We're finally ready! I think...

When we had our last interview with our caseworker about a month ago, he told us that we should have a new kind of "72 hour kit." He said we should determine what we think we would need to have in terms of gear/money, in the possibility that we were chosen for a baby without much time to prepare. Well, I can now say that we are prepared! We, and by we I mean I, have been ordering the things that we needed online for the past month when I found great deals. Today we received the last item, the car seat. Now, all we need is the baby!
We actually received the extra car seat base before we received the car seat. We thought that was pretty funny! We have the formula, in several varieties just in case the baby doesn't do well with one of them, bottles, diapers and wipes, onesies, cloth diapers for anything, baby bath tub, baby soap and lotion, diaper pail, noggin nest (to avoid flat heads),

and of course the bassinet.

We also had to get a new camera, since ours quit working, after 5 years of great service. So we got an inexpensive one until we can afford a better camera later on. I wouldn't say it was a "necessity", but we felt we needed it so we can take pictures of our first moments with the baby.
If anyone knows of anything else that they couldn't live without in their first weeks home with baby, we would love to know! Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

We are published!

Well, a week early, our profile is up on the LDS Family Services Website. I received a call today from my Mom saying, "I am looking at your profile right now!" We were totally surprised, because we thought it wouldn't be up until next week. So, if you would like to take a look at it, here is the link. Mark and Ginny's Adoption Profile Don't mind the picture. When uploading the pictures, I thought it would be a different one that was on the home page. We hope to get it changed, because Mark doesn't normally look like he is falling asleep. If anyone knows of any birth moms looking for a family, feel free to share our link with them!

This is the collage that we made for Birth Moms to see, which our case worker will show them.

Approved!

Today we had our home visit for adoption, and our caseworker said that we are approved! He said that he will post our profile on the website by the 26th of this month. He also said there are 2 birth mothers that have not yet chosen a family for their baby, so he is going to show our file to them. Yea! We are so excited! Any prayers in our behalf would be greatly appreciated!

We can't wait to have a sweet baby join our family!