"The check is in the mail"

As cheesy as that sounds, that is the reality! We sent off the retainer fee for the attorney this week and are busy gathering other supporting documents that will go along with our home study to send him. I should say, busy waiting for our SW to send us a release form so we can get him all the necessary forms. Waiting, waiting, waiting....a theme in our life right now.
Waiting for someone to buy our condo, waiting for a baby...God is teaching me patience everyday....not an easy lesson.

I just emailed the attorney our adoption portfolio, pictures of us, stories of us and our family...I updated our original one, and am not going to try to get real "fancy" with it. Simplicity. Honesty. Reality. Family. I pray that the birth mother that reads our profile and is seeking for an adoptive family will see those things in our lives. Here's a few of the photos in our profile:


Fun at the beach! showing how we cut up at dinner :)


One of my birthday celebrations...Walter with the bunny ears!


Mom and I at her 70th birthday party

Me and my brother Joe

Will post more later...need to get to bed. I can get consumed with reading blogs, looking at pictures, reading adoption sites and more!

Always Song Lyrics | Building 429

This song spoke to me today as I was driving to work, it reminded me that God is with us ALWAYS. We don't always acknowledge Him, but He is there by our side. I know that He is with us on this journey and that in this life we still have a lot to learn. I know that He will guide us and direct us if we stop long enough to listen to His still small voice.

chorus:
Cause I believe always always
Our Savior never fails
Even when all hope is gone
God knows our pain and His promise remains
He will be with you always

Always Song Lyrics | Building 429 Lyrics | Christian Music Song Lyrics | NewReleaseTuesday.com

Update

I wish when I typed update, that it would be BIG news, but it's not the BIG news that Walter and I and the rest of our family and friends would like to hear. At least not yet anyway. We did meet with our SW for our 18 month home study update. As I type 18 months, I can hardly believe it. At times it seems like an eternity, other rare times it doesn't seem as long.

I do feel a little more hopeful now, at least like we are "doing something" rather than just waiting. Becky told us the plans CSS has to be more public and get information out to potential birthmothers using today's technology rather than relying on the yellow pages and brochures. Of course with anything that requires approval from someone else, this too will take time. But, I am at least happy to see that they do realize that they need to keep current and are taking steps to do so.

So, now we still need a few more pieces of documentation to finish up for the updated home study, but once that's done we can send those on to the attorney and proceed with him. Since he is an attorney and not another independent agency, we can still work with CSS, which is something we weren't sure we could do.

I know all things work together for the good according to God's will and things happen in HIS good time. He knows what is best for us, it is just hard for our human condition to be patient.

I am working on our profile (with photos, etc) again to update it and am getting caught up in the presentation, should I use this particular web site or that one, wanting to make it perfect...but perfection is not required, just sincerity and honesty.