Clay & Laura's Big Adventure!

Hello friends, It has been way longer than I anticipated before sending an update. The last time I posted was after our first home study visit. Since then, we have fit in a lot of living: sick puppy, family trips, dinner with neighbors, our first dinner at the renowned "Babe's Chicken" with Clay's uncle, and two more home study visits. As with any adventure, the plot thickens. Clay and I asked for prayer for an unspoken prayer request recently. This request involves some tremendous decision-making on our part. We are so thankful for all of you who have been praying, and we ask that you continue to do so. I have been uncharacteristically unanxious, and I know that can only be because of your prayers. So, please keep them up :-) I cannot tell you how good it feels to be through the home study process. Our caseworker was very nice, and I never felt uncomfortable or nervous around her, but the whole process is a bit overwhelming. To have your life, decisions, and fina

A few years ago, Clay and I embarked on an adventure of a lifetime. We moved to the beautiful Central Coast of California! We loved and cherished our time there, but family brought us back to Texas. Our families and our desire to grow our own family through adoption. We first considered adoption in California after Clay's cancer diagnosis. But, as you will read from this post ( http://clayandlaurasbigadventure.blogspot.com/2015/09/part-3-we-are-really-grown-ups.html ), we weren't quite ready at that time to begin the adoption process. We were overwhelmed and far from home. A few years have passed. We're back in Texas, and we're finally on our way to adopting a child. I feel like we need to pinch ourselves, we're so excited! And so begins a new adventure! I'm so thankful for the time we've had to find a very good adoption agency. The thing that is hard to accept about adoption is that someone else's family is broken so that ours can be complete. I hav