Things have been so busy! I haven't kept up well on the whole blog thing. We are loving TN, and I'm so grateful to be stationed here. The house we moved into has such amazing potential, but it is going to take some time and effort to get it there. We've been here nearly a month, but didn't start really working on the house until about 3 weeks ago. In that time, we've almost totally remodeled the basement, complete with putting down new flooring (go, me!) all new paint, baseboards, and boxing in exposed metal load-bearing poles. A bit of work has been done upstairs, but the larger projects there will have to wait a few more weeks. I'm really proud of what has been done so far. And because I have the most wonderful friends, I've got some extra help with future endeavors. :)
The draw back of work needing to be done, is that it forces us to push back our foster-adopt classes. Instead of starting next week, it looks like hopefully the beginning of December. I'd love to have the classes knocked out before Christmas, so that we could enjoy having that behind us, and the house all done, for the holidays. That gives us about 5 more weeks to have the whole house, and child's room, in tip-top shape. We have been buying baby things though, little by little. In almost every way, we're ready to take on having a placement. But the reality is that we want to have the house fully ready as well, because our child or children deserve our full attention, and the best environment possible. You really only get one shot with the home study, and it is important to us to show the coordinator everything we've done in preparation for this. We want them to know how seriously we are taking this, and how we both want to be the best parents possible for the children that will be placed in our care.
Friday, October 28, 2011
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Hello, Tennessee, I'm Home!
The last few weeks have been crazy! Getting packed, getting on the road, and getting to TN has been an adventure. In a lot of ways, I feel like I've just been waiting to be here.
In the summer of 2005, I decided I wanted to move to TN. I picked a town off of a map, did a lot of research, and even got an apartment and roommate lined up. At the last minute, I decided to relocate with my parents, to where they live now in NC. I'm so glad I did, because it was there that I met the love of my life that winter.
We enjoyed our college years together, got married in 2008, and he joined the Army in 2009. We spent our first 2 years of Army life in Texas, and then on his deployment, we got a change of duty station. To the same town I planned on moving to in 2005. :)
Silly as it sounds, I feel like I was supposed to end up here. I just tried to get here a few years too early. Now, I'm here with my amazing husband, our wonderful pets, and we are starting a whole new chapter. I always thought this town was my chance to start over, and now, it really gets to be. This will be the town we set down roots it. The town we really call home. And best of all, our kids are here. Somewhere in TN, they are out there, just waiting for us. That's pretty incredible to think about.
In the summer of 2005, I decided I wanted to move to TN. I picked a town off of a map, did a lot of research, and even got an apartment and roommate lined up. At the last minute, I decided to relocate with my parents, to where they live now in NC. I'm so glad I did, because it was there that I met the love of my life that winter.
We enjoyed our college years together, got married in 2008, and he joined the Army in 2009. We spent our first 2 years of Army life in Texas, and then on his deployment, we got a change of duty station. To the same town I planned on moving to in 2005. :)
Silly as it sounds, I feel like I was supposed to end up here. I just tried to get here a few years too early. Now, I'm here with my amazing husband, our wonderful pets, and we are starting a whole new chapter. I always thought this town was my chance to start over, and now, it really gets to be. This will be the town we set down roots it. The town we really call home. And best of all, our kids are here. Somewhere in TN, they are out there, just waiting for us. That's pretty incredible to think about.
