The Final Cut!

So as you know we finished our home study a few months ago. Since then we have been working hard on our profile album. We knew this process wouldn't be fast so taking a few months didn't surprise us. This one book is going to introduce us to many expected mothers.

Well the first soft copy was sent in to our counselor back in September for approval. Of course nothing ever gets approved on the first draft so we were called in for a prof meeting. What is a prof meeting? Well I don't know what they are normally but for us it was a unique chance to sit and talk with the expected mother counselor. We got to learn about her and she got to find out about us as we all worked on the little details to make the book perfect. When we left that night we felt excited about the book and how it was going to introduce us.

Of course all this was going on during the busiest time of the year for me. Work was picking up, youth group was moving forward, and the new Tastefully Simple catalog was out. Hunting season was in full swing so Jeff was juggling that, work, and of course we both had a home to take care of. So a week went by and I didn't touch the profile, then before I knew it another week had passed. Finally as I ate dinner we worked on adding some fine details, correcting grammar, and giving the book a little more pop.

Before we knew it we were getting ready to go away for a wedding and my goal was to get the new soft copy out to our counselor for final approval. Just over two months had already passed since our home study finalized and I was itching to be done and in waiting mode. We looked forward to going away with a the much needed break and even more we were excited to celebrate two sweet and wonderful people as they become one.

The following week we got the okay to go to final print!!! It was like the sky opened up and Angels came down singing and playing harps. I was nervous when I hit the button and confirmed the order. This one little thing was probably the most import part in the puzzle. This was going to introduce us to our future child's birth mother. This book would be the key to open her eyes to us. Maybe it will be the cuteness of Winnie, the smiling faces of our friends and family, the words Jeff and I wrote about each other that will make her say "I want to meet them". I don't know, no one knows because just like a finger print each expected mothers connection to a waiting parent is unique.

So now 7 copies have been printed. Six have been sent to the agency were they will be sent to their offices in New York, Connecticut, and New Jersey. One will be put away for our future child, so that one day if they want to see it they can. The information within the pages are part of their story and we will keep it private for them. We look forward to the notifications when ever an expected parent sees our book and pray for the day it is seen by the expected mother of our future child.