Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Buh Bye Homestudy!

Today, I said good bye to an old friend, my bulky, heavy, homestudy binder.

No longer, will I have to see you, homestudy, sitting on my desk or countertop, listening to you plead with me to finish you and send you on your merry way. Today, I delivered you to your home with the social worker.

I feels odd to not have this nagging feeling "you should really be finishing up that homestudy paperwork" today, for the first time in almost 3 months! I am so happy to have it out of my house! It feels like our first official landmark in this journey.

Next up: the home visits (which means, I need to get my house clean and babyproofed...even though I already raised one baby in this house and never did it)! Looks like we'll get our homevisits done in January at this point...I am feeling a little lighter today! Yipee!

And, One more plug for TOMS shoes, and I'm done. I just think it's so cool that this company matches shoes, one for one. You buy a pair, a pair goes to Ethiopia to a child in need. How great is that?!

13 comments:

annaliese said...

yay! one step closer to holding her in your arms :)

missy said...

so nice to have that done, huh? congrats!

Dee said...

PTL! One step at a time, baby!

Lee Ann said...

what a relief! So glad you can check that off your list now.

Amy said...

I'm so excited for you Eryn! Thanks for sharing the process of the adoption. I've really been enjoying hearing all the things you are doing to get that baby girl in your arms. I love your dedication and determination and obedience to God. It is inspiring. You are inspiring.

Our journey said...

I loved getting that thing off my dining room table. What a huge step.

Amy

Meredith said...

Hooray!!!

meleea said...

Congrats on a big milestone of this journey!! now you can breathe and enjoy your christmas!

Troy said...

Congrats! I know how great that relief feels.

Brian and Autumn said...

YEAH!! Congratulations it is SO nice to have the homestudy papers done! We are still over $3000 short of the low end of travel expenses estimate...it's worked out this far though so I'm not too worried :) Go celebrate your accomplishment!

Melissa said...

CONGRATULATIONS!! I loved the feeling of sending those papers along. YAY!

Wishing you a joyous christmas and a very happy new year!

Shayna said...

Way to go! I'm sure a huge weight has been lifted off of your shoulders. Could you email me? I have a question about stripping cloth diapers. Thank you.

shaynamarie22@hotmail.com

Jason & Kala said...

Eryn,
Send donations to families you know are traveling or send moola to AGCI marked donation Ethiopia formula. They are really hurting over there. Absolutely unacceptable in my eyes. How can our country not help? Jeez. Anyway, lift up the little ones in prayer. Man are they needing it! I'm trying to contact as many doctor resources or friends and family to give either money, formula or coupons to purchase the formula. You can get it to me also if you want. We're taking as much as we can. Paying for extra bags is cheaper than shipping costs. But we won't travel til sometime between March and May I'm guessing.

Blessings.
Kala

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