I cant believe it has been 3 years since my first and last post. So many things have changed in the last 3 years. We left Tampa for a new adventure back home in Ohio, but about 6 months after moving home Bobby received an amazing job offer in Jacksonville with the Wounded Warrior Project. So back to Florida we went! Jax is much different than Tampa and I think it may take some getting used to, but Bobby absolutely loves his job, and I have an amazing opportunity in my career, to be able to make my own schedule and focus on our family, so we have decided this is where we will lay our roots!
Three years ago we started looking into adoption from foster care. We went to the orientation and then we decided at that time we were just not ready to make the commitment. With our careers in limbo and me missing home so much, it just was not the right time. It was a hard decision because we both wanted so badly to have a family but we knew it would be an emotional roller coaster that we just couldn't handle at the time.
With the new year approaching and Bobby and I, finally being the most stable we have ever been in every aspect of our lives, have made the decision that 2016 is our year to have a family. One way or another, this will happen. We have decided to maximize our chances, and we are charging full force into fertility treatments as well as public adoption! Of course everyone we talk to says that as soon as we adopt we will get pregnant because it always seems to happen that way. Our thoughts... the more the merrier! If it does end up that way, we will feel blessed to have the family we have.
January starts the process of fertility treatments. We are going to start with the cheap easy things first. Because $15,000 is not the easiest to save, but if IVF is what is needed, we are more than willing to sacrifice to do this. Lookout family and friends, I see lemonade stands and fundraisers in our future! The other option that we have decided to start is adoption from the foster care system. I am really excited about this option as well. We start classes in February and will hopefully start our home study by the end of March!
Bobby and I feel so lucky to have the family and friends that we do and we cannot wait to share this adventure with you. Through the past 8 years there have been a lot of ups and downs, sometimes I looked at our life as being the lemons, waiting for kids so that we could make lemonade. But it took me a long time to realize Bobby and I have already made lemonade. There are a lot of things we could be angry about, but we chose to be happy and turn toward one another for support and encouragement. We are a beautiful, full pitcher of lemonade, we are just looking for the sugar to sweeten it a bit!
Cheers,
Andrea
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