finally all updated!

Well phew! just got you all updated now withing the last i think four posts! Just want to drop a thank you again for just continuing to pray for us and the birth-mom and the baby! Have a blessed Saturday!

now it is time to have a nice and relaxing evening!

The Nursery.....

The nursery is coming together!!!   

 Here are some sneak peak pictures!!!

The colors are a sage green and tan! the bedding we want is..

It is just us, lil deer! love it!

 The bassinet and
 the crib!                                                                          Thank you holly for the crib!

The closet, with some of the clothes many people have given me all washed and ready!(thank you to all who have given me clothes!)

some diapers, my old teddy when i was a baby, (the right one) lil shoes...

 The changing area newborn diapers are so adorable and so so tiny!

We were Chosen.

Well most of you now know that we were chosen! And our journey has been just wonderful, we have fears of the unknown but that is OK, we have a Mighty God on our side and will make it through no matter what happens! We found out the birth-mom is having a boy, we are super excited! we have been getting things together and the nursery all set up, we have gotten so many things handed down to us, clothes, crib, baby bath and formula, we have about 4 weeks till she is due, please be praying for her and her decision, I can't even imagine what is going through her head, I pray for her everyday and wonder how she is doing and how the baby is doing. We met with the birth-dad and birth-mom on Father's day Sunday It was so special it was the first time being so close to the baby! It was very nerve wrecking, but it was very enjoyable and she really wanted to meet us, which i understand that she needs to know we are real people and not just pictures in a profile book, to get a feel for us and all, she texted our adoption specialist later that day and said she really likes us and is glad with her decision of picking us! that gave us a huge relief. So now we just have to be patient and pray and wait......I become more nervous the closer it gets wondering if this ending is going to be a happy one or not so happy? I also wonder and my heart hurts for her and the hurt she will go through, with me wanting a baby so bad I just couldn't imagine going through something like that, we did find out that the birth-mom and birth-dad have a little girl together as well so I know she knows how all of this goes and how she is going to feel, I have never experience anything like that so I just can't imagine......If she does choose to let him go and we become parents to him, I will strive all my life to give him the greatest life possible, everyday i will cherish him and know she gave us the greatest gift ever. Knowing we may never get pregnant has taken a toll and I just keep praying that we will be able to give him a sibling whether through adopting again or pregnancy. My mind is just everywhere anymore these days, good and bad, but I know I have the Lord and My husband the greatest man the Lord has ever given me right by my side through this journey called Life.

God Sent an ANGEL!

God just knows when you need an Angel!  We got ours a few weeks ago....... It was just a normal Sunday evening and we got a knock on our door from a man delivering a card to us from someone in his church who wants to be unknown so they now have the name ANGEL! It was just what i needed i was a little down and trying to not be worried about our adoption and raising of the money and all! the card had the just the right words for just this right moment....... it said...

God Cares about every detail of your life...
                                  


                                                                He collects every tear in a bottle.
                                                                 (Psalm 56:8)

He numbers every hair on your head.
(Luke 12:7)

                                                               He know every hurt in your heart.
                                                                   (Psalm 34:18)

The Lord knows all you are going through. He love you, He cares for you, and he will make sure not one detail is overlooked in your life.      Thinking of you and praying too!

Wow those words, they still mean so much to me, and still get me all choked up.
It was one of those Angel moments and I praise God for that moment! 

just a lil note to that ANGEL, if for some reason they ever read this, We thank you so so much! you wrote in you card that you hoped your gift could help bring the little blessing home sooner and we are now down to 4 weeks till her due date we could never thank you enough for your gift and kind and encouraging words, as tears stream down my face I want you to know that I hope for one day to be an angel to someone as you were to me! thank you once again and God bless you.

bake sale went great!

Bake sale and plant sale at Sassafrass Hill went great! A HUGE THANK YOU! to my Aunt Kristy!!!!

for letting me set up and sell sell sell!  

 GettingReady and starting to bake! mmmm chocolate chip cookies!

What a cute chair planter she had there!

Our table of GOODIES!

 Here is some of the awesome plants and workers!

Bake Sale!

Where: Sassafrass Hill Greenhouse

When: Saturday May 11th

Come on out and Get your Mother's day Flowers and

 then Grab a goodie on your way out to help support Justin and Staci with Their Adoption!

 yum yum yummy!!!!

Not sure what all our little bakers are baking for this Saturday
but I am sure it will be very yummy!

just a few things to make your mouth water and make you want to come
on by and get some!

MMMMMMMMMM.....................................................................

Our Last Counseling session this week!

Our last counseling session has been scheduled it will be on Thursday May 9th, so we have been straightening up and cleaning and getting a few touches done on the baby room, So she can inspect the house and room and it is SUPER exciting! Wow everything is flying by, God has truly had his hand in this and we can see it all the way, he has made it know that this is the route he has intended us to have! Once we get the baby room done I will post some pictures for all to see where baby Saltarski will one day be!
We also will be getting our fingerprinting done that morning that will be a very interesting thing we will be doing!  

The walk for orphans!!!!

 The Walk 4 Orphans!!!! Here are some excited 
walkers!!! Walking for Team Fishing For a Family.

 (left to right: Trisha, Aunt Kelly, Nicki)





        
      
                 Getting Registered!

Get Ready get Set GO! and we were off!

Top pic(Anna and her grandkids: Cam and Addy)

The Gang!

My BFF and her family!

 Top pic(Haley,Future Grandma, Aunt Tammy, Nicki,
Aunt Kelly)

Picture to the right is a walker and her son and
the Executive Direction of this mission and his wife,
and one of the other adoptive families -Kathy

 Awe......My special family who handmade the most awesome shirts!!! everyone in their family was wearing them!  The fronts said...Walking for Baby Saltarski!!! and the Back said....The Baby Bunch, seriously the cutest thing ever love you guys!

 The two pictures on the right are: 

Kids of the families walking
They are just playing and having a good ole' time!

Changes in what we need to raise!

So our last Wednesday counseling session got canceled, it will now be this Wednesday!!!! I am so excited because it will be our second to last one! At our last session we were told about Birth-mothers being able to ask for up to $3,000.00 in expenses to help out during her pregnancy now that doesn't mean she will just be handed over the whole amount, Darla told us like if she is struggling and has to be on bed-rest and cant pay her rent or something they would ask for her rent bill and pay it for her or if she needs maternity clothes they will take her shopping but that was not an expense I had added in to the total cost yet, also I am still finding out about how much it is for a lawyer and court costs for the finalization of an adoption that is another expenses that hasn't been added in yet and we are getting so close to being at the goal of what we did know we had to raise so i am going to list a break down below so it makes a bit more sense!!! and so we know what other fundraisers we need to embark on, thank you for staying updated through my blog.

$1,900.00 - Home-study fees
$6,000.00 - Placement fee
$6,000.00 - Post-placement fee
+_________________________
$13,900.00 - total fees we knew of
$  3,000.00 - Birth-mothers expenses
$  1,900.00 - court and lawyer fee estimate for now
+__________________________
$ 18,800.00 - we need in total!
__________________________________________________________________________

$18,800.00  -total needed to be raised to Bring baby Saltarski home!
$12,813.69  -what we have raised as on right now 5-7
-_________________________________
  $5,986.31 - left to be raised
- $  539.49 - Raised at bake sale@ Sassafrass Hill Green house on the 11th
__________________________________
  $5,446.82 - left to be raised
-$4,869.50 - Raised at  Walk-a-thon (as long as all the donations that were not paid upfront come in) ___________________________________
  $  577.32  - left to be raised
-$               -Raised at plant sale and Jar Aunt Kristy had out at her greenhouse
___________________________________

Rummage Sale Success!

 With The many helping hands our GIANT Rummage sale was a huge 

 God Truly Exceeded our Expectations!!! Our Grand total that we Raised
Was.....................$5,300.00

Without the many helpers or as I call them 
 Angels!!! We would have not been able to pull this off, So a Huge Thank You is in order to those who stayed up late setting up, who folded the many many clothes, who cooked us breakfast, who fed us lunch, who came everyday to give support, to the shoppers, and to the clean up crew! we couldn't have done it without you!!!!!!!

updates on the rummage sale & the adoption!!

 All things are POSSIBLE with GOD!!!

This week is going to be a super busy week, we will be setting up on Thursday for our Huge Rummage sale on Friday and Saturday!!!! 

 If you have been holding on to donations for the sale you can start bringing them to the church today! Thank you so much for holding on to them we have actually ran out of room storing things which is so awesome. 

 Update on our home study process,
Also this week on Wednesday will be our second counseling session for our home-study, which is very exciting because we only have one left after that and we will soon be home study approved!!! Which means= If we are a good match they will pull our profile for Birth-mothers to view!!!!! so so exciting!

The suspense is killing me!

OK I just can't wait any longer for the rest of the little banks to come in! I still have a few out there so I will add to the total when they come in, but for now the suspense is killing me! I just have to know and let you all know how awesome you all did on saving your change 

 and how it will change our lives forever!

DRUM ROLL PLEASE!!!!!!.............................................................

 The Grand Total on the Little Banks Fundraiser is - $5,198.47

 

some updates and Mens night!!

Well to start off here are some updates.....

We are slowly but surly getting the little banks all back as soon as they are all back i will be posting the Grand Total that the little banks brought it!!!! I know so many are anxiously awaiting that!

also, our first meeting went very well, I got a little emotional which for me is unusual, but I am really excited to be finally to a real start with this, we have some homework to get done before the next meeting on wed the 24th! and we will be getting fingerprinted soon and and criminal background done also.



My dad wanted to have a mans night at church for all the men and he was going to smoke chicken on his smoker him and my brother have built and fry some fish up, and we had some people help with some of the desserts and my mom got the sides, and then my dad was like hey Hun... we should just buy this stuff and take up a love offering not for the supplies but give it to the kids, so the mans night was a hit for the guys and for us!  The guys brought in $453.00!!!!! thank you so so much to my amazing parents and all the guys who donated for our cause! Thank you Anna d for taking these pics or me since girls weren't allowed except the Photographers! lol!

 The cooker and the food mmmmm......

 Waiting in line to Feast like Vikings!

The cook, one of the helpers and the eaters!

 Roll testing!