It's about love...

Some of you already know and hopefully all our family knows :)

So, I just sent out an envelope yesterday with the last of the things we needed to turn in to LDS family services for the adoption process. That's right...David and I are ALMOST ready for our on-line profile to go live for adoption. We are super excited! {oh, and the thing I was working on last week was cleaning my house for our home study. I spent Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday getting ready for it}. So now that everything is done and our home study is complete, we are just waiting for our case worker to do her write up and get our final approval letter. I will put the link here for our profile when it is ready...but hopefully in the next 2-3 weeks!

Over the last two and a half years we have experienced 3 miscarriages and some fertility issues. There is nothing found to be wrong with us...it has been either get pregnant easily and something goes wrong after that, or not getting pregnant at all. The last year I have done a few rounds of clomed too. Over the last little bit I have had my heart broken more than once because of it...but David and I have become stronger as a couple and closer to our Heavenly Father. I know that it was through Heavenly Father that we were able to stay as strong as we did. I also have a new appreciation for growing a family and what a blessing it is. I am also grateful for His guidance to know that this is the right thing for us to do. Before I felt that peaceful feeling this was very overwhelming and emotional for me. But that sweet confirmation has made all the difference and all that remains is excitement. I honestly feel that this is not second best either.

We really feel that adoption is the right thing for us to grow our family. And who knows what the future will bring as far as getting pregnant, but right now, this is our plan. We started the process back in mid March. There is a lot of paperwork and things to fill out. Nothing is THAT hard, it just takes time. Paperwork, getting CPR certified, fingerprinting, medical clearance, on-line profile questions, copies of important documents, references, letter to the birth parents, etc. It took a little longer than I first wanted it to, but I am happy with the timing. I feel like I will be patient for a while and this year is just flying by...so that helps. But we will see, I might start getting impatient next month. Ha. Anyways, now or later, we are ready. Well, getting as ready as we can! Here is a pic of our to do list. There was also what seemed like a ton of questions we had to answer separately online. It feels good to have it done!

Click here if you want to see LDS family services FAQ.

So, I thought I would open it up to any questions you, whoever reads this, might have. About the adoption process, why we are adopting, our preferences...etc. Don't be shy. I have not really talked much about stuff like that on this blog, but I am really fine with talking about it. You can also e-mail me at ashleywalch@gmail.com if you want too.

So get excited...cause there are some exciting things ahead for us!