Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!

We are so thankful for so many things this year! In no particular order: our families, our friends, our neighbors who have become friends, our canine children, our faith, our beautiful home...oh yeah and each other! We are also thankful for the journey that we are taking towards adoption. In just a few days, we've secured a handful of Etsy orders for our homemade candy and have "sold" several puzzle pieces! We can't wait to deliver the pieces for everyone to decorate! Thank you for Avergan Foundation, Courtney Anton Photography, and Sparkle Events & Cakery for advertising our Etsy shop! And thank you to all of our friends & family who have shared our Go Fund Me page! 

Mountains of Paper Makes Candy~

You read it right! Making candy is something that my mom and I used to spend hours upon hours in the kitchen doing every Christmas! Homemade caramel, drop turtles, chocolate covered pretzels -- you name it, we made it! It was a chore, and our fingers were sore for days, and "our feets hurt" when we were done. But, nonetheless, each year, without fail, we repeated tradition. When Pete and I met, we continued that tradition and for the past few years, every member of the family looks forward to peanut butter balls and no bake cookies =) This year, we've decided to expand our repertoire and delve into some other things. So, we set up shop on Etsy! Every dollar earned through this shop will help turn our dreams into reality as we continue towards "gotcha day" (aka: the day we meet our future son or daughter). We'd be delighted if you would share in the magic. Purchase candy as gifts for co-workers, neighbors, church members, or even yourselves! Or just share our page with others! Every item comes wrapped and ready for gift giving and includes a personalized gift tag -- we will even ship direct to the recipient!

Find us at https://www.etsy.com/shop/MountainsofPaper

The Holidays Are On The Horizon!

It's been a couple of weeks since I've last posted and while there has been a lot going on for us in the world of adoption these past couple of weeks, there isn't really much to share in terms of updates! We are, yes, still waiting...but since we've passed out announcements, and made official announcements to our employers, we've been overwhelmed with support and people saying "you know, so and so adopted". We've been blessed to meet another couple in our neighborhood who is traveling this road alongside us. We will call them Team PB! We met for the first time 2 weeks ago for dinner and ended up shutting the place down! It was so nice to meet another couple walking this road and sharing our hopes, dreams, laughs, tears and everything in between.

We've also started working on clearing out what will become the nursery. We've raised more than $150 so far by consigning items around the house that we either no longer use or need. With that were able to purchase a dresser that had been refinished by a local woman. We've started picking out paint colors -- did you know that babies cry more in yellow rooms than any other color?! Who does this research? Needless to say, we will NOT be painting the future nursery yellow!

With the holidays coming, we know that we will be busy, busy, busy. We've received our first donation for the puzzle and we hope that we will have all 60 pieces of our puzzle filled by the end of the year! We are asking for a donation of $10 per piece, but will really be thankful for anything that you wish to contribute. We want this baby to have a piece of each and everyone of their family members (both glitter & glue) hanging in their room. We will be bringing the puzzle, as well as bottles for the bottle fundraiser to upcoming holiday gatherings along with pens/markers to decorate your own piece!

Puzzle

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