Puzzle Fundraiser Update...

    Here is a photo update of our Puzzle Fundraiser! How cool that we only have 74 pieces left to go on a 1,000 piece puzzle. Thanks to everyone we know and even some people we don't even know that donated to help us out with this. I will be a little glad to have it completed and my dining room table back in working order and able to have people over for dinner again :) Plus it will be a great addition to the nursery wall to have it framed and hung in there.
    Maylena and I took a last minute opportunity to go to Charleston for the night on Friday to celebrate my birthday and mother's day and just have a great girls weekend before baby brother is part of the family. We have never had a trip just the two of us and I know for sure I will treasure the memories we made for a lifetime. We are trying to take each day and live in the moment because we are not guaranteed our next breath or moment in time. We can get so caught up in the busyness of life that we forget what in life is worth living for....God and our families. That is what matters.
    With the spaghetti benefit dinner quickly approaching I am very excited and can't wait to see how God blesses our family that day through the help of others. We have worked hard to put together a great set of silent auction items that were donated by local vendors and it will take place this Sunday night May 17th from 5 to 7 pm as a drop in event that is family friendly. You can read my last blog post to get all the details. We have silent auction items from: Massage Envy, Shakeology, Moe's, Sweet Frog, Stone Theaters, Riverbanks Zoo, Lazy 5 ranch, Outback, Lowes, Starbucks and more. It will be a very fun night and a great time of fellowship. Hope to see you there and invite anyone you want!!
    I am trying very hard to be patient during this process of waiting but it is very addictive to pull up the Christian Adoption Services website of waiting families and monitor the status of everyone on there. I look at it almost every day and it is always exciting to see updates. In the last several weeks, like less than 2 months there have been 4 or 5 families put On Hold which means they are matched with a birth mother and waiting for the baby to be born and receive placement and then one couple it just automatically said Its a Girl, that means they didn't have much waiting to do that more than likely a baby was born and then the decision was made to place the baby for adoption and it was pretty immediate. Its like each week about 2 families go on hold it seems. And that is so exciting! It really gives you the feeling that this adoption thing works and one day it will be us that says On Hold and then It's a Boy!! So cool.