Trip to the Emergency Room

This was my very first trip to the Emergency room! I had to pay $100 for them to shove swabs down my throat and gag me. But they made up for it by taking me for a ride in a wheel chair. The end result ended up being a lot better than how I felt... Viral laryngitis.

Viral Laryngitis: is a swelling of the tissues around the vocal cords. As a result, your voice may be hoarse or perhaps you can only speak in a whisper.

I felt so dumb for having to go to the emergency room for a swollen throat, but where else can you go at midnight on a Saturday night. Luckily we got right in and didn't have to wait hardly at all. They tested me for strep which came back negative! And they took some x-rays of my throat. I'm glad that it only ended up being Laryngitis and hopefully I can get over this quickly. The doctor said that I can go to work, but to talk as little as possible. This makes things kind of awkward when your doing someones hair and you can barely talk to them.

I just have to say that I am so grateful for such a loving and caring husband. He has been so good to me these past few days and getting me everything that I need. I am also grateful for the Lortab that I am taking, it makes the pain go away, but it is sure kicking in right now and making me very loopy and tired. (I'm also grateful for spell check right now). :)

Before I take a nice long nap, I do have to say that I am so grateful for my Savior, Jesus Christ!

Happy Easter!

Enjoy this Easter message from Jeffrey R. Holland

For Rachael...

Last Sunday we went over to Remi's parents house for dinner. They were babysitting a few of their grandchildren while the parents were in Las Vegas. Well this is Jessica and lets just say that Grandma doesn't know how to do hair very well :) So Aunt Mindy saved the day. Jessica was so excited to show her mom that she wanted me to post it on my blog (sorry it's late Jess). Thanks for letting me do your hair, you are a darling girl. Love you!

4 years!

This is our annual temple trip. We decided to go to St. George this year for our 4th anniversary. My Grandparents have a second home there and it was nice of them to let us stay there. We were able to visit with some friends, go golfing, play games, watch movies, go swimming, out to eat, shopping, and of course go to the temple. We both had a ton of fun, and it was hard to come back to reality.

Hey Babe! I just wanted to let you know how much fun I had with you in St. George and how happy you make me. I can't believe we have been married for 4 years. You are such a great husband and I love you a ton! I'm excited to spend eternity with you! Happy Anniversary (on the 31st).

All in favor say, 'I'...

Anyone been waiting for and update?!

Well it's not too exciting because we are still trying to finish our profile.

Wow it's been awhile since I've posted (I'm sorry).

Since my last post, we did do our interviews, classes, and home study. They all were nothing to worry about (even though I did stress out about them).

The Interviews

We both went in for our individual interviews, I was kind of nervous, wondering what they were going to ask us. But it was no big deal at all! It was just like having a conversation with someone that was trying to get to know you...

Do you have any family traditions?

Tell me about each one of your siblings: name, age, relationship with them, so forth

Have you had any traumatic experiences in your life?

and so forth.

We PASSED!

The Classes

I loved LOVED the classes!

They use to spread the classes over a six week period (from what I've heard), but now they do it in one weekend. Which made for some long days, but I'm glad we could get it done quickly!

We went on Friday evening after work from 6-9 PM and the next day from 9AM-5PM. In the classes they have 3 panels. We got to hear from birth moms and dad, adoptive parents, and people who were adopted. It was very interesting and helpful to hear every one's stories! We laughed, we cried, we smiled, we felt love and peace, and we have hope!

It was so fun to get to meet with some of the other couples that were going through the same thing and to be able to talk with them, I wish we would have had some more time to talk with them. All in all I loved the classes and the day didn't seem so long after all.

We PASSED!

The Home Study

My husband will tell you that I stressed out a little too much over this one! Not that I thought it was going to be hard, I just wanted my house to be as close to perfect as I could get it.

We have 2 bedrooms upstairs, one being ours and the other one has always been an office/junk room (you know, "if you don't know what to do with it, throw it in this room"). Well this room will become our nursery, so we decided that it would be a good idea to at least have the room empty and painted waiting to put a baby and baby furniture in it. So we started the long process of moving everything out and of course I ended up organizing just about every other closet and cupboard in the house so I could make room for all of our other stuff. Well the week before the Home Study, I realized that I had 2 messy, unorganized rooms. And I know that it didn't matter to the caseworker, I could have just told her that I was working on getting things organized, but I don't like people to see my house messy, so I kicked my butt into gear and got it done. Which I am so glad because now I don't have to worry about it anymore.

(This is what our computer room used to look like and I'll post pictures later of the end result, this may take awhile. Maybe I'll post some in between pics as well.)

Well anyway I got my house spotless (mostly) and we had our caseworker come over on an early Saturday morning. She came in and we sat down and we talked and told her about our house so she could jot down some notes.

Tell me about all the rooms in your house.

Where do you keep your cleaners? Medications?

Are there very many kids that live in the neighborhood?

How is the traffic through here?

and so forth.

And then we took her on a tour and that was it! The only thing we need to get in the future is those covers that go on your basement window-sills.

We PASSED!

and Now...

All that we have left to do is write a letter to the birth parents (this will go on our profile) and upload a copy of our most recent tax form. I have been putting both of these off. I feel like such a slacker because we are so close! Hopefully we will get these done very soon. After we get everything in, our caseworker has to write up a 9 page paper on us (from what I understand) before we can be approved. She has already been working on this, which is fabulous! Hopefully I will have some good news soon on being approved!

Also soon after we are approved we would like to send out a letter/pass-a-long card and such about our hope to adopt and some info on us. I sure I will do a post on this, but if you would like to get something in the mail and I don't already have your address, you can send me your address to my email... mosser1023@yahoo.com.

Thank you and sorry for such a LONG post! Hopefully we will talk to you again soon.

Update!

Well we have set up some of our final appointments.

1. We go in on this Wednesday to have our individual interviews

2. Friday and Saturday we go to the adoption classes

3. On the 28th we have our Home Study

In the meantime, we are working on our Profile and going over our paperwork to make sure we answered every question. We still have a few bits and pieces to fill out, but it's coming along!

emotions

Today my emotions are high...

I attended the Funeral of Adrianne McBride, age 23. She died in a car accident.

I didn't know her, but her sister, Melissa works at Capelli Hair with me. I can't imagine what her and her family are going through right now. My thoughts and prayers are with you!

I cried my eyes out for 2 hours during the funeral service. It was beautiful and the spirit was so strong there. What an amazing family!

May Peace be with you!

To answer a few questions...

Here are just a few questions that we have been asked a lot lately...

How much longer is the process until we are approved?

Well that is mostly up to us! The paperwork takes a LONG time, there are so many questions! After that is all done we have to make appointments for our individual interviews and then an appointment for our home study where they just come out to our home and basically make sure that it's a safe place! Last but not least we have to go to some classes and those are on February 20th and 21st. We have already sent in our background checks so hopefully those won't take too long (they normally only take 2 weeks, but I've heard of people having to wait months!).

I have also been working on an adoption blog to go along with our profile. When I get it finished I'll give you a link so you can view it!

Do we want a boy or girl?

Either. We just want a healthy baby. Plus, when you get pregnant you can't choose, so we are not going to choose.

Do we want an open or closed adoption?

This one we have thought a lot about and are still not 100% sure on what we will do. We have heard a lot of people's stories and that has helped us a little bit, but every one's story is different. I do know that we want to meet the birth parents! We want to be able to tell our child about their birth parents and have a picture to show them. We are open to discuss an open relationship with the birth mom to decide what is best for the child.

These are all the questions I can think of right now, if you have any others, feel free to ask!