Changes

Well now that it's official, I can finally post it!  I got a new job!  I've been interviewing with this company since May so it's been a long time coming.  I will be working for an insurance agency out of Winona, doing the exact same thing I do now except from the comforts of my own home!  Super excited to have more flexibility with the family, especially with Nolan going into Kindergarten in a year.   I was starting to really stress out about what to do with him after school.  Now, he will be able to get dropped off at home afterwards.  I prayed so hard to either get a job more flexible for my family or be able to have the means to quit my job and stay home with the kids and out of no where this job came to me.  How often do jobs come to you?? I truly believe this was not a random occurrence but an answered prayer.  (and a sign I am not ready to stay home...)

This job, since it's remote, will be much more flexible for when Baby Burau arrives.  I always wondered how it would work with my current employer and how maternity leave would work. I feel a huge stress off my shoulders and a true sense of relief about this now. Get me trained into this new job and then Baby Burau you can come any day! :)

We have been working diligently on completing our home study renewal and most of the larger items are complete.  I plan to take next week off between jobs and plan to spend a whole day gathering the rest of the information and sending it off to the agency.  I will be ready to put the 2nd home study to rest and pray we never ever have to do another one!

A lot of people have asked how we get through the actual waiting of this process.  To be honest, the waiting sucks but I think it's extremely important to stay busy during the process.  Sitting and dwelling about it isn't going to make the time go any faster.  My IT band injury is almost healed so I have been spending any free time I have training for a September half marathon.  In between that and work, we have been spending oodles of time at the cabin, soccer field, and maybe too much time at dairy queen & cherry berry!  (I swear you totally get paper pregnancy cravings! :) We are also surrounding ourselves with wonderful friends and family and reminding ourselves daily that we have been blessed and when God is ready to bless us some more, He will and on His time!

We received an update recently on the Mothers that are due in December/Januaryish and the update wasn't as positive as most of the Moms are now considering parenting.  I pray these Moms come to peace with their decision and pray they make the decision that is the best interest for the child. 

Thank you everyone for the outpouring of support and love!

29

Today is my 29th birthday! I L-O-V-E birthdays!! Even at 29 years old, they are still fun!  Today I plan to get off work early and do some "Me" shopping and then the boys are going to take me out to dinner.

I have high hopes for this year being the last year before the big 3-0.  I always said I wanted to be done having kids at 30 and hoping God lets me stick to that plan!

Here's to another great year. May it be the best year yet!!

One Year Homestudy Update

We received information on our homestudy one year update last week and I have to admit, I was a little taken back by the amount of paperwork and items we need to complete to be compliant with our homestudy again.  There are about 15 items we have to get done and they want these all done in 3 weeks or less.  Everything from updated financials, background checks, fingerprints, medical forms, self studys, essays, employment verifications, etc.  I remember getting this almost exact stack of papers over a year ago and being so excited to complete all of the items.  This time around, it's not as exciting.  I've been staring at the paperwork for 4 days now and haven't checked off even one of the items. 

Asking for prayers as we complete the stressful process of paperwork once again and keep hanging on to the hope that all this paperwork will be worth it one day.  It's sometimes hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel and it's even harder to get the motivation to complete these items when I feel like we just got done completing them.