends. We are very thankful for all of the support, listening ears, and kind words from you all!
We hope that everyone has a safe and Happy Thanksgiving!

We finally found it!

After looking all over Richmond, we finally found some furniture for the nursery! We were looking for something simple, but that also still had some style. We bought the matching changing table and crib. We picked up the changing table today, but the crib is on back order until mid December so that will come later. Here are some pictures of the furniture from the catalog. And I promise...I did not choose this crib based on the turtle baby bedding!

Agency Link

Ok, I think I figured out how to link you directly to our picture and letter. This might be easier than following my directions. At least I hope so! Ok, click here for the link!