Yesterday, we overnighted both of the approvals to our home study agency. I'm super glad to have those out of my hands and in the hands of the h.s. agency. I talked to yet another social worker today. She's coming on Saturday to finish out our third home study update. While I'm not crazy about having four social workers in just over two years . . . insanity . . . they've all been really good. Please join us in praying that everything goes just as smoothly with this one.
The other day I was talking to someone who was astounded that a couple, who could actually give birth to children without any complications, was thinking about adopting. This made me want to beat my head against the wall. I know that for some couples adoption is chosen because they cannot conceive or because pregnancy is too high of a risk. For us, we made the choice not to have anymore ourselves because another pregnancy would be high risk. But honestly, adoption has always been on the radar, and adoption wasn't a fallback or a plan B. It was and is the plan God has for us, and I kind of resent it when people think of adoption as only for those who can't have kids the "normal" way. Just to be clear adoption is part of our Plan A just like having Andrew was part of our plan A. And I'm pretty sure that we would've adopted with or without the high risk pregnancy issue.
I know. I'm on a roll. I think I'm antsy because we're reaching the two year mark for being registered in Bulgaria. I am praying that we're on the downhill side (or at least the top of the hill) of things. But things haven't been moving incredibly fast in Bulgaria . . . so we wait. It's all we can do.
Time to change the subject . . .
Monday morning Sarah and I loaded up the boys (Brendon is here for a couple of weeks) and headed to Brenham to the Blue Bell Factory. How have I lived in Texas all my life and never been to the Blue Bell Factory? It was so much fun, and it ended with a nice large scoop of ice cream. What more could you ask for?
A little Instagram action going on in this one.
My sister would make a fabulous Blue Bell girl. Don't you think?
Career change? The only problem is you can eat as much ice cream as you want if you work for Blue Bell. While some people say they would tire of ice cream, I know for a fact I wouldn't. Ever. I have to fight the urge to eat ice cream on a daily basis as it is.
Ending with a scoop of ice cream because everyone knows Blue Bell really is "the best ice cream in the country".
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our friends have decided to only have children via adoption. And as far as they know there is no reason they can't have biological children. They've chosen adoption. Plan A. They even have gotten a surgery to prevent pregnancy, because they want to only adopt. Not that they think that it is wrong to have biological children...this is just what they feel is right for them. Incidentally they adopted Levi's biological sister. So it is so cool that they will get to know each other.
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