Mall Rat

So yesterday I thought I would go do some shopping, simple thing right. WRONG ! I couldn't find anything. I went shopping for 3 hours and came home empty handed. Not only that but in the process I snagged the shirt I was wearing so I came home negative 1 shirt :) Where do people shop? I know people are wearing clothes, I assume they aren't homemade. I couldn't find one thing that didn't make me look like a box or a lady of the night. If anyone has any tips of favorite stores I would love to hear it, if not I may hit the fabric store & nobody wants to see that.

Call me Gephart.

So we are flying down to Georgia in April to meet Shiloh (Can't wait! Seriously, I am so excited) We were looking for a good deal on flights and found a fair deal on cheaptickets.com so I went to book it, and the site went blank. I didn't get a confirmation email, but being the sometimes paranoid person that I am I was worried that they were going to charge us. So I called the company. The assured me that there was no reservation and that I would have to try again, after doing this a couple of times I decided that perhaps cheaptickets were cheap for a reason and went to another site to book our tickets. We found a better deal and happy were we we. Until yesterday when I was looking at our bank statement and low and behold we had been charged for the flights.

I called cheap tickets and they assured me that I had no reservation so I called the airline. They were very helpful but told me I must work through Cheaptickets. So I called them back and after about fifteen minutes of getting nowhere fast said "Ma'm I need to speak with your supervisor" I kept my cool but my heart was racing I didn't want to spend $800.00 for nothing! Finally the supervisor offered me a credit with their company. WHAAAT, I don't think so, it wasn't my fault. So I calmly said, "I did everything in my power to ensure I was not charged for these flights. Your company made an error and you need to do everything in your power to make it right" I wish I remember the exact quote because it was golden! Right then and there she put me on hold and within a minute I was getting a full refund. Kind of sad I am so excited that they are doing the right thing. But the rest of the day I was singing "worked hard for the money, so hard for it honey"

I love technology, but not as much as you. . .

I have officially entered the 21st century. Our cell phone contract was up, so when we renewed we got new phones. For most people this wouldn't be that exciting, but for me it was big news. My phone was four years old, the kind with the external antenna and no features, which was okay until my screen went out. Now I have to make a confession, I am a call screener. I like to make informed decisions when I answer the phone. Now before anyone gets offended you have to also realize that half of the time I also don't have my phone with me. But there is nothing worse than answering the phone blindly, arg. How did we survive without caller ID?
Anyway, now I have a phone with a camera. And I have entered the world of text messaging. So if you are ever wanting to have a really, REALLY slow text conversation with someone, I'm your gal. I have to admit I didn't understand the point of texting at first, but I can see it definitely has its place.

It's a Boy!

Wow, what an amazing few days we have had! I don't even know how to begin to express my joy. It all started on Friday morning. Our caseworker called us and asked if we could both come in to sign some paperwork during our lunch hour. We were a little suspicious because that is rumored to be code for come in to hear good news. But we tried not to get our hopes up. Finally lunch time came, and we headed over to LDSFS. Our caseworker took us into an empty room, and my heart sank, it must have been paperwork. Our caseworker had us sit down, then she handed us an envelope. I immediately started weeping. At some point we our shaking hands must have somehow got the envelope opened. Inside the envelope was a very sweet letter & an ultrasound.

The letter is from our birthmother Shiloh. She is 17 and is amazing. I am in awe of her courage, her strength, her unselfishness, and her love. It is so humbling to think of the trust she is placing in us. We have been in contact with her every day and we think that she is the neatest girl. Honestly every email we get from her I like her more. It is fun to see the things we have in common. We can't wait to meet her, and are planning on going down in April to meet her.

The sweetest thing about the experience for us is that we have seen Heavenly Father's hand guiding the process. Back when Bryan was job hunting we kept feeling pulled down to Georgia. So much so that we wondered aloud, "could our baby be in Georgia?" After a lot of prayer we ended up not taking that job. We didn't give it much more thought until we were turning in our profiles. We felt prompted to ask if they could send one of our packets to Georgia. They did, Shiloh's caseworker showed it to her, and I guess the rest is history.

We are so excited to meet our little one. So excited to be parents. We can't wait 'till June 20th