Our Journey to You!

After having biological children of my own, I know the feelings, pains, dreams, and plans that go into a pregnancy, but it is a new road to travel with adopting.  It is weird how many feelings are the same as with a pregnancy.  What is equally weird is the feelings that hit you with adoption that you were not aware would occur! 
I feel that with each and every step of the adoption process I am traveling closer and closer to the destination...Our little one!  I work as hard as I can each day to provide for this little one just as I would prepare my body to birth a child.  I strive to accomplish my part of the process to the best of my ability, because I feel that my child deserves the best I have to offer.  I do this all while I cling to the Savior.  It is my soul's  desire to be a light in a dark world.  It is my heart's cry to be hope where there is none.  I try to do all of this while still being the best Momma to my children!  Please pray that  as we work through the red tape that we would bring glory to HIS name. 

Below are the dates that I have recorded  for our child so that the kiddo will know that each day was a journey to him/her....

February 16-24-The missions trip to Guatemala that clarified that the Elliott's had another child to love!

March 9-  We signed up with Tracie Loux from Christian Adoption Consultants.  She is a true gift.  Already she has allowed me the chance to have joy, tears, and frustrations!!  Tracie is a sister that I long to meet some day if not in this world than in eternity!

March 20-We signed up with an agency in the Columbus area to do our home study.  We received our paper work on this day! 

March 24-I was a little discouraged this day and out of the blue one of the players from our son's basketball team brought me flowers!!  Thanks, Gary, you made my day!!!!

April 11-We had our first Home Study visit!  What a nerve racking experience!  The kids were a nervous wreck!  After it was done, they were surprised at how easy it was for them!

April 14-We had our last Home Study visit with our case worker.  It as a long interview that last about 2 1/2 hours.  We were exhausted when she left!  How thankful we are that we are TOTALLY done with our part of this process.  We just have to wait for her to type it up!!

April 16-We learned today that we need to raise up to $30,000 for the adoption.  We also found out that we need to have at least 1/2 of the $30,000 before our profile can be shown to find a  match for our adoption.  So...on to fund raising!!!

May4-I received our home study paper work in the mail!  I was able to go to Office Max and mail out some of our grants!!

May 8-We sign up with a wonderful 501 (c) 3 ministry called Adopt Together that shows our profile, collects our fund raising money, allows friends to give to us and have a tax write off, plus give us accountability!  Any one can give at:
http://adopttogether.org/elliott/