Interview with the future

As many of you know, we have been antsy about moving things forward and we've got a touch of paranoia. After our first packet being lost in the mail and hoping people who received perspective reference letters got them, didn't throw them away, filled them out and sent them back, we're all for being proactive.

This past week, we contacted our agency contact to find that our reference letters have been coming back in quickly, and they would like to go ahead and begin scheduling our individual interviews.

Marc's interview will take place tomorrow morning and Kim's will take place Wednesday.

With things progressing, Kim decided it would be a GREAT idea to head to Babies R' Us to look the place over and pre-shop. Marc found his way to the toys quickly and while overall he felt most of them were a bit too feminine (a lack of Star Wars, monster trucks and Batman things were a sure sign), he was able to find a few things that could very well make the cut. Although it's a bit out of our price range, Kim has fallen in love with the Wendy Bellissimo Starlight™ Nursery Collection.

We looked at potential car seats, toys, cribs, toys, books and clothing and couldn't help but dream a bit ourselves. Closed, sleeping little eyes. Feeding and needs throughout the day and night. Crawling then walking. Introductions to Raiders football and XBOX. Talks about green frogs, God and girls (hopefully in that order). Telling him/her he's/she's the most amazing thing in the whole, wide world.

This week should be interesting and it's proving to be almost like another story that happened this time of year to two parents who wondered how they would raise a child they weren't ready to be accountable to. We just hope God gives us the tools to raise the son or daughter He sees fit to bless us with, come what may. That's probably all any parent could ask.

We'll be sure to update you this coming weekend with news on how things went. Until then, thanks for your continued prayer and support. We couldn't do it without you guys.

Also, for those of you who haven't seen our Christmas letter, but would like to, please log on to www.marcvasquezonline.com/xmas06.html for more information.