Just beginning

I guess I will take the lead from some others and begin "blogging" about our new and crazy life around here! I know this is a great way of keeping a bunch of people updated on the going ons of our household. So today I will start doing just that. 

Billy and I spent our last weekend as "a two person family" in Virginia for a dear friend, Stephanie's, wedding. We were able to catch up with some long lost friends which was so wonderful. We were also able to revisit my college and the towns where we spent a good bit of time getting to know each other. It was a great weekend, the weather was beautiful, the wedding was wonderful and we had a great time just being together. The downside of the weekend was that we were without our boys! 

Our boys, let me fill you in a bit about "the boys".  They are two boys we are adopting. We met the boys through a good friend and fell in love with them shortly after meeting them. The boys are brothers who had a rough start in life. They were moved to an older family who loves them beyond belief and because of that love know they can't be the forever family the boys need and deserve. That's where we come in. For the past 8 weeks, we have been spending weekends with the boys at our house. They love the idea of having two bedrooms, two sets of toys, new pets, new friends, the whole works! 

The boys are moving in FOREVER on Friday, October 17th. We are full of mixed emotions. On one hand we are so excited about this new life we are all starting. We are nervous about diving in to full time parenting. Over the past two months, each Sunday has gotten harder and harder to send the boys back to their other house. Each time we see them, we can't help but think out their biological parents are missing out on two of the best little people we have ever known. But on the flip side, their loss (and a huge one at that!) is our gain (and a huge one at that!) 

I am hoping that this blog will help keep all our family and friends updated on our new family!