Our latest and greatest

I got confirmation from the Secretary of State that our packet was delivered and that she has apostilled all of our documents (which I hope means they were all ok). They are fowarding it on to our agency today :) Once they make it to our agency, as long as all of the paperwork is correct, it will be forwarded on to Russia. From there our region will be selected, so that we will actually know which part of Russia it is that we will be traveling to. Also, we mailed off our applications for grants to help fund our adoption, but we probably won't find out anything for a few weeks about those.
Brent and I are going back and forth talking about names and have yet to solidify what our daughter will be named. Of course we waited until we were 36 weeks pregnant before we picked out our youngest son't name ;)I am looking forward to my sister coming into town sometime in the next month or two so we can start working on her room. I can't wait to turn it from a storage/office to a little girl's room!
Prayer requests: Please remember to pray for our family and that God will put His hand into deciding which region we will be adopting from. Also pray for our daughter and her birth mother, that they both will be healthy and that she will obstain from drugs, alcohol, etc. You can also pray for a sense of peace for our family and that we will continue to just take everything in stride and not be overwhelmed by all of it. Lastly, pray over these grants that we have applied for. Pray that God would deliver these grants to whatever family needs them the most, whether that be us or someone else. Adoption is such an amazing opportunity and while we could definitely benefit from receiving adoption assistance, I know that our God is faithful and that He will provide the means necessary for us to fullfill his plan for our family. I would hate for another family to forfeit an adoption experience just because they are intimidated by the financial demands.

paper work...take 2

Well, we are having our first "take 2" when it comes to our mound of paperwork. At least these mistakes were made prior to us mailing them off to Austin :) Now, we only have to get them notarized...again. I did a count and we will be mailing 60, yes that is a 6-0 pieces of paper to Austin. I am not lying or exaggerating when it comes to how much paperwork is involved. That is completely ok, though. It will be well worth it in the end! Until then, bring on the paperwork!