Mostly what I remember from 2016 is trying to get through this adoption process. The paperwork. Oh, the paperwork. Just when you think you're done they send more!
Then the training, 3 hour classes once a week for 6 weeks. And then the home study. Interviews and house tours and more interviews. And then when we finally finished all of that there was MORE waiting. And MORE paperwork. Waiting to hear about our kids took the longest it felt like, although it was actually the shortest period of time. From beginning the paperwork to the completed home study was 5 months (including training). From inquiring about the kids to being chosen as their adoptive family was 3.5 months. So basically adoption takes about as long as pregnancy, if not longer because our kids are still not placed with us (that could be another two months!)
Aside from the adoption, I can't remember much else! I know we moved our store's location to a much better location! That pretty much took up the whole summer. Then we had a Halloween store in our old location, which took up October. I'm sure we worked a lot, I just can't remember it!
We are just so ready for 2017! We already have two OVER-THE-TOP EXCITING things planned for this year!
1.) Meeting our children and our children being placed with us!! (I'm positive these will tie for the number one exciting thing to happen all year!) After not even knowing if we could ever have children, we feel so so blessed to have been led to adoption and to these kiddos.
2.) My Brother's getting married! (I feel confident that this will take spot number two of the most exciting things to happen this year!) We can't wait for his fiancee to be an official part of our family!
I'm sure there will be some trials in 2017. There will be hardships, heartache and pain because that is a part of life. But after 2016 (and 6 years of infertility struggle), 2017 seems off to a pretty great start already! We can't wait to see what else it brings!!
xoxo
nikki
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