Celebrate the approval!

Last week we finally heard that our loan was pre-approved.  I cannot tell you how much a source of stress this has been for me.  What a relief!  The process was pretty painful and we had a fairly bad experience with the company we're getting our loan through.  But it's behind us now and we had to celebrate!

We already had an overnight trip to the dells planned with our friends, the Morgans. Thank you, Groupon!  It felt like a celebration and it was so nice to completely relax.  Although most of us ended up being sick it was still a ton of fun!

Us with Kyle, Andrea & Ellery.  She is absolutely adorable!

Next step is the first home study meeting with our caseworker, Heather on Wednesday.  We filled out a bunch of paperwork for it, including a self study that is basically an essay packet.  It's a 2 hour meeting at their office where I believe we'll be filling out a lot more paperwork.  I think the adoption will feel so much more real after that.  We're looking forward to it!