Just Keep Swimming!

It's been awhile since we posted an update. While we still sit in the same spot we have been in the adoption process things are moving along in the right direction!

I think the biggest obstacle we have had to overcome so far is this timeline we had imagined for ourselves. We certainly thought we would be further in the process by now--and even though we are not, it's ok! I have learned to have more patience in the past few months and let go of the constant worrying. Not that I don't worry (because let's face it that's me and pretty impossible) but I guess I am learning to manage it better.

We are chugging away at paying down our debt- that is really where we are in terms of the process. We have been advised to keep doing what we are doing and to check back in with the agency in April to go over where we are financially at that point. I will say it has felt AMAZING to not have used a single credit card since July! Consolidating our debt was one of the best decisions we have made and it is going to make such a big difference in 4 years when it should be totally GONE! That will be a life changer for our family.

Justin has impressed me so much in the last two months. He made such a big leap in joining me in teaching with VIPKID. The company has blessed me with an amazing experience both personally and financially. I knew with Justin's former teaching experience at COSI and Science Day in my classroom he would be a great fit for the job. And I certainly was not wrong there because he is off to a rocking start and is a total natural! He has worked so hard at preparing and marketing himself to parents and it is working! 

For us this is HUGE! Justin is providing a fourth income now and that will hopefully allow us to pay even more debt off by April. Our hope is a judge will see how committed we are to taking care of paying off our debt to allow for those unexpected costs of raising a child. We could totally provide for a child right now- no problem. However they want to be 1000% percent certain we are truly ready. So we must jump through the hoop- but it is a great push to take care of all this debt and for that we are so thankful.

I feel like I should do a word count on "debt" for this post! But that's what it's all about for us right now. 

Thanks for keeping up with our adoption process and understanding that it is a slow journey- but one with the happiest rewards at the end! So for now we will just keep swimming!

-Jenna