1st Meeting with our Caseworker

So we finally had our first meeting with the caseworker. It all went well. We got our manual and we were able to ask our hundreds of questions. Now we understand the process alot more. As of this moment we are waiting for a placement. We are on the list and once a child comes available they will contact us. In August all of the caseworkers throughout Georgia get together and have a "matching meeting". This means that our profile is passed around to other caseworkers and they see if they have a child in their county that needs a placement. So we are praying that maybe we will be a match for a child.

We are just excited to be moving on to our next step.

The First Blog

So we have been asked to start another blog journaling our life and all that happens while we are on this road with the military.

So the picture above is of Shawn's ALS graduation. ALS is a school that he has to attend to make his next rank of Staff Sergant. For some of y'all you know the long journey Shawn has had to endure just to make his next rank. So since we have been at Robins Air Force base life has been complicated. Let's see Shawn was suppose to pin on for Staff in January but the higher ups here held his stripe because of some paperwork that had fallen through the cracks and it took a really long time to get it cleared up. It kind of helps when people do their jobs. After that, they told Shawn he was too fat. So he had to loose like 30 pounds in 90 days. So Shawn did everything under the sun to loose that weight. It was so hard to watch him go through that but he did loose the 30 pounds and was the one person that lost the most weight on the BMI program!!!! Shawn was even interviewed for the base paper!!!! So now he is famous.

Now his new job duties starting in September is the Honor Gaurd. He will be doing that for 3 months. So that should be a new experience for us all.

As for me, I am still doing home daycare! I am loving it, well except for my FCC coordinator but she is retiring at the end of the year and I hope things will get better. Right now I have an 8th month old, 9th month old, and a 2 year old. So my days are pretty busy. But I am loving it!

Shawn and I have started back on the road to starting our family. We are trying the fertility treatments again and we have finally completed the adoption process. We are hoping that we will have a placement within the next 6 months. But God is in control and He knows what is best for us.

So I think that catches up and I will try and be good about blogging as much as I can. I will even make Shawn do it every once in awhile.