Complete!

Thanks to a dear friend and coworker the scrapbook is complete. I worked on it for about 4 hours on Friday night, 2-3 hours of Saturday night, and my friend came and topped it all off Sunday afternoon for about 2 hours! We sent it off to Costco for 1 hour printing and BOOM! it was done! Mom picked out a beautiful black scrapbook to put the pages in and it is ready to be sent. We also were able to get the crib set up (Mom brought it down) and the nursery looks amazing! We moved one bed upstairs, another one to another room, and one down stairs and back up again! All three rooms look great. It felt like a cleansing and I am so glad mom got to be a pat of it all. God is good! His timing was perfect as usual.
Thank you, Lord! And, thanks for all the prayers from our friends and family.

Shock

We got an email yesterday from the director of our agency. She told us we needed to get our scrapbook to them ASAP. She asked if it was ready to go and if we could get it to them quickly. I replied and told her that we were working on it ( sort of) and I thought I could have it to her by the end of the week. She told me she needed it by Thursday! I wasn't really sure what that meant, but it sounded promising. I called my friend who was helping me get it together and asked if she could bring her laptop to me at school so I could get started on it. I had a nervous feeling in my stomach all day, and wasn't sure why. I got home today and checked my email again just to be sure there wasn't anything else. We got another email from her today saying she needed it by Wednesday because a birth mom was trying to choose between us and another family! They normally do not share that information with adoptive families, but since they did not have our scrapbook, they had to tell us.
Please be praying that we can get this scrapbook completed in the next two days and sent off to get there by Wednesday. Also, be praying for peace in God's plan for our lives whether this be the right birthmom or not. I don't want to have to make a decision. I want complete peace from God that this is the one for our family or this is NOT the one. Reserved excitement and anxious feelings for now..................Pray!

Mother's Day

Thank you for all of those thinking of me and praying for me on Mother's Day. It really did not bother me at all. We even had baby dedication at our church that morning, and I was just fine. God's grace was sufficient! No worries because Higgins and Murphy gave me a Mother's Day card. Thanks, mom for helping them pick it out!

Busy, busy

Wow this time of year is so busy! I am exhausted when I get home! This past weekend mom and dad and Brian's mom came in for the weekend (hoping to see the crib that didn't come in). Mom and dad brought the changing table dresser and 5 drawer dresser for the nursery room. It looks beautiful with the green walls. I am so pleased!
The ladies went to Hobby Lobby on Saturday and found black material to cover the rocking chair my sister and brother-in-law loaned us (thanks you guys!), and we found a neutral material to use for the cradle bumper. Mom sewed it up that night and now the cradle is ready to go. I will post pictures soon! I am so pleased with everything and super excited we were able to get that finished. Mom is taking the material and cushions home to finish the rocking chair but I know it will be great! Now if we could just get that crib! Oh well, no hurry, right?