14 days!

We are getting so incredibly close to meeting our little guy! In 13 days we will be driving to Florida and in 14 days we'll be at his birth.

The funny thing is that somehow the wait is harder even though we are so close. Time is FLYING by, but yet it can't go by fast enough. :)

In the past month:

• We received a grant for $2,500 from Gift of Adoption.
• We set up the crib and prepped all the baby clothes for the trip.
• We had our homestudy update visit with our amazing and wonderful social worker.
• Izzy turned 3 and Rachel turned 30!
• We raised about $1,000 in donations and sales from Rachel's etsy shop.
• We sent out fundraiser letters with our Christmas cards.
• We talked with the expectant mom via text message and decided to name baby Amos Jordan! 

At this point we need about $5,000 which is amazing considering we started out needing $29,000! We technically are not sure whether we will be able to use the $7,000 grant we have from Show Hope, so it's possible we'll need to raise that $7k after the $5k we're trying to raise now. It's pretty overwhelming but we've come so far! I just have to keep that in mind. :)
A question I keep hearing is "What will you do if you don't raise the money you need?". Well, we HAVE to have $20,000 when we sign papers in Florida. So we will use our last resort and get a loan for whatever money we don't raise. We are hoping and praying that the money will be raised and we won't have to go into debt for this adoption.

If every one of the 205 people who "liked" our facebook page donated, we'd have the $5k we need. Thinking of it that way, it seems like a reachable goal.

Thanks again to everyone who is praying for us and to those who have donated and shared about our adoption! :) We really appreciate all of your help & know we wouldn't be able to do this without you.