133 is better!!

We got an email last Friday, on our anniversary, from the media dept at the Adoption Law Firm saying they received our pictures and were able to use them to complete our websites.  They told us to expect it to take 2-3 weeks for the websites to be up available for viewing and we can't make any changes to the web pages for 3 months.  I'm assuming we can send them newer pictures if we have some that we take and feel like they can be used.  I, for one, am over it!!  I don't plan on having another photo shoot for a loooong time!!!  I'm sure JP won't have his feelings hurt if he doesn't have to do that again, either!!
We have received all of our background clearances and submitted our completed home study, so now, we are truly and completely "waiting to be chosen"!  I look forward to hearing from them when they have our web pages up and running so we can take a peek at them.  Pending my approval, I may attach the links to the pages in a blog post for everyone else to see.
On a funny note, I have been doing some "research" about baby things.  Since we know we are having a baby, it's just a matter of when, I thought I would do some browsing.  My mother has been ever so gently pressuring me to pick out a "theme" for our nursery so she can get busy on her next grandbabies quilt!  So, I picked out a unisex crib set and showed JP.  Bless his heart, he thought the price tag was for the entire nursery, furniture and all, not just the crib set!  He really has no idea, does he?!  Well, that got me thinking, just exactly how much does nursery furniture cost?  As it turns out, it's not cheap either!!!  Originally, I had said I wasn't going to buy anything because I didn't want to have a nursery set up and then, God forbid the worst happens and we come home without a baby to fully decorated nursery.  That seems so "Lifetime Movie" and I didn't really want to have to deal with that.  But, I have decided that waiting until we have been away from home for at least 2 weeks and dealing with the expenses that will incur will probably not be the best time to go shopping for everything you need in a baby's room.  So, I told JP we should go ahead and get the stuff for the nursery and just have it.  We don't have to set it all up but if we have it, then when we get home, we can put it all together or even while we're gone if I know my besties and my mother!!  So, the plan is to slowly shop for those necessities from now until then but save all the fun stuff for the baby showers that we will have after we are all home!
Several people have asked me lately how things are going, so I thought I would update the blog and share all of the latest information with all of our faithful supporters! 

76 is not enough!!

So, we received an email last week from the adoption law firm stating we needed to submit more photos.  Of the 76 photos I sent them, they were only able to use less than 20 because of shadows on our faces, glares or squinty eyes.  I was very frustrated and almost had a meltdown when I read the email requesting more photos!  It is extremely difficult to come up with action photos of us that meet their requirements!! 
Thankfully, I calmed down and we came up with a plan.  We enlisted the help of my bestie, Julie and she had some excellent ideas and suggested we come to her house for a photo shoot.  I also emailed Sue at the media dept. in the adoption law firm and let her know our plan.  I shared my frustrations with her and she was also able to give us a few suggestions to work with.
So, we went to Julie's on Sunday, with 3 outifts each and spent a few hours having our very own photo shoot!  We were able to get what I think are several great photos and I plan on sending them to the adoption law firm on Wednesday when I'm off.  Hopefully, we will have enough pics after sending these new photos to them so we can have our webpages complete!!
We are both ready to have this part of the process checked off our list and be moving on to the next step.  We are ready to be officially waiting!!!