I thought I would update about what has been going on with us now that my four weeks off of work are over.  I started back to work yesterday.  Savannah is staying with my sister-in-law during the day until school starts in the fall.  We are working on a bedtime routine, but as of yet we have not made our goal of Savannah being asleep by 8:00.  This morning was pretty rough to put it mildly.  We have to leave at 6:30 AM which makes for a grumpy girl when we have to wake up Savannah.  I'm hoping that we will get into a routine and she will eventually get tired out and start going to sleep earlier.  Probably wishful thinking.

We have less than a month until the adoption is finalized.  There have been bumps along the way, but I think everything is going to turn out fine.  Behavior-wise, Savannah is doing wonderful.  She has the occasional (ok maybe more than occasional) meltdown, but she's five.  And with all the upheaval in her life lately, I expected it.  We are taking her to a play therapist next week and we hope to learn more about how we can help her adjust and attach to us as a family.

We went to the beach last week for a vacation with some extended family and had a great time.  Eric stayed home because he had no vacation days left, plus he had to work over the weekend.  I was worn out  by the time the trip was over, but I'm glad we went.  Savannah has never been to the beach before (at least that's what she told us, I'm not 100% sure).

She has started taking ballet and tap classes and I think she is enjoying them.  We will probably keep her in them for the fall too.  Every day she asks to put on her leotard, tights and ballet shoes.

She caught two fish at once!

Super excited about fireworks on the beach.

Sparklers!

At Fort Gaines.

Sno cones!

Fishing.

Ice cream goatee.

Slip n slide!

At the dentist.  No cavities!

Ballerina.

Making popcicles.

Kindle Fire Drawing!

It's finally time for our Kindle Fire drawing!  We just compiled the list and used random.org to draw the winner.  Congrats to Jerrie Nicholson!  We will have it in the mail to you soon!

Yard Sale a Success!

Yesterday was our long-awaited yard sale and of course it happened to be on our hottest day so far.  Temperatures got up to around 106!  Despite the heat we had a steady stream of people coming to shop.  By the end of the day we made almost $700 so I think it was a success.  In addition we have some pieces of furniture that we are going to sell on Craigslist so we'll have even more money coming in.

We want to thank everyone who donated to our yard sale.  We wouldn't have been able to do it without everyone who helped us!

Updates!

So, long time no post.  Things have been crazy around here lately.  If you haven't heard already, we adopted a five year old!  Her name is Savannah.  It's kind of a long story that I don't really want to post here, but we have been seeing her on the weekends for over a month and last weekend we got full custody of her.

Because of that, we didn't have our yard sale on the date we planned.  Instead we are holding it on Saturday June 30th.  I have a garage full of stuff that still needs to be priced and organized.  We are still planning on adopting an infant in a year or two so now we have two adoptions to pay for!  We still have the Kindle Fire giveaway going on too.

I'll leave you with some pictures of Savannah.

Yard Sale Update!

Our garage has been steadily filling up with stuff to sell thanks to our awesome and generous friends and family! The date for the yard sale is June 30th and we have decided that we will just hold it at our house. Too much hassle to transport all of the items we have amassed.

We are also going to attempt to have a bake sale at the same time and this is where we are going to ask for more help (surprised?). Would you consider baking something to donate to our bake sale? Or do you have any foodie connections where we could get some things donated (I'm thinking biscuits, donuts, beverages, etc)?

Send us a message or comment if you'll be able to help. We wouldn't be able to do this without all of your Leo and for that we are eternally grateful!!

Kindle Fire giveaway!!

Our first big fundraiser is a Kindle Fire that we are giving away!



The Kindle Fire gives you:

• Access to 19 million movies, TV shows, songs, magazines, and books. 
• Thousands of popular apps and games, including Netflix, Hulu Plus, Pandora and more
• Ultra-fast web browsing - Amazon Silk
• Free cloud storage for all your Amazon content
• Vibrant color touchscreen with extra-wide viewing angle - same as an iPad
• Fast, powerful dual-core processor
• Favorite children's books, graphic novels, and magazines in rich color
• Amazon Prime Members enjoy unlimited, instant streaming on thousands of popular movies and TV shows
• Amazon Prime Members choose from over a hundred thousand books to borrow for free

This is a $200 value.  Click here for details.  You do not have to be local to enter this giveaway; we can ship to the winner.

To enter the giveaway all you have to do is click on our paypal donate button to the right.  Make sure you specify in the note section that you are entering the Kindle Fire giveaway.  

You get one entry per $5 donated.  At $25, then number of entries goes up. After you donate, you can also get an extra entry for sharing on facebook, blogging or tweeting about this.  Just make sure you let me know that you've shared so I can add your entry.

$5 = 1 entry

$25 = 7 entries

$75 = 25 entries

$100 = 40 entries

The drawing will be held on June 30th.  Please share with anyone you think might be interested and good luck!

Homestudy complete!

Yesterday was the long awaited homestudy.  This was the last thing we had to do in our long checklist from the agency.  A social worker came to our house for about two hours.  She interviewed both of us together, then each individually and then we went on a tour of the house.  Linus (our dog) was a bit too excited to see someone new and jumped all over her while she was sitting on the couch.  Lucky for us, she's a dog person.

She still has to write up the homestudy which will take a few weeks.  After that we are officially "on the list".  Right now it looks like our wait time is going to be around two years.  It's a long time yes, but we need that time to be able to save enough money.

We have some exciting ideas for some fundraisers, the first one being our yard sale in May.  We have been collecting donations.  If you have anything from spring cleaning we will gladly take it and add to our yard sale collection!  We were able to take advantage of a great sale on Amazon and we have a brand new Kindle Fire that we will be raffling at some point.  Also in the works are plans for a spaghetti dinner and a silent auction so if you know of anyone who is creative or has a skill they would like to donate, please send them our way!

We appreciate all of the support everyone has shown us so far and are thankful for every one of you!