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Today, is a great day for the Fausz Family!



This morning I mailed in our initial paperwork for starting the adoption process. We have taken many steps to get to this first step. We prayed and talked and prayed and talked and prayed some more about how God would have us grow our family. We both really want to have more children - but don't really want to 'have' more children. At first I was not completely on board with adopting (kinda thought, gosh we are able to reproduce so why would we go the most expensive and painful, emotionally anyway, route?) but after much prayer and time with God realize that He does want us to grow this family by ministering to someone besides the Fausz's! So, with that being said we are on the adoption route. We have taken the first baby step of sending in our initial application and now we wait. We wait for the agency to accept or deny our interest........Step two - fill out more paperwork and have the home study completed. The home study can take up to 90 days.

Garrett is already talking about the new baby like she/he has arrived....God is amazing in His ways, opening doors that we didn't even know were in existence.

We are praying for the adoption process to go smoothly, for the birth parents and child that we know God has already chosen for our family and for patience with this process.

We welcome all prayer that is to be offered and thank you in advance.

speeding tickets...

Okay, seriously two speeding tickets in two months! In my 18 years of driving I have had ZERO speeding tickets, that is until 2009! I have gotten two tickets this year, both on my way from MOPS to pick Garrett up from school. I think God is trying to teach me a lesson about something. It has to be a bigger lesson than 'slow down', doesn't it? Or does it? Maybe he is trying to tell me to slow down, or maybe he's trying to get me to pay attention to my surroundings, or maybe it is something even less obvious, IDK. Both tickets were from police officers going in the opposite direction. I have no idea what he's trying to get thru this thick skull of mine but I don't think I can take another ticket so I hope that I can figure it out soon.......

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there is a lot to be done by lunchtime around here!

• 640 woke up
• 645 took a shower
• 655 changed a diaper
• 700 put on make-up
• 705 fixed my hair
• 715 made chocolate milk, cereal and coffee
• 740 brushed little people teeth
• 745 dressed a little girl and her doll baby
• 755 helped tighten G's shoes
• 800 brushed my own teeth (finally)
• 810 got myself dressed
• 820 loaded up the car
• 830 dropped G off at school
• 845 drank more coffee, checked email, made to do list
• 915 loaded AE back into the car, drove to the DA's office, picked up paperwork, walked to the new Courthouse, paid my fine, and bumped into a friend (who was there testifying in a custody case)
• 1050 AE fell on the steps on the way out of the court house because she insisted on doing it alone.
• 1100 back in the car to pick G up from school
• 1115 waited for G's teacher to finish reading 'harold and the purple crayon' and pass out blue card - apparently everyone was on super behavior today!
• 1130 back in the car to head home
• 1150 put a call into good will that we were now home and they could return to pick up our donations
• 1200 made sandwiches, pringles, gatorade, milk, and a Mt Dew
• 1220 spoke with the good will driver about our donations
• 1230 swept the garage and moved the recycling center
  
• 1245 put AE down for nap
• 100 finally ate my sandwich

adding photos to this blog....

Why the heck can't I get my photos to be where I want them to be on my blog? Is there a trick or am I just looking for it to be easier than it actually is?