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We went on Vacation!

Our incredibly hospitable friends in Orlando, FL let us stay with them, took us to Epcot Center, and let us play for hours with their daughter (aka the most adorable 3-year-old ever)!

Luxurious Room to Spare!

It was wonderful visiting with them and exploring their world. Quite honestly, it was the most relaxing, fun-filled vacation since our honeymoon in 2004. (Well, it has been our only “vacation” since then, as long as you don’t count the wonderful but stress-filled trips to the West Coast to visit our families at Christmas. Visiting and spending time with 30+ people from three or four different regions/states all in one week can be a bit much, but worth every minute!) But this vacation was almost five days of pure relaxation and fun. We even got upgraded to the “more room” seats on the way there and back!

When we got back, we had wonderful news! Our first home study visit is tomorrow evening! We are meeting at a local IHOP, strangely enough, and will discuss our hopes and plans for our family over pancakes. (Well, I will have the pancakes, but Ian, who is not a lover of the “breakfast for dinner” concept, will probably have a burger.)

We hope that we will “click” with the social worker. I would love for her to really understand why we are adopting and our vision for our family. However, the most important thing is that, at the end of the three visits, she gives us her stamp of approval.

We know we need to get started on several things ASAP – our adoption education (10 hours of video watching due before the home study ends) and setting up our little one’s room, as that is part of the home inspection that will occur in a couple of weeks. Eeek!!! (That was a squeak of part excitement, part panic.) So please pray that all goes well!