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We have finished the paper work part of our adoption journey. Not to toot our own horn, but we broke the record for getting it all done in the shortest amount of time. We are pretty proud of our accomplishment, it was no small task. We are just waiting on our home study report to come in and then we will send everything to Austin to be authenticated and then it will all be sent to Colombia. It is such a relief to have all of this finished.

We have been praying for Ellie every night when we put Easton to bed. He now asks about “Sissy Ellie” everyday and talks about her before bed. I really believe he will be a wonderful big brother. He has such a sweet and tender heart and loves to share when his friends come over.

We are working on making our photo book to send to Colombia and the photo collage for Ellie’s bedroom, please send us a family picture for us to put into our book! If you bought an Ellie shirt, send us a picture of you wearing it. If you did not get one, order one here and when you get it, send me a picture of you wearing it.We are sooooooo close to reaching our fundraising goal, so please consider buying a shirt to help us!

This week please be in prayer for Ellie. We have been praying for protection for Ellie. This week I have really felt a burden on my heart for her safety. It is strange to love someone you have never met, have a child who isn’t growing in your tummy or in your arms and to wonder who is taking care of your baby. We already feel protective over her and like she is already ours. So, please be in prayer for her.

Thank you for joining us on this awesome journey!

This week was probably the biggest week we have had since we started this adoption journey.

Wednesday we had our first home study visit. I was nervous and wanting my house to look perfect. I baked fresh cookies Wednesday morning so the house smelled warm and inviting. Our social worker was super sweet and we really enjoyed having her over. She walked through our house and everything checked out A-ok! She came back on Friday to do a parent training course and go over some requirements that Colombia has. It was extremely informative and inspiring.

Saturday morning was our garage sale fundraiser! People have been donating items to us for the past month and we were abundantly blessed! Some friends of mine also helped me bake some cookies for the bake sale we were having too. It was amazing! Easton loved it, he ran around and interacted with all the people who came over. At the end of the sale we had made almost $1400.00 and we have a couple of things people are coming to buy this week. Everything (which was very little) that didn’t sell was donated to Helping Hands.

We got to meet a couple of other families who have adopted children. They had been right where we are and were such a source of encouragement to us. We got to meet their kids and see their happy families. One family had two beautiful little girls and they bought a couple of toys from us. About an hour after they left the dad and one little girl came back on their golf cart. The little girl had opened her toy and found $2 in there. She came back to donate it to us. It was precious and really blessed us.

When we first started this journey the financial part of the adoption was daunting and imitating, but God has opened doors and we have been very blessed. We have a goal of not going into debt for this adoption, so we have been doing different fundraisers. Each one we have done has been super successful too, thanks to y’all!!!!

Thank you all for all of your support, help, prayers, encouragement and excitement for us. We love you and appreciate you all so much.