Fun day in town

Daughter really wanted to go to the library and zoo today. Why not?

So we went. 

I had a nice chat with the children's librarian while we were there. She said Daughter is looking more and more like me. 😊. I didn't say anything about EA. I generally use every opening to bring attention to it... But Daughter looking like me isn't really an opening- it's just a coincidence. 

Our agency called

Not THE call, just to check in. 

She said that birth mothers are interested in our profile and they really like our book. That's great!  

Other info that I got was that the meeting would come about one month before the due date of the future birth mother and it would be at the adoption agency. That's wonderful because when we had our group study back in 2012, they said a lot of adoptive families meet their birth families at restaurants. Daughter does not generally do well a at restaurants. 

So... Maybe there is a birth mother who they're still counseling who will choose us?  We can hope!!!!

Now 1 of 13 waiting families...

It's disheartening.

CFLS waiting families


I knew going into this that it averages about a year through this agency... but I was really convinced that a birth mother was going to see our profile and fall in love with us right away.  I'm still pretty confident that the right birth parents are going to choose us, but there just aren't any coming up through CFLS.  Only one couple has had a placement since we've been on the list.  1 match in 5 months....

I don't like those odds.

Please pray for us.

Weekend fun!

We had no plans this weekend. Woot!

So we enjoyed some quiet family time and we went to the zoo

This was Mat's first zoo trip if the year. Daughter was very excited to show the different animals to daddy!

When it rains it pours

Mat has strep... and so does Daughter.

Then this morning at three we awoke to a bad storm. The power went out, we got Daughter out of bed and into an interior room, and she and I hunkered down to watch movies on the iPad. So we were all up from 3-5 with the storm. We finally were past the worst of it and decided to try to sleep again.  I always have trouble sleeping in storms and without my fan, it was next to impossible. 

We woke up this morning to a downed play house 

Countless branches/trees

And 1.5 inches of rain

Mat got the play set righted, no pics of it.  It's still off kilter and broken, and the swing bar needs to be replaced. But he got it vertical again 

Thankfully there was no hail damage, broken windows, or roof damage (gotta love metal roofs!)

She's 3!!!!

Our precious little girl is now three!!!

She loved her new scooter and helmet!

We are so blessed to be her parents!  She's an exciting little girl!