I hatehatehate being cold, so the next few days are going to be a struggle for me. And for Mallie I think. She's been getting cold during the night and then crying to get into our bed around 1 am. I would rather her sleep in bed than deal with her whining, but then she takes up about half of the bed, leaving 1/4 each for Paul and me. It's lose-lose.
Apart from the Gamecocks being not awesome on Saturday, it was a great weekend. We loved hanging out with out of town friends and getting some extended time with Hillary. Hillary, btw, has expanded her jewelry line (see etsy.com/shop/CameraSHYphotography) with some amazing leather pieces (these aren't on the website yet). She also started a blog this weekend, so as soon as she gets it up and running, I'll give you the link.
Today, Paul and I continued our church hunt. We still haven't landed anywhere, but I think we may be getting close. We'll let you know when we do, but I know we need to give this process a fair amount of time. Once we find the church God is calling us to, we want to be committed, so we aren't making this decision lightly, even though this is a tough journey. I just want it to be six months from now on some days - we'd already be in a church, building community, and making less awkward small talk than we are now (I know that never goes away on some level).
On the adoption front (which I know is why you're here in the first place), things are moving along. We are almost done with our formal application - hopefully we will submit it tomorrow. So thus far, we've done an informational meeting, preliminary application, written statements of faith, and almost finished the formal application. We still have an intake interview (scheduled for next week in Charlottesville), a two-day training (at the end of October), a couple more interviews in Richmond, and an intensive home study. So we aren't anywhere near the end of the tunnel, but we're getting there.
We are really enjoying the process - even if it is a ton of paperwork. It is forcing us to have hard, but really good conversations, and requiring that we trust God through the hard questions.
We are so incredibly blessed by the outpouring of support we've gotten from friends and family. We love seeing you guys as excited as we are. Thank you so much! We know that not every adoptive couple has such an amazing network of family and friends.
This week, I really hope to blog a bit about a book that Paul and I are both reading, Adopted for Life by Russell D. Moore. I'm only in the first chapter, but so far, Moore does a beautiful job of painting a picture of our very own adoption story through the work of Christ. "See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are." (1 John 3:1) I would recommend this book. Paul and I will both share our thoughts on the book on the blog later on!
Alrighty, off we go. Busy week coming up - the corn maze job starts this week, and I'm doing some volunteering administering youth data surveys. All of this is leading up to....Wicked in Richmond on Saturday with the family! I think I'll tryyyyy defyyyyying gravity! Okay, I'm done.
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