Big Family news!!!!

So I guess it is time to officially announce our big plans.  Jon and I are in the process of adopting a newborn!  We are super excited and I must say a little overwhelmed with all the paperwork that we are in the process of completing.  We have been discussing adoption for several years and now feel that God is calling us to start the actual process.  It is really exciting to see how smoothly things are going and we are constantly seeing reminders of affirmation that we are meant to adopt.  God is so Good!

We are in the Home Study process right now.  We go to classes once a week to discuss specific situations regarding domestic adoption.  In addition to our classes we have a couple more visits with our social worker and we are completing lots of paperwork!  I have dubbed this time as "The Great Paperwork Chase!"  I must admit that I will be glad when we are done with the document gathering stage!

We hope to be approved from our Home Study around May.  After that we will be among other prospective adoptive parents that can/will be viewed by birthmothers creating an adoption plan.

A few things:  Please pray for us as we continue on this awesome journey!  Specifically pray for us as we complete paperwork and meetings over the next few weeks.  Pray that we will start to adjust our lives to the possibility of a new addition, as there won't be a physical change to my body that will prepare me/us for  changes in sleep patterns and lifestyles.  PLEASE pray for expectant birthparents that are making extremely difficult decisions!  Adoption is such a loving and selfless act by the birthparents but it is such a difficult decision.  Please pray that birthparents with have wisdom, comfort and peace as they are making decisions.

Well that is about all for now!  We are super excited and wanted to share.  Would love to hear your thoughts and adoption stories!

An attempt on sharing my thoughts

For a while now I have been contemplating creating a blog in order to share my latest thoughts and the happenings of our family.  Then reality would set in and I would tell myself that although it was a good intention, I would probably lose interest or what not.  Well I have made the commitment to start blogging, however I will post as the mood hits me or if I have important news to share.  I am not promising a regular routine of posts.

I chose the name "Sally's Snapshots (& Thoughts) because of my love of photography and perhaps my blog will be a "mental snapshot" of who I am.

Happy Reading!