new job

Well it has been a few days, the plug/cord to my laptop quit working and I had to order a new one. I was sooo glad to see it outside my door this afternoon!! 

Josh had PRK yesterday morning. Its like lasik but is supposed to work better. We had to drive to Ft Campbell which is about 4.5 hours away. We spent the night is Nashville with some friends and then drove the other hour the next morning. The surgery went great but he is in so much pain today. He has been drugged and slept all day. 

I started my job today at Dr. Miller's office, it was a very slow day but I am really going to enjoy working there. Its monday - thursday 9:30-4:30 which is my kind of hours :) 

We got all of our paperwork to fill out for our homestudy! There is a lot to do, background checks, medical releases, marriage certificate, birth certificate, etc...... we are going to be busy getting everything together. I am so excited I wish we could just go get our angel now!!! I don't want to wait any longer. Everyone we know is having a baby or has just had a baby, it makes me even more excited. I have started reading books about Ethiopia, This is a Soul: The Mission of Rick Hodes is a great book about a Jewish doctor who devotes his life to helping those in Ethiopia with bad backs and cardiac issues. I would recommend it to everyone! It gives great insight into how great the need is in Ethiopia.

just another day

Today was a very busy day for both of us, Josh is busy tweaking battle assembly weekend and preparing to leave for NJ on Friday morning. I got up, delivered some makeup, and cleaned the house. I have been trying to figure out how we will fit another person into our 1100sq ft condo. I have moved my office; well the desk to the living room. Now I have moved the inventory around and made quite a bit more room. I know that we will have to get rid of the full size bed in the spare room and I am planning on only keeping the best sellers on hand until we can sell our condo and get a bigger house.
I am a planner, I have to have a plan for whatever happens. We should find out at the end of this month whether Josh has made officer or not and then we will have to wait until he gets finished with BOLC (basic officer leadership course) to know if he can stay AGR (active guard reserve). This means we have absolutely no idea where we are going to live this time next year.... We have our condo for sale, there are 6 in our association for sale, this is not looking good, we have had 2 showings in 2 years. Josh has a house for sale in KY but it is rented right now( Thank God). So it is a little stressful not knowing what will happen. Anyway this is making it hard for me to have a plan....
I know these posts are random and probably don't have any meaning to anyone else but it defiantly helps my stress level!!!! 

Day #1

Today is literally the 1st day of the rest of our lives!!! Today we faxed our application for our homestudy!!! We are not the most patient people in the world, we are used to instant gratifications so this will be a challenging process for us from day 1. An adoption for a child under 4 from Ethiopia takes about 18-24 months so we know we have a wait ahead of us. God has a plan for everything and the timing will be perfect! We are so excited, I actually said I was going to try to stop telling everyone about our adoption plans because I feel like that is all I ever talk about, so for those of you who have spend hours on the phone listening to me talk and dream about our soon to be child "thanks!"
We have no idea what to expect, I have talked to everyone I know that has adopted and asked them which agencies they used, what the process was like, but it seems everyone has something different so I am sure we too will have a different story to share in the end. So far we know we have to have a homestudy, we have to submit it and our application to US Immigration and then we have to decide on an agency. I googled agencies and requested an information packet from the top 7, we have started to compare timelines, requirements, fees, etc. We are praying very hard that God will lead us to the right one.
Keep Praying!!!!