Approved Home Study!!!

oh my, all that's busy.

we have been so busy and i have been so anxious to blog, but other things have taken priority in these days that just seem to be getting shorter.

exciting news first:

September 17th -- i got the call! the big call! well... 2nd to biggest call. :)

something that i know i will never forget. 

being at an indoor play center with some friends and our kiddos. 

it was loud in there with all of the air circulation and it has cement floors and walls and it's very large which makes all the noise spread. 

laughter. fans. arcade game noises in the background. 

after checking my email for the 30th time by 11 a.m. and i finally got that call. 

it was our caseworker!

guess what?!?!? 

she had the final staffing and we had an APPROVED HOME STUDY!!! 

what an exciting, exhilarating, relief-yet-anxious filled phone call!

"CONGRATULATIONS! YOU'VE BEEN APPROVED!"

those sweet, sweet words! who would have thought that those words could sound so good. 

it makes me want to cry just thinking about it. 

all the work, time, effort, tears, joy and stress that went into that home study. 

and it was over. our mountain we had climbed -- we had made it to the top!

and on that top of the mountain -- we also got the news that they had gotten my Oregon clearance! seriously. same day. what a blessed day!