Sorry it's been so long since our last post. As you can imagine, things are pretty busy here. Since we've been matched it's been an interesting couple of months. First I'll fill you in on what's been happening with us over the last few months.
In October, we bought a house!! God blessed us by selling our house and we stayed with Scotty's brother Chris for what we thought would be a few months. We were only there for about a month before we closed on our perfect house. It's awesome :) Here is a picture on our first day in the house, Halloween.
Mom, Gramma, and I were able to sneak in a trip to visit Taylor in Savannah for a big game. She didn't know we were coming and was really surprised! Taylor is home now for Christmas break and we all love having her home!
In November I threw a shower for Sarah, along with two other of her best friends. She and her husband Jon are our very best friends and are expecting a little girl to be born today or tomorrow!
For Thanksgiving Scotty and I planned a trip away to Sky Valley, Georgia. We met up with one of my best friends from Anderson and her husband. We had an awesome time and enjoyed cooler weather :)
In December we celebrated Scotty's 30th birthday. One of our close friends from college Eric and I worked on getting him here from California as a surprise. He hid in a bag that Scotty thought was a gift...it was quite the surprise! The video is on my facebook page if you would like a laugh at Scotty's expense ;) Here is a picture of us at the Cox Fire Christmas party. We loved having Eric here, can't wait for him to come back and visit!
Our friends Emily and Freddy had their son Leland, this picture brought a lot of confusion on facebook...some thought we had brought our baby home! This is THEIR son Leland :)
We've been working on the baby's room slowly but surely. We picked a neutral color since we didn't know if it was a boy or girl. This picture was taken a few weeks ago, we've done quite a bit since then. The 'T' was because we had decided on a name, but have since changed our minds. So we have no name as of yet, a couple options though. We're open to suggestions!
This picture is of our gender reveal cake made my best friend, Tia. It was beautiful!!
The inside showed us.....it's a boy!!!! We were thinking Tucker for a name but that's out the window now!
This is a facetime screenshot of our nephew Brody in New York when he found out it was a boy cousin coming! So sweet!
We have been blessed by our friends and family throwing us multiple showers. I don't have pictures of the others but this one was last weekend at our new house. We have been so grateful for all of the love and support we've been given.
I don't have a picture on my computer to post but my two college best friends came down for the shower this past weekend. Whitney and Jess both flew in from Indiana to throw the shower along with Tia. It was such a special day and they all worked so hard to make it perfect!
As for the adoption, we are waiting for the phone call that either our baby has been born and is ready to be picked up or that our birth mom is in labor and to head to the hospital! His due date is Christmas day so we are hoping he will make his arrival early and we can have the best Christmas present ever! The birthmom said she went late with her other children so she thinks he'll come between Christmas and New Years Day. Whenever he comes we will be thrilled!!
Please pray for the continued effort with the birth father to serve papers. Also, please pray for our birth mom. She is doing what she knows is best but also hardest for her. She doesn't have a support system currently so we're really worried about her after everything is said and done. Our adoption is a unique case, but still pray that everything works they way it should. I am so anxious now and worried that something will happen and we won't be able to bring him home. I know it's just fear but I have to try and focus on the end result, our baby.
Love Always,
T & S
