Support A Great Cause!

My bloggy friend Renee over at myspecialks.com is having a fundraiser to help with the cost of adopting a sweet girl Kellsey thru Reese's Rainbow . She makes these awesome necklaces for kids with their name, address, and any contact information on them. As the mother of a special needs child who is unable to communicate this information, I think this is totally awesome! Please check out her blog and let her know if you are interested.

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My New Cousin

Congrats to my aunt and uncle in Indiana. They brought home their new daughter from China recently. She's adorable!

I can't believe that I have a cousin who's one, all the way to a cousin who is almost 40. What an age span.

I hope one day that I can share with everyone pictures of my new daughter!

Promises

Hubby said today that if I get my weight down 60 lbs and stay down, we can start working on our plans for adoption! Yay!

World's Worst Blogger

Okay, so I suck! I have not updated in almost a week. But, it's not like anybody reads this, it is more like a personal outlet for me. Pretty much the same crap different day at our house. I still continue to save money for the adoption. I also found out that I need to lose at least 45 pounds to be eligible to adopt from Korea. So on Friday I started to really watch what I am eating. I have a Dr. appointment on Tuesday in reference to my thyroid He is going to be pissed of as I gained weight from last winter after I was sick. I am trying to keep my calories below 1500 every day. If that's the correct amount, I don't know, I am continuing to look up info to see If the stupid Georgia weather would cooperate, I could do more outside and hopefully burn up some of this fat. On the good side, because I have to do something to keep my mind of eating , I have started to clean and sew.

Change of Adoption locale

Okay, with much thought of time and money needs, we are probably changing where we are adopting from. Possible choices include Korea or China at this point. We just don't have the money or 3-4 weeks to spend in Peru. Eric was reluctant at first and then I spilled my guts. I told him that I would feel complete once I get my daughter. I told him that I have always felt that the baby I lost was my daughter, that I have the need to fulfill that want in my life. He said that he was fine with it and that we should begin to save. I guess I should tell him that I already started :) I also found out that Delta provides $1500 in reimbursement for adoption. Well, I guess its full force saving and paying down our bills.

Landon the Chunkmeister! (JK!)

Well the number of the day , 23 lbs 14 oz. That's a weight gain of 4 lbs in basically a month! The doctor was impressed. She said keep up the same and she didn't want to see him until his birthday in July. We go to the GI doctor next week. He is a supporter of the GF diet in kids.

On a side note, my stupid neighborhood association has announced that they will be having a neighborhood garage sale again! Yay! More money for my adoption fund. It really amazes me at the crap that people will buy. Last year I actually sold 2 stained runner rugs for $2 each. I hope it will be as good as last year. I made $130 without really even trying.

Adoption

I want to discuss one of our goals in the future. I passionately want to adopt daughter. Eric is on board with my want and actually said he would like to adopt from Peru. Holding us back, though, is definitely the cost. I made a decision last week that I am going to start saving on my own for our goal. My special adoption fund. Last week I managed to save $150. I know its not much, but its a beginning. I plan on putting any extra money I lay my hands on in this fund. This will include any pet sitting, surveys, rebates, gifts, and hopefully another garage sale this spring. I also want to check about selling some of the boy's clothes on consignment. I hopefully can make more money doing this then the quarters you get at garage sales. I also am trying to pay off our debt and save money on our everyday costs. This is proving difficult with food costs these days. The fact that the boys eat gluten free is also another expense. I think if we seriously buckle down and work at this, we can do it.