My Baby is 4

Wow, it is hard to believe that my baby just turned 4 yrs old this week. We had a fun party at the park and invited our friends and family. He got all kinds of super hero toys and loves to save the day. I realized that I only have a year left before he off to school with his sister. It makes me sad. I didn't expect to have all my kids in school before I was 30. I had hoped to have little ones to take care of until I was at least 35. Maybe I still will.
Adoption is a long and hard road. I sometimes feel so frustrated because I am just ready to have our sweet baby home. We went off birth control 3 years ago. Never in a million years did I expect to still be waiting for the baby that we both know is suppose to be a part of our family. Both of us knew that we were suppose to have another child, and that is why even though our son was only 9 months old, we look that leap. It was scary, he was still a baby. I know that we are going through this for a reason and I think that if we had not had these struggles than we never would have been led to the path of adoption. I am so grateful for that. Adoption is so beautiful and amazing and I can't wait to be apart of it. So heres to hoping that we can save the money quickly and get this show on the road. Patience is a virtue that I don't have.

ITS OFFICIAL!!!!!!

Okay so I am seriously not good at keeping up on this thing. But we have officially decided to adopt from Vietnam!!! We are really excited. It has taken us at least a year to finally be on the same page, but here we are and we couldn't be more excited. It really came down to a money issue with my sweet husband. He just didn't know where we would get the money. So we made a little deal-- If we can save up about half of the money than we will go ahead and start with the paperwork. He just doesn't want to get to far in and than not have the money to finish. I am already on it and have $1000 in our adoption fund!!! We are going to sell his motorcycle and I am going to start as a consultant for Lia Sophia jewelry. I will post a link to that once I get my site up and running. The kids are so excited and put all of their spare change in our adoption jar. It is cute.

I am still researching agencies, but I am pretty sure that I have it narrowed down to 2 that we will continue to think on and hopefully make a decision. If anyone has advice on agencies we would love to hear it.

We recently went on vacation to DisneyWorld and had a fantastic time. That is the reason I haven't posted in such a long time.

Craziness...

So much has been going on in my state these last few weeks. So many tragedies. First a house in my ward blew up. Yes, blew up, and the young mother and gas man were killed. This really hit home as this couple had just moved into our ward and it really did effect all of us. She left behind her husband and 18 month old daughter. It was so sad to watch all the newscasts and then see them at church. I can't even begin to imagine what that would be like. Then just a few days later a family in SLC was hit by a drunk driver and it killed half of this family, and yet the dad remained so composed and offered forgiveness and love to the boy who had killed his family. And last but not least a shooting at a local mall killing 5 people. Where is all this craziness coming from??? It really makes you look at life and realize that anything can happen. It just really made me want to hold my kids a little bit tighter and make sure I tell my husband that I love him. A lady in my ward really put it into prespective when she said that just that day that the house blew up she had been complaining to a friend that the new entertainment center she just ordered was the wrong color, and not 30 minutes later she looks out her window to see this couples home blow up. They lost all of their material posessions and his wife. It made her realize that the issue with her furniture was so miniscule in comparison. I find myself feeling this same way. Looking at the bigger picture and realizing the truly important things in life. It is my family. They are the world to me and I can't even begin to imagine what my life would be like if I were to suddenly lose one of them-or half of them. It is a sobering thought, and yet I gain such strength from the examples of these families who have lost so much and yet still have such faith and strength to go on. The compassion and forgiveness that they give to those who are responsible for their pain is amazing to me, and really inspires me to be a better mother, wife and person. I guess if anything good can come of these tragedies it is that others will try to be better and show more love and compassion, and hopefully that can impact someone else for the better.

Sir, will you please step out of your car?????

Okay, so we are driving home from church yesterday and are just about to pull into our neighborhood when the lights go on and we get pulled over. Our registration sticker had fallen off. So we give the officer all of the info, showing that yes the car is registered and insured. So we are waiting and he comes over and asks my husband to please step out of the vehicle. In November he had gotten pulled over for a headlight being out-I think our cops have nothing better to do--and of course it was when we were moving and it was only a 5 min. drive to our new house but the kids weren't in carseats. So he gets a ticket. Well I tried to pay it over the Christmas break, but the court told me to try and get the headlight fixed and then they would take that off of the ticket. Well T's car is a piece of poo and there is a short in the headlight and has to be professionally repaired. So in January we get a notice that because we didn't pay it is now doubled and if we don't pay the $300 bucks they will put a warrant out for his arrest. So this brings me back to yesterday. This warrant was just issued 3 days before. Yup-you got it they were going to arrest my husband for having a headlight out. He could pay the bail in cash or go with him to jail. A great way to end our sunday. So he goes to the bank and pulls out $350 dollars so he doesn't get arrested. The officer than says "I am glad that you could do this cause I have never taken anyone to jail in a suit" Needless to say T was not very happy. So my husband-the hardened criminal that he is-now has a police record.

What is Embryo Adoption????

I figured that there are probably not a whole lot of people out there who know much about embryo adoption or what it is. So I thought I would try to explain it. There are many people who suffer from infertility and go through IVF in order to create their family. Many times when they are done having their children they will have left over embryos. Most of the time these embies just stay frozen and then are later destroyed. There are a few places now that offer the option of donating those embryos to other couples who cannot get pregnant with their own egg or sperm. This gives a couple the chance to be pregnant with their adopted child. It is pretty neat. Of course many people say well that is kinda weird, why do that instead of just adopting or trying IVF yourselves? Well for us it was the fact that my eggs are really bad. IVF would probably end up costing a lot of money for nothing. We also have been blessed with two children on our own already and don't feel that going through all the steps of fertility treatments is for us. It is also a lot less expensive. Check out the http://embryodonation.org to find out more. It is really new and not a lot of people even know that this is an option. We are seriously considering this option for our family.

New to Blogging

Well this is my first ever adventure into the world of blogging. We are starting the process of adoption. We are looking into 2 options: Embryo adoption or international(eventually). Not only am I a mom to superman, but a princess too. They keep me busy and entertained. Thanks for stopping by.