Ode to Jeremy

Today, 14 years ago, was the best day of my life. It is the day that I married my sweet husband, Jeremy. Back then I had no idea what I was getting myself into, and I'm so glad we did it. We were just a couple of kids but life together just gets sweeter. Jeremy makes me laugh, smile, cry (usually in a good way), love more and want to be a better person. He is an amazingly talented, passionate, kind, gentle, tenderhearted, godly, honest, sweet-sweet man. I am honored to get to spend my life with him. I can't wait to see what is yet to come...

Wish you were here, Jeremy, but I'll see you this weekend!

Grace

Last week was a challenging one for me, I think for Jeremy too. I got a little overwhelmed by my huge list of things yet to do for the adoption process. I feel like I can see Mazey but I just can't get to her. I am feeling much better this week. My parents are helping me out with a couple things that really need to be done... 1) getting a sealed and apostilled copy of our marriage license & 2) researching grant information for us. Thank you both! This is such a blessing to us!

We are on our last home study visit. Our social worker will come visit our house for this one. All other interviews have been at her office. This is scheduled for the first week of September. This step will be done after that so that is great!

Recently my hubby and a couple of his buddies, Aaron and Sam, went on a little road trip. They went to some record shops in Tennessee, New Orleans, Georgia and back home again. Here is a link to some of their adventure...
http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2008/08/paste-reader-tours-coolest-record-stores.html

For those of you who may be waiting on a promise from God... I know sometimes the wait can be SO hard. I have had several people tell me lately that the wait will be so worth it. I do know this but sometimes a reminder is all we need to snap out of it. I'm just so excited to see what God is giving us that sometimes it is SO hard to wait for it and do what we need to for it. I pray that God will give us the patience and endourance for this... and you too, for whatever you may be waiting and believing for.

Catching Up

I am way behind here so there is lots to catch up on.

Jeremy and I went on vacation in July and had a great time. We rented a little cabin that set right on the edge of a little lake. The fireworks were right over the lake so we were able to just sit on the back porch for the 4th. We swam every day and just had a great relaxing time.

We have had 3 home study appointments and just have our final one to complete for the adoption process. This is the one where she comes to our house. We have a few things we are waiting on before we are able to book this appointment but for the most part the home study has been very painless. Other than that, we are just working on other little pieces of the adoption process and little by little, plucking away at it.

My dad was here for a visit. Well, technically not really for a visit. He came out to work on a patio project that we were doing at the church. He is back home safe and sound and probably never wants to answer my phone calls again after all the work and heat we put him through. We had a great time with him though and are so thankful that he came.

I'll have to post pictures soon but have run into a few technical difficulties. So until then, I just wanted to post a quick update.

Thank you for your continued prayers for our adoption process, the finances for this and for our agency to receive their Hague accreditation. They were recently denied because of a paper missing for one state. They are working hard to rectify this but we would appreciate your prayers for this process to continue to go smoothly.

Blessings!