Pajamas!

This is your chance to do some Christmas shopping and help us bring baby Dallas home at the same time! It's SO simple!!

1. Go to: www.pajamafundraiser.com

2.  Pick ANY 3 items for $30.00

3.  Message or email me the pattern, size, and quantity you would like.

email: waitingfordallas13@gmail.com

4.  Make the check out to Bethany Lopez 

*Add $3.50 for every $30 you spend to cover the tax
**If you are out of state or live far away PLEASE add an additional $5 to cover shipping!**

Orders and payments DUE by DECEMBER 1st!!

**40% of every $30 spent will help bring baby Dallas home!

Thank you all soooo much for the support!

Total raised: $14591.14

Amount still needed to adopt through our agency: $15,408.81

Home Study

First I want to say THANK YOU SoOoOoOoO Much to all those who were praying for Chris and myself yesterday during our home study! It went GREAT! It will take a few weeks for the social worker to type up the official approval but once that is done we are cleared for all adoption opportunity that may come our way through our agency or private. :)

We are very happy it's over and excited about the future!

Summer and Adoption Update

It just hit me today that I have not blogged all summer! You would think that since school is out I would have so much more time on my hands but that was just not the case. I'm still learning how to say "no" to things when I already have so many other things going on. :)

Here is a little recap of my summer . . .

I love going to church camp with the kiddos every summer!

This summer I had to leave camp a little early for a very important interview and GOOD NEWS, I got the job!!! I am going to be a kindergarten teacher this coming school year!

Chris and I went to the Lopez Family Reunion this summer . . .

We also got a take a very fun trip to Kentucky with some of our very best friends for a week of relaxing, four wheeling and hanging out . . .

We had a little date night at the drive-in movie!

This was just a few of the fun things that made up this crazy fun summer. :)

Adoption Update:

At the beginning of June Chris and I got our finger prints done and finally got all the adoption agency paperwork filled out and put it in the mail ...

Not long after the paperwork was mailed we got the 

"All-Clear/Approval" from the agency!!!!! :)

The next step was the home study paperwork and in July we were able to put that in the mail ...

The social worker called and we have set the date for the home study! It's the end of September!!!

We have been very open about our adoption journey and as many of you know we are open to an adoption through the agency as well as a private adoption! I posted this past Saturday evening on the Waiting to Dallas page that we met with a birth mom and her family about a possible private adoption. We want to ask that you all continue to pray. We have not made a final decision yet and we can not give any more details than that but when I have more to tell I will! :) 

As much as we are HOPING and PRAYING that this is baby Dallas we want God's will to be done!

Newest Fundraiser Update:

Purchase a raffle ticket for only $11 and you are entered to win some super cute Thirty-One swag! 

Click here for all the details!!

Babies Laughing

My best friend, Heather, recently posted an old video of her babies laughing on facebook and as I was watching I was reminded of the day these sweet babies were born. They we so small and fragile and they were fighting for their lives. There were times that even the doctors seemed like there was no hope left but thankful we service a MIGHTY God who was and is watching over the babies.
Now they are 5 years old and FULL of life! There is NEVER a dull moment and I am so thankful that Chris (aka Uncle Rufus) and Myself (aka Aunt Bethy) get to be a part of their lives on an almost daily basis! Below are just a few of the videos I found of these babies laughing . . .

Make a video - it's fun, easy and free!
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Make a video - it's fun, easy and free!
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Make a video - it's fun, easy and free!
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God is so Good!!!!

7 Years

7 year ago today Chris and I said, "I Do!"

It was and still is one of the best decisions of my life!

This past weekend we booked a hotel and planned a weekend a relaxing of celebrating my graduation and our anniversary. We kicked off the weekend with a graduation party with some of our friends . . .

We were definitely missing a few people but thank you so much to those 

that came out and celebrated with us! :)

When we got to hotel that night they upgraded our room to a suite and 

when we walked in this is what we found ....

Saturday morning we got to sleep in and when we woke up we realized we really didn't have ANYTHING planned other than a concert that night ... It was an amazing feeling! :)

We went shopping, to the movies and just enjoyed each others company.

That evening we met up with Uncle Scott and went to Richardson for the annual Wildflower Festival. 

We saw Joan Jett from REALLY far away then we headed over to watch 

The Wallflowers

Here is a clip of them singing one of their hits: Three Marlenas

We were able to sleep in AGAIN Sunday morning! It was sooo nice not having to set an alarm for anything. 

Sunday afternoon, after another movie we went and had our yearly couples massage and then we headed home to get everything ready for another week of work and to love on our Georgie!

Here is a glimpse of the last 7 years . . .

7 Years

100's of Fights & Make-ups

3 Dogs, 4 Homes, 6 Cars

70 - The number of anniversaries I still want

to spend with You!

Mother at Heart

Here we are again, it's almost Mother's Day and yet again I am not holding my baby in my arms. Yes, it is very frustrating and I'm going to apologize now if I randomly start crying through out the day but even through all this I still have hope!

Honestly though, even with hope some days just plain SUCK! Some days I just can't take it anymore, I stop trying to keep it together and I am sad. I'm sad because I know without a doubt that God would not have placed this overwhelming desire on my heart to be a mom if that was not going to happen one day and I am sad because that day isn't today. I am sad because I already have so much love for my baby/babies and I don't get to share that with them. I'm sad because there are parents that don't realize that their screaming baby is a gift from God and I would give anything to be tired because my baby kept me up all night.
Some days I am just plain sad!

My prayer is that God will continue give me comfort as we wait for Dallas (our adopted baby) & Jameson (if/when I conceive). I pray that God continues to lead us as we are making decisions about our future family and that He will be with Chris as he is dealing with my emotional  breakdowns.
I am thankful to know that I am not alone through this journey because God has blessed me with an amazing husband and supportive friends that have seen me at my worst and my best and love me the same.

One day I will be a mom
and one day I will get to hold and snuggle my baby on Mother's Day
but for now ...

God Bless

-Bethany

Class of 2014

I did it! A few weeks ago I took and PASSED the state teaching certification test so now I am an official certified teacher!

My team at work decorated my door and gave me a little treat.

This past weekend I FiNaLlY graduated from

 with my Bachelors in Interdisciplinary Studies. 

I was able to cram a 4 yr degree into 9 whole years ;)

Thank you so much for everyone who helped me through this journey and prayed for me! 

As of right now I will be teaching Computer Foundations again next year but if another classroom position open I may be switching. 

For now I'm leaving it in God's hands.

Now I have more time to focus on home study and agency paperwork as well as getting our home ready for baby Dallas!