Last week we had our last home study visit and sent all our paperwork off (minus one straggler of a paper that we are still waiting for)! All our papers are now heading (and should be arriving today) to the Ministry of Social Services in Regina, where they will have them for a couple of…
Today I wanted to touch on the financial side of adoption a bit. Since people have found out about our adoption many people have told me that they would be interested in adoption but the costs are overwhelming. I totally get that. There are some days where I become weighed down by the expenses. source…
I have to admit, I’ve been feeling rather stressed lately. This week we say good bye to our savings account and financial security as I knew it. I’m finding it much harder than expected. We were fortunate to have enough savings to pay for about 1/3 of our adoption and I have lately found my…
I will soon be saying good-bye to being 25 and hello to 26. Each year around my birthday I like to look back at the year that was compared to the year that I dreamed of. I have to say, this year is the first year that the actual year was way better than the…
Hey guys, I’m excited to say that we are almost done getting our dossier together! We are waiting for one reference, need to get some passport photos taken (doing it this weekend), get all our papers notarized (also this weekend) and have one final home study meeting! When I write it out it still seems like…
Okay, the truth is, she’ll be 19 months this week, but the weather in good ol’ Sask was not cooperating with me to get these photos taken. Raeca is definitely developing a personality and I am pretty sure she has entered the “terrible two’s” -at least I’m hoping these are the terrible two’s! She is…
