TV Winner Announced!

Thank you all for your support and participation in our TV giveaway. We are excited to announce that James Davis of Lumberton, NC is the winner of this new 32" Vizio LCD HDTV! We will be delivering James' new TV just in time for the big game!

Once again, thank you to those who participated in this giveaway. Please keep checking our blog for more adoption updates. We will be starting a new fundraising effort next week. Not only will you be able to help our adoption, but you'll have the opportunity to help orphans around the world!

We've be officially APPROVED!!!!

You may or may not have heard, but we received our final adoption approval this week! That's right, all the paper work, background checks, medical exams, questionnaires, reading assignments, and home studies have been completed and approved!!! The next call we receive from Bethany could be a placement call-- we are so excited! We don't know how long we'll have to wait for a placement. It could be weeks or months, but in God's perfect timing our family will be complete!

We also wanted to let you know that there are 48 hours left in our TV giveaway. For every $5 that you donate to our adoption cost, we'll enter you into the drawing for this brand new 32" Vizio LCD HDTV.

You can give online using the Giveforward Link on the right panel of our blog site. We will do a random drawing next Monday and someone will receive this AWESOME TV!!! Just think, you could watch all the upcoming games on this new TV! How great would that be?

Thank you so much for your love, support, and prayers. This has, and continues to be, a journey of faith. God has provided for our financial needs thus far, and we know that He'll take care of the rest!

Thank you! (Don't forget: 1 Week Left)

Many of you have already mailed us checks, donated online, or given donations to us or our parents in person to be a part of this donation. We first want to thank all of you that have given so far. It means so much to us that you want to be a part of our adoption process and donate to our giveaway. Even though we know you are hoping to be the lucky one to win the tv, each of you have also told us that you just want to be a part of this special giveaway as we travel this exciting yet uncertain journey in our lives. Thank you for loving us! We really do appreciate it!

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Now just a reminder to everyone....We are down to 1 week left for the NEW 32" VIZIO LCD HDTV giveaway. Just think, if you win this TV, you will have it in plenty of time to watch the Super Bowl and March Madness!

Below is a list of a couple of ways you can be contribute to this giveaway:

1. You can see us or our parents to pay and receive your raffle tickets.

2. You can still pay online through our GiveForward on the right hand side of the blog and we will mail you your raffle tickets.

3. You can mail us a check and we will then mail you your ticket stubs.

Here are the rules on how you can be entered in for a chance to win this giveaway:

For every $5 donated until January 22nd, we'll enter your name into the give-a-way for this 32" VIZIO LCD HDTV. (So, for $20 you will receive 4 entries and so forth.) Give the post a shot out on Facebook or Twitter (pastorkellyb) and we'll enter you in again.

****On January 23rd, well do a random selection and someone will be watching the games on this brand new TV!!!!!****

Preparing the Nursery

I know it has been awhile since we had our last post about the adoption process, but between Christmas and New Years, and Lindsey being sick for a week, things have been a little crazy. So, here is where things are now....

We have completed our adoption book and received the printed copies that the perspective birthmothers will look at to decide if we are the ones that she selects to adopt her child. It is crazy to know that just through a single book she will determine a connection that will allow her to make a decision, which will forever change our lives. We know that this connection can only be something that God designs and brings together, which creates such a special feeling and connection between us and the birthmother.

*** The picture on the cover was taken by a sweet friend of ours, Shawna Cox. Thanks Shawna!!! Who knew that a spur of the moment picture would turn into one of our favorite pictures!

We have begun to work on the nursery. Now I know you may be thinking, "but you haven't been selected yet." However, if you know us, then you know that we are very much planners and want to be ready to the best of our ability for when we become parents. Just think...for women that are able to get pregnant, you are able to plan for 9 months for your baby's arrival. We have no idea when our little one will arrive. We may be given 6 weeks notice or we may get a call as the mother is giving birth that she selected us. For this reason, we want to be prepared as much as we can. Below you will see some pictures of the nursery in progress. We still have a lot of work to do and will add pink or blue to the room decor once we know if it is a boy or girl.

** A table full of sweet gifts from some of our family. The changing table was a gift from Kelly's parents for Christmas. My Dad and Stepmom gave us the 2 packs of diapers. Joan knitted the beautiful blanket laying next to the diapers. Karen Holmes gave us the book "The Very Hungry Caterpillar." We purchased the adoption baby book ourselves. My Aunt, Dianne Duke, gave us the adorable bib that says, "Spit Happens." Steve's mom, Marilyn, gave us the cute UNC baby blanket. The baby swing was donated my friends of our family in Durham. All I can say is our child will definitely be loved and spoiled by so many!

Finally, we are anxiously awaiting the arrival of the letter that says we are officially on the wait list. I can't deny it...I have been rushing home from work and anxiously awaiting the arrival of our mailman each day to see if the letter arrives. Our caseworker said we would receive the letter at some point during January, but I would love for it to arrive sooner rather than later.

I think that basically wraps up everything that has been going on. Of course we still have our monthly drawing going on where you can be entered for a chance to win a 32" Vizio TV. This giveaway will be open until January 22nd and then we will do the drawing on the 23rd. Don't miss out!!! It only take $5 for 1 entry into the giveaway