We passed our safety audit today!!! I also turned in all of the paperwork that I was able to. Feels so nice to have more things checked off of the list!!! Only a few things left to complete. We both need to get fingerprints and background checks done, I need to wait for two more utility bills to come in September and Todd needs a few more classes. Then we will be finished!! I see a light at the end of the tunnel!!!
More VERY exciting news!!! We found a house!!! This is a huge stress relief for both of us! The duplex we live in now was fine for the two of us, but once we get kids in there I know we would be pretty cramped. Plus there isn't a dining room for us to all eat together as a family. The new house has everything we have been looking for! I big kitchen, compared to what we have now. It has very nice, very cabinets and real hard wood floors. Also has a dishwasher which I haven't had for a long time now so that's exciting! It has a very nice bathroom that was renovated a few years ago. A nice sized dining room and living room. A master bedroom on the first floor and 2 other bedrooms upstairs. There is also another room upstairs that will be used as the play room. There is a very nice, rustic, country style finished basement with a wood burning stove and a pantry type place for all my canning stuff to go. Todd is in love with the entire basement! He wanted it to be his "man cave." (HAHAHA!!!) That will be the family room. There is an attached garage, which we have never had before. Very exciting! Plus there is central air which we have missed!! There is a very nice back porch which will be nice for sitting watching the kiddos play in the yard which is a little over 1 acre!! We will be renting the house for now but in a few years there is the potential to buy it.We won't be able to move in until probably the beginning of December which works out fine for us. That way I can wait for my garden to finish producing vegetation. :)
Everything seems to be falling into place all at once. It was very frustrating trying to find a house to move into. All of them were out of our price range, too small, wouldn't pass inspection, or they wouldn't take our cats. We knew God had a plan for us though. We thought it was just to stay put for another few years. Then I got a text asking if we were still looking. And that's how everything happened. We are just so thankful to God for His timing and for all His blessings! We don't deserve any of them but we are so grateful to know that there are more on the way...that would be the kids!!
As always, thanks for the continued prayers for everything to continue going smoothly!!
Megan
Wednesday, August 14, 2013
Thursday, August 8, 2013
Almost Done!!!
Finally, I feel like there is a light at the end of the tunnel!! There's only a few items left to mark off of our checklist. I was able to accomplish a lot last week. I found our marriage license, which is a good thing to have any ways, we passed our fire inspection, we got mattress covers for the 2 beds (which is required), and we bought a safe for our gun and a separate lock box for the bullets. The people we chose to be the gaurdians of our children, if something should happen to us, gave us their answer this morning (yes you have to have named gaurdians before you can get your license!). I also made a scaled drawing of our house, made copies, and used highlighters to map out the fire escape plan and tornado safety route and I have them posted in each room of the house. I'm not sure if they have to be posted in each room, but it looks much nicer this way! :) We also had to put locks on the cabinet doors where we have our cleaning supplies. We have been very busy with all of this lately!!
What's left on the checklist you ask? We have our safety audit next Wednesday. You have to show two months of paid utility bills and who ever keeps those? Not this girl! So we have one month of bills to give them, but I have to wait for the September bills to come in. We also have to show proof of residency in Ohio for the past five years for each of us. Again, who keeps their utility bills that long? "Not I" said the wife! I called Verizon and requested one bill from each of the past 5 years be sent to us but only Todd's name is on those. So I called our electric company and they are sending a paper telling what addresses they provided service for us and which dates we had service through them, which has been for a while now. Those will have only my name on them. As soon as that comes in I can check that off the list! We both need to get finger printed and have the doctor fill out a paper for each of us saything that we are physically able to be good parents. There is one more thing on the list that I can't remember right now. And lastly, but maybe most important of all, Todd has a few more classes to take STILL!!! He was supposed to take them in July but they got cancelled because not enough people signed up for them. The next set of classes aren't offered again until October, however, we don't want to wait that long since we will be finished with everything else long before that. So CCHO has agreed to do the classes one on one with Todd so we can get things finished up and turned into the State of Ohio. Then all we have to do is wait for our license to come in the mail!!
Here is some big news...a few months ago when first started this process, we heard about these two little girls that were available for adoption. They are with a foster family now, but the family wants to foster other kids so they don't want to adopt. We didn't really think much of it because we were just getting started. Well, they are still available! They are sisters, ages 5 years old and about 6 or 7 months old. Best of all, they have red hair and the 5 year old has glasses! :) We are hoping to adopt these little ones. Once we get our license, we will start going through the matching process to make sure they are a good fit for our home and that they are going to adjust well with us. So far, I have surprised myself. I'm very chill about the whole thing, even though it is exciting to think about the possibility of an instant family. If they are still available when we are done with our licensing, then great! Hopefully we will be a good fit for them. However, if they have already been placed with an adopting family or if we aren't a match, then obviously God has different children that will be a better fit for us.
Well, that's it for this time! Hopefully sometime in September we will be back on to tell you that we are licensed!!!
Until then, continued prayers are always greatly apprectiated!!!
Megan
What's left on the checklist you ask? We have our safety audit next Wednesday. You have to show two months of paid utility bills and who ever keeps those? Not this girl! So we have one month of bills to give them, but I have to wait for the September bills to come in. We also have to show proof of residency in Ohio for the past five years for each of us. Again, who keeps their utility bills that long? "Not I" said the wife! I called Verizon and requested one bill from each of the past 5 years be sent to us but only Todd's name is on those. So I called our electric company and they are sending a paper telling what addresses they provided service for us and which dates we had service through them, which has been for a while now. Those will have only my name on them. As soon as that comes in I can check that off the list! We both need to get finger printed and have the doctor fill out a paper for each of us saything that we are physically able to be good parents. There is one more thing on the list that I can't remember right now. And lastly, but maybe most important of all, Todd has a few more classes to take STILL!!! He was supposed to take them in July but they got cancelled because not enough people signed up for them. The next set of classes aren't offered again until October, however, we don't want to wait that long since we will be finished with everything else long before that. So CCHO has agreed to do the classes one on one with Todd so we can get things finished up and turned into the State of Ohio. Then all we have to do is wait for our license to come in the mail!!
Here is some big news...a few months ago when first started this process, we heard about these two little girls that were available for adoption. They are with a foster family now, but the family wants to foster other kids so they don't want to adopt. We didn't really think much of it because we were just getting started. Well, they are still available! They are sisters, ages 5 years old and about 6 or 7 months old. Best of all, they have red hair and the 5 year old has glasses! :) We are hoping to adopt these little ones. Once we get our license, we will start going through the matching process to make sure they are a good fit for our home and that they are going to adjust well with us. So far, I have surprised myself. I'm very chill about the whole thing, even though it is exciting to think about the possibility of an instant family. If they are still available when we are done with our licensing, then great! Hopefully we will be a good fit for them. However, if they have already been placed with an adopting family or if we aren't a match, then obviously God has different children that will be a better fit for us.
Well, that's it for this time! Hopefully sometime in September we will be back on to tell you that we are licensed!!!
Until then, continued prayers are always greatly apprectiated!!!
Megan
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