Matthew and I had a really fun weekend! His parents came up for a visit and we always have a good time together. It was nice to let loose with family and stop stressing about all the adoption 'stuff.' So Brooke and Dale showed up on Friday night and we had fun catching up and talking for a while before I thought I would pass out where I was standing so we all went to bed. On Saturday Matthew went to work from 8 to 12 and Brooke, Dale, and I ran some errands. They needed their oil changed and I had a little bit of grocery shopping to do. Then we all had lunch, went bowling (it's a Rexburg visit tradition) and came back home and played Phase 10. Brooke and I love that game. Matthew is alright with it and Dale barely tolerates it but we have fun! And I got probably my all time high score of a whopping 143 in our last bowling game. They will probably be recruiting me any day now into the big leagues. Then later that night we went out to eat for my birthday and then came home and watched the original Batman movies - Matthew was ecstatic - I fell asleep. Happy 24 to me! On Sunday we all went to church together and the Relief Society had a beautiful lesson on families which naturally made me cry my eyes out and then we went home. Thankfully my mother-in-law does not judge and did a little crying with me. I love her so much! After the lesson a really great friend came and talked to me and it was just what I needed. She summed up everything that I have been feeling but have felt too guilty or afraid to say out loud. I know that it only makes me human to want something when I want it or be upset when things don't go according to my 'plan,' even if that plan is what we believe the Lord would want for us. However, I know that Heavenly Father has a better plan for me, and so I will follow Him. After church we had a delicious lunch/dinner and they had to get on the road back home. Their visits always go by way too fast, but we had a good time and will be seeing them next weekend for Matthew's grandmothers funeral in St. George. It will be a sad occasion, but I am really looking forward to seeing all of Matthew's siblings together again. It has been a long time since they have all been together so I know Matthew is really looking forward to that.
Oh and I almost forgot to mention (pause for suspense)......WE PASSED! Thankfully, we are happy to announce that we are completely DONE with everything. Now the wait begins! This is the hard part for me. I like to be busy and I am very hands on. So for Dale to tell us we have done everything that we can and now we wait is like pins and needles! But, we got it done in record time (woohoo) and we have a really great feeling about the way that everything has gone so far. When he came for the home study I told him that I had a feeling that we would not be waiting that long, but I bet that everyone says that. He told us that if we have a feeling like that, it could be a prompting and to listen to our Heavenly Father. I cannot begin to express my gratitude for LDS Adoption. They have blessed our lives already in so many ways and it is such a comfort to me for our case worker to be able to pray with and for us and to be able to talk about our Heavenly Father together. I don't think many people realize how spiritual of an experience this has been for Matthew and I. It has made us stronger and drawn us closer as a couple. And I know that has come in part from an amazing church organization meant to build eternal families. I also want to thank all of our friends and family who have been ridiculously supportive. Thank you - honestly. It really is a comfort for us to know you are there.
Our home study was actually really easy and so I stressed for nothing. But, if you know me...that's how I am. My good friend Adrian summed me up pretty well on one of our reference letters - she says that I eat stress for breakfast. I laughed so hard when I read that I almost didn't want to turn it in. I told Dale we wanted twins and he agreed that I am pretty motivated and have a serious case of type A personality that we probably would be able to handle twins. Who knows what is coming for us, and we really don't care. All we know is some little sweet spirit is this much closer to heading our way! We love you little one!
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