Well we got our report from last months letters and we had 8 go out and 1 profile save so I guess that would be 9.. Not to shabby I'd say.. It's very exciting to get those updates from our agency Independent Adoption Center.. We try not to bug them much cause we assume if they had any details of something they would tell us. So we continue our turn waiting like all of the other couples .. It is tough but we are strong and I think through it all it will make us appreciate our new family even more.. I think all this waiting is giving us more time to dream and make plans which we think is exciting.. We've read all the books we couldget our hands on about Open Adoption and everything we could find about babies in that first year.. We don't want to get to far ahead of ourselves so nothing is forgotten.. I personally feel as if we' ve been preparing for our Fatherhood Journey for so long now.. One day I'll have interesting news to update to all of the blogsphere out there.. HAPPY HOLIDAYS

Christmas Decorations going up..

Me and Chad really love this time of year... The holidays are reminders of family tradition's that we want to pass down one day to our child.. It's always had this certain magic that I've never forgot. I'm so excited to have our first christmas with our new family, oh what a wonderful day that will be.. Chad kinda thinks I'm a little crazy for putting it up so soon, but I say I'm the Christmas Spirit Giver.. Our decorations are classic but traditional , and also unique.. But man alive the amount of dust that accumulates is driving our sinuses crazy.. We'll get over it. So Happy Holidays to all of my Wonderful blog readers..

Another week has gone by

It's always amazing how fast life just slips through our fingers... It was just like yesterday that it was summer and now we are preparing for the Holiday season.. Life is still keeping us very very busy.. We are glad that it has worked out this way till it's our turn to be daddies..It so keeps our minds off of it all.. Waiting super sux!!!!!!!! But I know God has his plans for our family so I'm content with what he wants for us. But it still SUPER SUX!!!!!!!!! LOL...

Time fly's by

I'm sitting here thinking bout the ever fast pace of the holidays and everything associated with this time of year. I really do love this time of year, but how funny that it gets here so much faster now than as a child. I guess I got my wish for Christmas to get here quick. All in all I really reflect back on my life my family and my hopes and dreams. The reality of it - ll is that it's about the here and nowness of it all. I like seeing those moments and I hope to make those time's even better if ever given the chance again.

I think I might have figured out how to mobile blog now so now maybe not such a long absense.. Let's see if this works..

Very Busy So Don't Worry

Just wanted to give everyone a heads up.. Me and Chad are working 7 days a week now and will probably not have time to update for awhile.. I just didn't want anyone to think anything bad is going on... I'll be back as soon as I can.. I Wish I could figure out how to update on my cell phone... But if you wanna get any updates Facebook me.... I'm Jason Mansfield from Rock Hill South Carolina.. So Friend me ok... Till Next time...

Message Left

We folks we left a message with our IAC peeps to inform them of the 6 something minute message with no sound...Nothing new has come of our Phone call so still say your Prayers for us Please...Meanwhile I'm so Proud of myself I FINALLY RAN FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 15 YEARS... I'm so Proud of myself... I plan on continuing on this path because it was such a release for me... So wish me luck...I'll be back in shape in no time.. I ran 1 mile and walked another mile .. I didn't want to over work any muscles so I started on the light side running 2 laps around the track the walking 2 and so on and so forth.. God I want to be back to my old weight again ..

Phone Call

Well we got a phone call very early this morning from California around 2 something there time.. I wish we would have heard the phone ring.. Chad actually was up but he said he didn't hear anything.. And they left a message on our 1-800 line but there was no sound.. ARG!!!!!!!! So now we just wait to see if they call us back. SO keep your finger's crossed for us..

Getting Cooler

I always love the first sights and smells of Fall... The neighbors burning leaves and pumpkins on the porches of everyone around.. Next thing you know it's gonna be time to pull all of the Christmas stuff out of the attic.. I'm already going through all of my Christmas music so I can put it on my I pod eventually.. The only reason why I'm doing it now is that this summer we had an electrical surge of sorts and it fried my 2 yr old computer.. SO I now have to download every bit of music onto my laptop from my external hard drive.. It's taking forever going through all of those damn files but oh well what am I to do..Wish me luck...

Still Waiting !!!!

Well we are still waiting for another call to come our way.. We know it's gonna happen exactly when God wants it to, sometimes we want to speed it up but we know that's not the way.. Life is still trucking forward with us working Very Hard and staying strong.. I'm glad we have grown so much already from this journey we've entered into together.. We are probably seeing a glimpse of what we will be like when life takes a turn and so far so good...Nothing scary to note LOL... Seriously I see a Great Foundation within our home and I that is a Wonderful Start.

Not A Match

Well we have not so good news... We're not matched... It just wasn't meant to be... We are a little disappointed but know that it wasn't our time yet... SO We are still Happy and Excited to continue to move forward in our Open Adoption Journey Together... Hugs and Love to You All...Jason and Chad

Agency Visit

Well as we were told the day before yesterday the IAC peeps went to visit the Birthmother and Birthgrandmother on Tues.. We weren't really given to many details but were told everything went really well with the visit and they now have letters in hand to review. She's due in Dec as I stated in my last post so I assume she has alot of thinking to do on her side of things.. So for now we wait..We are still a little puzzled as to why they called us in the first place.. We filled out our paper work and checked all of the appropriate boxes of what we were willing to accept, but as Chad pointed out practically everything that we checked was an issue in this possible placement.So I guess they were trying to really make sure we knew what was up.. Any thoughts out there???