Offically "Pregnant"

Well, the past couple days have been crazy busy here at the Hunnicutt household! Some "suprise" funding came through to Jed and I for our adoption. Thankfully our adoption facilitators at Lifetime had a summer rollback program going on so we were able to get a little bit more off our fee, on top of our military discount they offered! I contacted, Kristine, our adoption family coordinator, to get the paperwork rolling! I called multiple times and sent numerous emails just to check to see if she had typed up our contracts yet. I felt like I was stalking her! Of course, she did not mind one bit! It was a long night, and even longer morning, waiting to get our contracts! We finally got them via email, and then Yahoo had issues going on so it was taking even longer to get them signed! Needless to say we got our contracts signed this afternoon and now we are an OFFICIAL ADOPTIVE FAMILY AT LIFETIME!!!! The next step is to talk to our new adoption coordinator to get our family profile, website, video, etc set up! Then they will start showing our profile to prospective birth moms! Once a birth mom looks at our profile, she has the opportunity to choose us to be the family which she feels best suited for her baby! Then again, just the waiting game for the baby to arrive (which could be 1 day or 3+ months). Although we have been on the adoption journey going on 7 months, the Hunnicutts can officially say we are "pregnant"!!!!!!!!! Which brings such joy to my heart and tears to my eyes! We cannot wait to be parents again to another precious baby! Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers as we have been going through this process! We know this is all in God's timing and we are fully trusting in Him for everything!!!! Love you all! The Hunnicutts!

Approved!

Well our hard work has paid off and Jed and I are officially approved as a prospective adoptive couple! Our 3 hour home study was a little nerve wrecking but went so smoothly! Our awesome case worker, Laura, was so easy to work with. It was a little funny when she walked in the house and didn't realize we had a 4 yr old haha! I don't see how that slipped our conversations, but it was alright. Of course, Hayden took a while to warm up to her and talk, but ended up talking about the adoption just fine. She asked Jed and I both a million questions, together and separately, and took even more notes! Then on Monday she emailed us our draft to proofread and correct for mistakes. We quickly sent in our edits and then got the official copy of our home study today!!! I think both Jed and I's heads are spinning a little knowing that we could be getting a baby very soon, but we know we will be ready and excited for whenever that happens! Now we are just waiting for approval for the no interest loan with an amazing Christian organization! Then after that we will just be waiting to get our baby!!!! We have also been extremely blessed by wonderful friends who have offered to throw us a baby shower! For those of you who don't know, I gave away all of Hayden's baby things to a friend in need so we were not sure where all the extra money for new baby stuff was going to come from after adoption expenses. This is so exciting for us to have such amazing friends who care so much about us, in such a short time here in Texas! (On a side note, I think Jed and I have officially picked out baby names!) Please remember to keep us in your prayers as we continue our journey!