And It Continues...

My sweet girl is still having problems with her back!  After a late night visit to the vet a couple nights ago, two shots, two prescriptions, a $205.00 vet bill, and an exhausting next day at work she seems a little bit better.  The things we do for our furbabies...*sigh*

Sick Girl :(

I came home from school today only to find my sweet Mollie Rae not feeling well.  Some may not understand.  This dog IS MY LIFE!  She's my sweet, cuddly, loving girl and has followed me for almost 11 years listening to every happy, sad, miserable, elated story I've had to share.  She's listened to me talk about boy problems, infertility problems, and she made me feel so much better without saying a word!  Please say a prayer that my sweet girl starts to feel better soon!

Chili and Steelers!

This weekend has been such a relaxing weekend at home with my husband!  It's well deserved.  We go so much and so hard Monday through Friday.  We've both learned in our time as teachers that our job is NEVER done.  This weekend we have put all work aside and focused on being lazy...together :)

We made our weekly trip to Wal-Mart and Kroger yesterday to buy the ingredients for a yummy white bean and chicken chili recipe I found on Pintrest.  It was soooooooo yummy!  My husband had never seen any of the Twilight movies so I forced him into watching them all this weekend.  Now that's true love :)

We are finishing this weekend with an awesome Steelers game even though we are a house divided.  The hubs loves his Bengals while the wife loves her Steelers.  Guess we can just agree to disagree on that!

Here's to a wonderful end to a wonderful weekend! :)

Our Adoption Profile Book

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Our Story...

Where shall I begin...

I decided to start blogging, hoping this would pass the time while we wait...and wait...and wait...and wait...My husband and I are trying to grow our family through adoption.  We have so many emotions we are experiencing and have enjoyed reading other blogs from families who are going through the same thing.  The wait.  The call.  The acceptance.  The delivery.  The "new" family. 

Many moons ago I became aware of a condition I have, a type of Mullerian Disorder, which allows me to produce everything necessary for a baby, with the exception of a correctly working uterus.  So basically I can create, but cannot house.  We have explored our options and found that we have 2, surrogacy or adoption.  At the stage in the game we are at now we want both (cake and eat it too).  So...we began our journey...

Four weeks ago my husband and I buckled down and in 2 weeks had everything complete per our adoption agency request, homestudy and all!  We worked hard and spent hours filling out papers, sorting through papers, medical exams, background checks, profile book, etc.  And as of 2 weeks ago today we were "officially" approved to be on the waiting list!!!!!  Today, our agency received our profile book in the mail and our website went live!!!!!!  Needless to say it's been a happy day in the Bowen household :)