One Step Closer...

I cannot believe it has been almost a year since I've written a blog! But I am so happy to announce that we are one step closer to adopting!! A couple weeks ago Daniel and I bought our first home!

This is a big step for us. Previously we were living in Daniel's great grandma's one bedroom house. We had no intension of buying a home until next Spring or early Summer. We had been going to open houses for a few months just getting ideas of what was out there, what type of home we would want and what we could afford. When we looked at this house we immediately fell in love with it! We made an offer and closed within three weeks, with a holiday thrown into the mix. God sure has perfect timing!


After lots of praying we have decided that we want to start the adoption process sooner than we had originally anticipated. This time next year or sooner we plan to officially start filling out all the paper work, doing home inspection, etc. In the mean time we will SAVE and do some fundraisers to help with the costs of adoption.

Tomorrow we are opening an adoption savings account with what we have saved so far. Daniel's dad will be on the account with us. This coming spring we plan to have a garage sale and bake sale with all proceeds going to the savings account. We will be starting our first fundraiser January 1st, look for another blog with details January 1st!

Five months later...

It’s been about five months since my last blog! Last semester was definitely my busiest since starting school but it was well worth it!

I did it! Two Bachelor's Degrees!!!

 

I spent my professional semester student teaching in a Pre-Kindergarten and third grade classroom. Both classes were totally different from each other. I’m glad I had the opportunity to teach in both classes because it allowed me to see which grade level I was more comfortable with. I was able to work with a great staff and build relationships. After student teaching I had planned to sub for different schools in the spring semester so that I could get a feel for what school or grade level I would like to work with but the lord had other plans for me! About two weeks before student teaching was over I had been encouraged to apply for an upcoming position. I interviewed the Friday before graduation. I interviewed for two different positions, Pre-Kindergarten and a second grade position. Going into the interview I knew they would ask which one I preferred and I had no idea. I prayed the whole way there asking for guidance! Halfway through the interview I knew which position I wanted and felt like the rest of the interview questions geared towards that position. The following Monday I was offered a job and accepted!!

 

The cake my mom ordered me for my graduation party!



Daniel and I at my graduation party.



 

I spent all of Christmas break being sick and working in my new room! My mentor teacher, her assistant, and my assistant helped me paint over the “jail grey” is what they called it.  It started out looking like a tornado went through it but now it looks like a real classroom!! I still have a lot of work today but it's a start!

 

I’ve been in the classroom for two weeks now and loving every minute of it! Don’t get me wrong, there have been some challenging days and I’m figuring out what works and what doesn’t. I’ve got many people that have been supportive and very helpful!  

The love of my life!

I’m very grateful for getting a job right before I graduated. Daniel and I are still planning to adopt in the future! We’d like for me to work for about a year to a year and a half and then we will start looking to buy a house. After that we will start the adoption process. Until then we just continue to pray until the day comes that we can be parents.