10 years!!

I can hardly believe that I have been married for TEN years! I am truly no longer a newly wed (although I really think that newly weds are 5 years or less) I am now entering the double digits of marriage. WOW!
When Jason and I were still dating my mom told me "you either need to get married or slow down" well, slowing down was NOT an option for us (we were so in love) so a few months later we were married and I was telling everyone that it was my mom's idea! She used to deny it but now that we have been happily married for 10 years she is telling everyone how it was all her idea! :)

This 10th year of marriage will be the year that we become parents. I know that everyone is telling us to enjoy our last weeks of freedom, go out while we still can, watch whatever TV show you want, sleep in... And I know that our lives are going to change drastically! But, we are ready for this change. We are ready to stay home on weekends to play with our baby boy. We are ready to watch some silly kid shows, and we are ready to get up early with our son (or maybe I'll make Jason do that one!)

We have been on such a journey this year with our adoption. The adoption road is not the easy one, but the process has made us better people. I am not resentful for all the extra steps that I needed to take to get to be a parent, because I learned so much about myself, my husband, and my marriage. It really made me think about what kind of a parent I want to be. In the end I knew without a doubt that I wanted to be a mom. Becoming a parent was not something that just happened to us, it was something that was chosen!

I found this quote that I really liked:
Adoption means that you have the ultimate freedom of deciding to become parents. The question is not "will we", but "when will we?" And the answer is always "when we can no longer contain the love in our hearts."

It is a pity that not all parents have to go through this kind of process. I know that I have grown so much going through it.

So CHEERS to us for 10 wonderful years of marriage!

Some Changes

We have had some changes in our life recently. The biggest one is, of course, getting matched up with our baby boy. But we have had some other big changes too.

The first one is getting a new refrigerator. Our old one ran all the time and it was very loud. The new one is so quiet and has the energy star rating. We are hoping that it will earn its keep in less than a year. Here are some pictures of our new Fridge:



It has a bottom drawer for the freezer. I love it! I really like being eye level with the fridge, and having the fridge on top gives me more room to hang up pictures.


I also got my hair chopped off. I am donating it to Locks of Love in honor of our son.

Before:




After:







For those who are counting, this would be my 3rd time donating my hair to Locks of Love. It will take about a 1 1/2 - 2 years to grow out the 10 inches to donate again.

We are still working on the baby's room, and trying to set up the house in a way that will work for a little one. So, I am sure that these are not the last of our changes.

It's a Boy!

We are excited to announce that we got our referral this week. Our Baby Boy was born on February 10th, 2008. At the last Dr Appointment on July 9th he weighed about 17 lbs and was 25 inches tall. We are still thinking of names and probably will not tell what we decide until after we get back from Korea (To help you experience our waiting!) We also have pictures but we will not post them on the blog as it is not private. We would LOVE to show you in person! One of the pictures is of him sitting on a throne like chair so we call him our Prince and you can too!
We are beyond excited about our baby boy and I am falling in love with him more and more everyday. We can not stop looking at his pictures!