Not so good news

So, we got some disappointing news today about the little boy we're adopting. He's ok and we are still able to adopt him, but I can't disclose details at this time. 

We are working to get the home study updated (since we moved we have to update the homestudy) but of course, that’s thrown a delay in getting more paperwork submitted. 

Needless to say, I’m very frustrated and sad for him. The largest hurdle is paying the final $26k and with all the incredible fundraising my friends and family have helped with we are well on our way to being fully funded! We are waiting to hear (after August 8th) about a large grant for our family, but we've got to jump out in faith and do what we can to quickly pay the fees to get him home to us.

Please say a little prayer for him and if you feel so inclined to help support us financially in this, every $5 counts! Link to our profile is here: http://adopttogether.org/families/?fundraiser=farns

We are so incredibly grateful for all the love and support!!!

All the good news!

Friends!

It's been a whirlwind of fun for us the past few weeks for sure! I wanted to update all on what is going on and all the crazy fun changes!



It started with some danger in our old neighborhood. We loved our old house and enjoyed where we lived but over the past six months or so, things got kinda scary. Lots of shootings and police-involved activity. Now, I'm not easy to scare in that respect, but when we were stuck inside the house and couldn't leave because of a shooting that required multiple ambulances, firetrucks, and police cars (some actually parked in our driveway) that was the last straw. It felt unwise to continue to live there.

bye old house!

So we started looking and we walked through one house (yes, ONE!) and fell in love. Oh my gosh, it was crazy how amazing the house was and I was convinced there was no way we'd get it. It felt like far more than we deserved. But we persisted and within a month, we were moved in! And on top of getting to live in a MUCH safer space, we live near horse ranches (hello Oklahoma girl) and we are saving money by having our offices in our house as well as having a renter. I mean, it's just amazing. We are so grateful for the peace of mind and the fun and joy this house offers. So sorry for the terrible quality video, my tech support/film maker is out of town right now so this is what we get.

We also submitted {nearly} all of our paperwork to legally finalize our match with a certain little one and the clock has started for us to for real get to bring that one home. I'm so, so excited. And terrified that we forgot some major piece of paperwork or won't have the funds to finalize things. Moving so suddenly put a huge wrench in our finances but we took a giant leap of faith and felt that it was what was best for our family's future. But yikes, faith is freaking scary. We are over halfway to our fundraising goal but there are big chunks of change due in the next few weeks so if you're in need of any prints already in my shop or anything custom made, now's the time to order! Click here to order or create something custom together!

Let's get this babe home to us!

So that's where we're at in our journey. So many details to continue to stay on top of but there's just so much more swimming to be done (not so much by C, though. anyone want to come teach him what he refuses to learn from me!?)!