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| Bret and I showing off our adoption application on June 30, 2010. Standing in front of a Mike Black original panting. Checkout his work at http://www.mikeblackart.com/ |
I remember it well. We were getting ready to leave for a big family vacation with my parents, aunts, uncles, cousins, sister and brother to Myrtle Beach, S.C. We decided to mail our application the day before we left, thinking the vacation would keep our minds occupied while our application was being reviewed. I think this would have been a good idea, if we hadn't spilled the beans about our decision to adopt with our family during our vacation, we were just too excited to keep it in!
As soon as we hit the road home to Kentucky from Myrtle Beach we got a call from CHI's Ethiopia Program Director telling us that we had been accepted into the Ethiopia Adoption Program. WE WERE ELATED! She emailed us paperwork to get the process started and we were so anxious to get the ball rolling that we started and finished the paperwork on the drive home.
We've come a long way in A YEAR. We've grown so much spiritually and emotionally. I can honestly say, we are thankful for each and every thing that has transpired in our lives to lead us to the place we stand today, waiting for our daughter.
This year we're sitting out the family vacation (have fun everyone, we'll miss you!) and instead focusing on saving money and vacation time for our two trips to Ethiopia and our maternity leave . We do have a nice staycation planned on Nolin Lake (in a just few weeks) which we're really looking forward to - it will be a welcomed change of pace.
Maybe, just maybe we'll have a referral photo to stare at by then : )
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