Living Through Others...for now...

Earlier I mentioned that I have been following quite a few adoption blogs. 5 are from here in Bismarck...this is a big week for these families!! 3 of them have court this week! The first family did not pass court and the other two are the 31st and the 1st!! They are in my thoughts and prayers this week!! Passing court the first time is a 50/50 shot...if you don't pass the first time you get reschedule for another court date! These families have not been far from my mind as I know they all want to bring their babies home ASAP!! The waiting is HARD...knowing you have a baby so far away and you just want to bring them home and you can't! Can you imagine?! These are all awesome families and I really hope the next two courts go through so they can bring their kids home! It's all in God's timing...He will not be late!

Spring is Here!!!

Finally, the sun is coming out more, the snow is almost gone, and the weather is beautiful!!! Spring is normally my favorite season, but this year it has special meaning! It means we are getting close to starting our adoption journey :) We are so very excited!! Our next step is a financial worksheet and pre-application for our placement agency (AGCI) and then our application and a letter to our home study agency (GCAA). We need to write them a letter telling them why we think they should bend the rules for us to start in June instead of September as they have a 12 month marriage rule. They are pretty sure, since we've been together for 4 years, they can make it happen!! I love that having adoption to look forward to gets us through the tough days. Lately at work I've been so busy, stressed, etc...not to mention this winter I've been sick several times and every morning I wake up and go to work I just keep thinking we're one step closer to our baby and that totally keeps us going! We know in the end it's all worth it!!

Also, we got HUGE news this past week. The Adoption Tax Credit has been extended through 2011!! I was supposed to expire 12/31/2010 and we were so bummed as we have been relying on that to repay any debt after the adoption. Not only was it extended, but it was increased by $1,000!!! The day before this happened I was really stressing out about this and thinking we probably couldn't start until we knew this would go back into effect...and what do you know? The next day our prayers were answered!! God is Great!!! I love when He pulled through on stuff like that :) So that has been a huge sigh of relief and a big sign for us to keep moving forward. I now know what my wonderful cousin told me when we first started talking about adoption...she said "if it's meant to be, He will provide"...she was so right :) He never leads us into something that He can't lead us out of!!

So all in all things are looking bright in the Faulk house lately ;) Wish us luck and keep us in your prayers!!
~Tasha & Chaske~