Adoption: Waiting and wearing adoption tees

It's been one month since we were activated with our adoption agency.  I've got to agree with Tom Petty, the waiting IS the hardest part.  The first week I was so excited, I think I jumped every time my phone rang...hoping it would be the adoption agency.  The second week I started to forget about the phone.  The third week was back to life as usual.  And now, it's been four weeks and I feel a lot more at peace!  I know we will be matched with our birth mom when the timing is right, so we will just keep living our life.  That's fairly easy for me to say since the weather has been beautiful and Willie (who is a feisty 18 mo old now) only wants to play outside in his pool or sandbox or mud.  So, we've got plenty to keep us occupied!

We finally got real pictures of our fundraiser shirts.  I'm not gonna lie...the fundraising is not going so well.  We might ask for donations of "things" for a fundraiser garage sale later in the summer...as I know plenty of people don't have extra money, but maybe you have extra things! :) 

I'm also continuing the search for grants.  As I've said before, this is completely frustrating!!  I finally found a few credible organizations and began the grant application process, only to find out they only provide grants to families working with non-profit adoption agencies...which ours is not.  Blah.  Just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming swimming swimming....

Anyway, here's the shirts again!  If you would like to purchase one as a donation towards our adoption, just click on the shirt you like and it will take you to Etsy where you can buy one.  They are adult uni-sex tees and are $30.  Thank you to those of you who have already purchased a tee or made a donation.  You are the best!!

 

Adoption: Fundraising Fun!

We are now only ONE step away from being active...going live...waiting....whatever you want to call it!  We just need to sign our activation agreement (once we receive it) and mail it in, along with our activation fee.  Our printed profile is officially complete.  We got a copy in the mail last week!  It was a little weird to see our family all summed up and packaged together in one small 4 page flyer.  I feel like there's so much more to us than that!  BUT, I need to stop analyzing and be happy with it...I do like it and I think it represents us pretty well!  We are also making a video profile, so that will help to show us in our true light.  Brad and Willie are already practicing their dance moves for the video...haha...I don't know if we'll be including that!

Once we are active we can be matched at any time!  The estimated wait time for a match is 1-9 months (this is true 75% of the time).  When we receive the phone call that a birth mother has chosen us, that means we are matched! It's like waiting for Christmas, which could occur any day, haha!  However, once we get our match call, we are required to wire our adoption agency the rest of the money due within 48 hours...so that's a little stressful!

And, that brings us to fundraising!  :)  We have designed a couple tshirts, there are more to come, along with some other artsy things...I will post them as soon as they're ready.  Tshirts are $30, if you would like to donate more than $30, click the  Donate button below or on the side bar --------------------------------------->
(if you use the donate button to make a donation of more than $30, but would still like a shirt, indicate which shirt and what size during checkout.  If using paypal you can enter this info in the "add special instructions to recipient" box)


All money raised will go directly into our adoption fund.

We really really appreciate your support!  You are helping us to build our family, and we will be forever grateful.

Click on the shirt to be taken to our Etsy store to make a purchase
or email me at torrilyner@yahoo.com with your order

Click below to make a donation of more than $30:

If you would like more information about adoption costs and our budget, click here