Just waiting for the call...

Hi friends!

I've been a little off my Sunday blogging schedule, but I have time tonight AND exciting news. So here goes!

First, our application packet is ENTIRELY in! We got it all complete on Monday (here's to my hubby spending another day off of school doing "all the things")! We got a confirmation call that afternoon that our packet is now on the "adoptions" side of Serenity, and they will be calling us soon to book our home inspection. We also got the beds all rearranged this weekend to comply with the new rules. (see pictures below!)

Second, I am starting to get people tangibly asking us what we need or how we can help. (Hold the phone - I totally have to give a shout out to all of you who have already helped soo much! Mom and Nana and Papa with childcare, Christine - boy toys, Allison - the beds, the Vanas - more beds, the prayer over us - the list goes on! THANK YOU!) However, if you're still wanting to know what else, here's a few things:

- Once we get our inspection scheduled, we will have a Hawkins' house deep cleaning party. We will provide food, put on fun music, and hope that people think it's way more fun to vacuum behind the couch and wipe fingerprints off of everything with friends. :) We will keep you posted.

- We have to get professional pictures taken of the boys within a month of placement. Soo...I suppose gift certificates to Picture People would be helpful.

- Also, random, but if anyone is ready to pass on kids worship or Bible songs CDs, that would be helpful too. (I don't know how, but us music people literally only own two kids CDs for the car...)

And last, of course your prayers are always appreciated! If you could specifically pray this week that the last "30 days" of this process would be cut shorter than that, and we could get placed sooner rather than later. Thank you, thank you for continuing to read these silly little blogs of mine and walk with us through the process! We know we couldn't do it without the support of our family, friends, and community. It takes a village, right? Blessings on your week living into the truth of a RISEN Lord!

The Girls' Room:

The Boys' Room:
(Looks a bit plain still, but we thought we would wait to see what the boys like before we decorate!)