We've been busy the last month!  On July 8th we received a call that we had been matched with a birth family, and on July 10th Morgan Angela Rhodes was born in Anderson! We brought her home on the 13th and it has been crazy around here!  Two kids is a HUGE adjustment but things are going great! 

Morgan was 4lbs 15oz when she was born and dropped to 4lbs 9oz by her first week appointment.  She is a good eater and today at her 5 week appointment she weighed in at 7lbs 9oz!

We just want to thank you all for your support and all you have done for us!  We are going to keep this blog open because not only will be be paying adoption expenses for some time (and possibly more fundraising) we also plan on adopting again down the road!

Just checking in!

We are still patiently waiting for any news, and ready at any time!  Many more couples have dropped off of the list, and we are being told that many of the birth mothers are choosing childless couples.  We are confident that when the time is right we will get a call!

We are doing great chipping away at our adoption loan, and we have some ideas up our sleeves for some upcoming fundraisers to help us lower that financial burden!

I (Jordan) possibly have my first wedding cupcake order, and have heard some great feedback on the wedding programs and stationary that I did for a couple of weddings late last year.  I'm looking forward to my next projects.

That's about all of the updates that I have for now, we hope to be updating sooner than later!

January Update

All of the waiting couples listed before us at the agency are off the list, so while that doesn't guarantee that we will be next, we think we will be getting a call very soon! 

We reached our goal with our "100 Nests" fundraiser in just over a month, and we added an additional $1,194 to our loan payment last week - just from the sale of the pendants.  We have already sold more pendants, and have some ideas for future fundraising.  Things are going well!

We really planned for Christmas this year and it wasn't difficult for us to get back on track financially after the holidays were over.  Both Klif and I have been doing exceptionally well watching our money, and we've made some minor adjustments to make it even easier.  The temperature in the house went down, the cable was cancelled, and we are doing really well sticking to the grocery budget and meal plan.

For now it is just continuing with saving and fundraising, and waiting for that call!