Author Archives: Justin

Little Guitar Shirts

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Justin

Well, we’re about to become parents.  No joke.  In fact, I can hardly believe what I’m typing.  The week before last we got the phone call that every adoptive couple hopes for. On Wednesday afternoon we got a voicemail from … Continue reading →

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Number Six.

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Justin

This week we will celebrate our sixth anniversary!  Each year we take turns planning the activities – last year was my turn, so this year it’s up to Kate. I’m excited to see what she has planned.  I’m also excited … Continue reading →

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The Waiting (and wishing, and hoping, and praying) Begins!

Posted on August 26, 2011 by Justin

Mr. Home Study made a visit to our house at the beginning of August to check and make sure that we didn’t have any crazy dangerous stuff going on. He checked behind every single door to make sure we weren’t … Continue reading →

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PB’s and J’s? Yum! Sort of.

Posted on August 4, 2011 by Justin

First of all, a big thanks to those of you who ordered scrap books from us on our last post.  We got 2 orders – well, 1 order, for 2 books. After thinking it over, I realized why we only … Continue reading →

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We’re Famous Now

Posted on July 28, 2011 by Justin

Well, we made it. We’re famous now – actually famous is an understatement. We’re super-famous. Bigger than Oprah. For those of you who don’t know about the internet yet, we made Jen’s blog this week – one of the most … Continue reading →

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Adoption 101

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Justin

Over the past few weeks we’ve been asked a lot of questions about the adoption process.  With that, I thought I’d take a few minutes to answer three of those questions here. Q. Can you choose what kind of baby … Continue reading →

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First Meeting with the Agency

Posted on July 10, 2011 by Justin

On Friday we had our first appointment with LDS Family Services. We met with the guy who will be doing our home study. He began by asking us basic questions such as: What do you do for a living? How … Continue reading →

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Why I’m Excited to Adopt

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Justin

Yep, we’ve decided to adopt.  And I am so dang excited I can hardly stand it – here’s why: Our puppy Charlie will finally be able to play with someone his own size. I’ll have an excuse to buy one … Continue reading →

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It’s official – we’re adopting!

Posted on July 1, 2011 by Justin

Well, after months (years?) of consideration we’ve turned in our adoption application.  We’re excited, nervous, and looking forward to the things to come! Apparently LDS Family Services reviews their applications on Wednesdays – so, next Wednesday they will review our … Continue reading →

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