lemonworld

it's sunday today and i had my 5th iui this morning. it went okay and i'm hoping for the best, as always. it's been a nice day after that. jake made dinner- spare ribs and salad. he's too perfect sometimes. most times. we've just been laying around... i took a two hour nap. i guess i was a bit tired. the girls (the pets) have been glued to us all day, laying on the bed with us as we napped.. chilling on the couch with us as we watched doctor who. pretty cute really.

right now i'm working on our letter to the birth parents for our adoption profile we'll hopefully launch in a couple weeks! it really is so exciting... and so hard at the same time. there's a lot of work/effort that goes into getting everything turned in and then working on what your profile will entail. the idea of "what if this takes another two years" starts creeping in and it's really hard to push it away sometimes. i know that we're going to be awesome parents. not perfect parents, but we are so ready to take on the responsibility and love a child unconditionally. the idea of having to convey that with a first impression is difficult. i don't want to come off as desperate or needy. i just want to be us and that's a little more difficult than you'd think. mostly because you're limited to one page with the letter to the birth parents. then there's a q&a page where you can show a little more of your interests and hobbies. and there's a photo album section where i want to be sure to include photos of our family and the great adventures we have together. anyway... i'm praying that something will work out. that we'll find our baby soon. i feel so blessed to even have the opportunity and means to adopt. what an incredible miracle to be apart of.

well i'm heading to las vegas for ten days next month! i'm seriously looking forward to it... but am bummed that the husband isn't coming. :( he is crazy busy at work and it's sort of driving him crazy... so hopefully he'll be okay with me being gone that long. i'm sure he'll be fine, actually. that boy is capable of so much. i'll be doing a total of six photo shoots while in vegas. wow. that's sort of a lot in ten days. i guess that's what happens when you move across the country from your family that needs you to take their photos at least once a year. i'm happy to do it, though... then i'll have all those weeks after i get home of editing and seeing the beautiful faces of my dear family. :)

have a fantastic week, everybody.


xo lauren

here's a little video of ruby trying to catch a cricket... they're everywhere right now and she loves them!