Well, we are down to 7 dogs because DFACS wanted us to find homes for some of them. We still have not been approved. My husband is from Canada and they want him to have fingerprints and a background check from there (even though he had to have one when he first entered the states). Sometimes, I feel like they are just looking for anything to drag out the process and to see just how far they can push us before we crack. The little boy that I put up in my first posting has been put on hold. Several of the children that we have been keeping up with are now on hold or placed.

I have six more weeks of school before Christmas break. I was thinking for sure that we would have a child in the house by then. But, it doesn't look as if that is going to happen. I am aiming to have made some kind of progress by Spring Break. That would be nice. We stopped dealing with our Social Worker because she is a nasty old coot, and we started dealing with her supervisor instead. We aren't moving much faster, but at least she is nice to us and she acts like she cares.

I used to be so anxious about this whole process, but now I am just numb from it all. I still can't wait for that phone call, but I don't run in and grab the phone first thing anymore. I don't even go into the bedroom that we have prepared unless I have to go in there for some specific reason. When I go in there, I start thinking, and I get all worked up.

Well, that about sums up all I have to say right now....so....TOOODAALOOOO!

I am not even sure where to begin. This is my first post on the blogger, and I have so much to write about. First of all, my name is Christy. I am a 22 year old woman that is very close to earning a bachelor's degree in early childhood education. I have been married two years as of August 12th. My husband is a wonderful and supportive man, and he takes care of me while I finish school. We recently bought a new home on 5 acres of land. We have 11 dogs and two cats, all of which are spoiled rotten. My husband is a computer programmer/technician, and he manages a computer store in Moultrie, GA.

All of these wonderful things, and our lives are still incomplete. There is still something missing, and we are trying to fill that gap. I was diagnosed with Poly Cystic Ovary Syndrome, and I have been unable to get pregnant. We have tried for much more than a year, and we have had absolutely no luck. We decided, in October of 2005, that we wanted to adopt. We also decided that we wanted to adopt an older child or a sibling group. We have taken the classes, we have done all of the dirty work, the bedroom is ready....and now...we are just waiting. This is the hard part. If I had something that I needed to do, at least I wouldn't feel like time was just wasting away.

Everytime I hear that phone ring, my heart nearly stops. I think to myself, "this could be it, this could be our day!" NO luck thus far. Usually its a telemarketer or someone who could care less about our journey to adopt a child. When it does happen to be our case worker, she just announces that we are still waiting. I wonder what they are waiting for. How long does it take to read a homestudy and say yes or no. I know they are busy people, but these children are sitting out here, waiting for a place to call home. School starts in a few weeks, and I was really hoping to have the child moved in by then. I am going to feel so bad about pulling the child from their home and school, and putting them into new ones. Doing one or the other is bad enough, but both...that is horrible. I guess we will have to take it one day at a time, and thank the Lord for the blessings that we have.

This child in the picture above is one of the children that we would really like to add to our family. I never get my hopes up though, because they go just as quickly as they come.