Sunday, September 7, 2008

Last homestudy visit!

We made it! After overcoming our first major headache, we've finally scheduled our last homestudy visit. Everything has flowed rather smoothly in the grand scheme of things, except my Dr's letter. To make a long story short, I was told it was mailed for about 3 weeks straight and that "mail takes a little while to get places" (an hour away!?) and that I should just be patient! Finally, I spoke with the office manager who said, "Oh, no...it's right here. I thought you would pick it up." I had sent Jana to pick up the letter, but she was given the first draft. Nice detail to leave out....the completed, notarized copy was in a different envelope. Wonderful. In the end, it's totally God's work; I was prepared to request a new letter, arrange for a notary, schedule ANOTHER $80 visit, etc. But God is faithful....he takes care of us.

So Wednesday morning this place will be sparklin'! THEN, we ship off our Dossier to AGCI! I'm sure the waiting period is difficult, but I'm kind of excited to cherish the time with Paisley and Majil. They've got such great hearts--I'm honored to be their daddy.

Paisley started Preschool last week. It was tough for all of us, but mostly Majil! We went back to the car after dropping her off and she started crying and saying "Where's Paisley? Where's sister?" She thought we were leaving her by accident! When we got home, she looked through the whole house..."Paisley?....no....Paisley.....no..." It was adorable.

Jana took Paisley out to get her nails painted the night before the big day. She was pretty proud of her new nails (apparently called a mani-pedi; I'm learning so much. Sounds like a kind of Thai food...)
Paisley got to eat off the You Are Loved plate...an awesome idea by Jana that the kids get on their Special Day...they pick the food and activities for the day!


Our big girl Mae at home without her sister :(

We're reminded every day in one way or another that this is God's path for us and he will take care of us. Jana came across this in her devotions:

"Let them know that it is your hand,
that you, O LORD, have done it."
--Psalm 109:27




5 comments:

Blog Shmog said...

I have a question about your homestudy. Were your girls home for the whole thing? Just curious how they do homestudy when you have children ready to interrupt the meeting. :)
I am right with you guys on cherishing the time left with the girls before number 3 comes. As much as you don't want the process to take forever, it's mourning the loss of having only 2 children. I felt the same way when I was pregnant with Nora. It had just been Alivia and I and I had to deal with the fact that after Nora was born they had to share me. :) Okay, this is long...

asian~treasures said...

YEAH...your final homestudy is just about complete & then, sit back & wait. : )

Congrats on having everything almost finished!

Sheri, David, Micah & Adria--waiting in Vietnam

missy said...

hooray for the last homestudy visit. if i run into trouble making my home look presentable when that day comes, i'm just gonna stash all the junk in our mini-van. i don't think she'll check there. :) feel free to try that trick if need be! so excited for you!!!!!! i look forward to when our families friendship moves from cyberspace to real life!

Three2Five said...

Hey I just found your blog. Your girls are super cute..Congrats on the homestudy faze.

Joy Armstrong said...

Yay! I'm so excited for your famiy! So much new stuff going on! And even more to come. I'm so glad the doctor's office found the letter - what a relief! So glad that I will get to see you every week for MUMs Jana! Hope you're looking forward to Bunco - I know I sure am!