WHOOP, there it is

Please forgive the title of this blog entry. While the 1992 group Tag Team would later be classified under the title of one-hit wonders, they did give us the anthem of the summer in "Whoop, There It Is." Classic. We've been watching a lot of VH1's "I Love The 90's." So sue us.

Today, we reached yet another milestone. We had our joint home study meeting with a representative from Christian Family Services to talk more about our marriage, view of parenting, views on adoption and to look at the house to make sure we have the stability to provide a loving and protected environment for a child. It went quite well.

And now for lack of a better phrase, we've been approved. We're of course sharing a mixture of joy and being a little more scared as things begin to heat up even more bringing us closer to our son or daughter.

God continues to watch over us and provide. We recently received an unexpected donation to go towards our homestudy fees from some great friends, and another family has blessed us with some tax help (adoption-specific help) for the upcoming tax season. Thank you, thank you!!! (Yes, three exclamation points are necessary.)

Last weekend, we we were both off Friday, Monday and Tuesday and spent Christmas Eve with Marc's family. We also caught up on a few movies we had been wanting to see. This weekend we are looking forward to heading up to Iowa to visit with Kim's family. Thanks to my best friend (and the best insurance provider in the known universe), Matt, we'll be riding in gas-effiency style in one of these: www.edmunds.com/media/seo/500/2006.ford.focus.jpg

Specific prayer requests we have:
- Spiritual strength and direction
- Time to put together our book about us that will be shown to mothers-to-be
- Financial advice
- Work/priorities stability: We are both extremely stressed with our jobs. (Who isn't right?) It's hard because we both love what we do, but right now our positions are more demanding than ever.

We hope this blog entry finds you doing well after the Christmas hype. It's hard to believe we're so close to 2007. It seems like yesterday we were planning for our July trip to Hawai'i. Thanks again for the continued prayer and support.

Oh yeah, and Happy New Year!