Hurry Up and Wait

Okay the process is slow slow slow. Part of the process for adoption if having your fingerprints done. We went to the police department and had our fingerprints done in May. After DHS receives the fingerprints it takes 4-8 weeks for the OSBI to run the prints to determine we are no child abusers and have no other unwanted criminal records....I guess our just saying we didn't have a record is not good enough. I really get that part. Not all people are honest. I have never had my fingerprints done digitally. The beauty of digital fingerprinting is that the fingerprints are always readable. Well at least that is what they told me. So imagine my surprise when I received a call saying my fingerprints didn't pass and they wanted to me to have them redone and this time I should have them done digitally. Okay yep you guessed it I already had that done. In retrospect I do remember the police officer having troubled getting the computer to accept my fingerprints. Wish I would have known then what I know now. Hindsight and all that. Anyway it was back to the police department to have them redone. This time all went smoothly and I was back to the DHS office to deliver my new set of prints. When I delivered the new print cards to the DHS I met with the nicest DHS worker, Teresa. (No last name used to protect the innocent) She assured me in spite of the fact that it was 4:15 and they went home at 4:30 she would get my new prints in the mail that day. That was May 28. We Teresa and I have a conversation every week. In fact I just spoke with her again today. Still no print results. Ugh! Oh by the way I failed to mention that Steven's prints went through without any problems and I was pleased to find he was not a hardened criminal. Well, I already knew that but the OSBI felt obligated to confirm that for us. So once again it is back to the waiting game. Everywhere we go it seems there are adorable little boys enjoying their life and our home continues without one. I have faith in God that our little boy is coming. Steven and I have been confessing for months that 2009 is the year of the baby. So keep up your prayer support that our little man is closer and closer everyday.

In The Beginning

Our family has engaged in an attempt to increase our family though the DHS adoption process. This blog is an effort to document our journey. We want to share this with all our friends and family and hopefully be able to create a way for our new family member to understand what we did and how we felt about the process of him coming into our family. We have been on an emotional roller coaster for the last year and as I start this I wonder why I didn't start it earlier in the process. Oh well can't undo the past. Why do we want to adopt? That is a question we have been asked often. I am 46 and at my age I sometimes ask myself the same thing, but I know that this is just part of God's plan for our lives.

OUR FAMILY:
Our family currently consists of myself, my husband Steven, our son Mark and his wife Brianna, our son Levon and our daughter Mariah. Oh I can't forget the 4 legged members of our family 2 Airedales (Elizabeth Taylor and Dutchess) and a giant Great Dane/Mastiff mix named Duke. They are just the sweetest dogs and they bring a great deal of joy to our family. Steven and I have been married 6 years now. We met online and a big city guy moved to a very small rural community and we became a new family.