I will not leave you as orphans. I will come to you. John 14:18

After 2 months of driving around with the adoption application in my car.......we finally decided that Father's day would be a great day to send it off. Those 2 months were filled with fear of the unknown, anxiety, and wondering if we were really ready to be parents. It took us 2 months from actually filling out the application to mailing it.....but we are READY! We can't wait to bring our sweet baby home. Here are some pictures of us mailing the application. June 20, 2010.

Our Adoption Journey

As we go through this journey we want to document as much as we can. We have been taking pictures through the process and wanted to share them.

These first ones are the day we actually filled out the application. April 18, 2010.

A New Journey Begins

June 20, 2010 - Father's Day, that is the day we will remember as the beginning of this journey. For many years, spanning back to before we even knew each other, we both had this desire within us. Through God's perfect plan and timing we finally made it to the starting point. On June 20th we walked into the post office and dropped off our application to adopt a child from Ethiopia! In approximately 12 - 18 months we will have a new member of our family. As we stand here at the starting line I don't know what all our future entails. I imagine there will be moments of frustration, moments of discouragement, and moments when the journey seems tough. There will also be ah-ha moments when we learn something new, moments of dreaming as we think of our future, and moments of joy as we take steps toward beginning life with our child. Our child - it makes me a little weak in the knees, I get a funny feeling in the pit of my stomach, and my heart skips a beat as this really sinks in - OUR child. We are excited to begin this journey and are so expectant and what the end of this journey holds.

Molly Garber

We welcomed the newest member of the Garber family today. Our 3 year old westie, Molly! She is adorable and loves watching the KU Jayhawks! She is sitting next to us on the couch as we watch march madness basketball. Ben loves her! We are thrilled to share our new house with her!

Happy House Buying EVE!

Tomorrow is the big day! This morning Ben said, "It's house buying eve! Almost more exciting than Christmas Eve!" I laughed....but it really is. This is going to be OUR house, where we raise, OUR family. I wouldn't want to do it with anyone but Ben. We are so excited to start this new adventure together. WOOOOHOOOOO!

My Valentine!

I love being married! I never did really like Valentines Day...untill I got married. I have the greatest husband, who makes sure that I feel loved and cherished.

Ben wrote me new wedding vows and framed them so I could put them next to our bed and see them every morning when I wake up. They were amazing. He is amazing. I don't deserve it!

He also got me flowers, and chocolate. Then we headed to the Hotel Phillips downtown KC and spent a nice evening together. We went to our favorite downtown grocery store, Constantinos and picked up fruit, crackers, and wine. It was yummy! I was also treated to an hour and a half massage. WOW! I love being pampered, and I love you Ben!

Closing Time

This is our new house!!! We are closing on it in less then 20 days. We are getting very excited, and can't wait to be home owners. This weekend we went to Nebraska Furniture Mart and picked out our new bed, couch, love seat, chair, and fridge. Something about buying our own fridge makes this whole process real. We are really adults! We OWN a fridge.....and a house. We feel so blessed to have been able to buy this house. The moment we walked into it I knew it was ours. We are excited to see what God has in store for us, and how he wants us to use this house. It's way to big for just the two us.....

We have decided to take foster parent classes. We start the class at the end of the month and it goes for 10 weeks for 3 hours a week. We are going to be busy! We have also been looking into adoption and know that it's something that we want to do....we just aren't sure when.

Busy Busy Busy....that's us for the new couple months. BRING IT ON!