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 . . .

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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! 

Waiting for Dallas 5K

The 5K was a success!!!

Chris and I were overwhelmed with all the love and support from everyone that came out as well as our virtual runners. 

Thank you thank you thank you!!

I was talking to Zoey (one of the kids at the 5k) and 

she asked, "Do you know all these people?" 

When I told her I really didn't know a lot of the people there she replied, "Wow and they are all here for you and baby Dallas, that's so cool!" 

Zoey was sooo right! It was amazing! 

Here are just a few of the pictures from Saturday, if you would like to see more go to the Waiting for Dallas 5K facebook page.

Here are the kiddos before their 1 Mile Fun Run

Right before everyone took off, and this isn't everyone :)

 

Uncle Scott, Chris and John all won metals along with MANY others ....

Pretty much everyone in my family got a metal except me . . . I was too busy talking to make it back fast, even then I doubt I would have placed but all that matters is I made it! :)

Here are all the first place winners from each age-group ...

This guy was in town for the weekend from Ohio that found out about the race and came and ran.

We even had The Avengers! 

The Avengers also brought Dallas a little gift ...

Here are our Waiting for Dallas 5K keepsakes ... Rebecca, our fearless leader/race director, had this canvas painted for us and had the runners sign it. WE LOVE IT!! 

During the entire planning process the crew (Rebecca, Anna, Amy, Adrienne, Ashley, Yaitza and I) just kept repeating to each other, "God's got this!" and I guarantee that without His guidance and intervention this would not have been possible! 

We are so excited to announce we raised OVER $5,000 on Saturday!!!

We don't have the exact total due to some refunds and donations that have not been counted yet, but we'll have it soon.

We now have over $14,000.00 saved!

Only about $16,000 to go!

If you were at the race Saturday and have pictures please send them to waitingfordallas13@gmail.com

Why Dallas Scott?

Dallas

I can not remember when it was that I actually decided I wanted my first baby to be named Dallas but I know it was before Chris and I had even met. I always thought it was unique name but at the same time it's easy to spell and pronounce which is often not the case when it comes to unique names (believe me, I've seen my fair share of unique names after teaching for almost 7 years).

After dating for a little while the topic of baby names came up and Chris and I quickly found out that we both had the name Dallas picked out! Different reasons, same name!! :)

Chris loves to read and one of his favorite books is The Outsiders which made into a movie in 1983 and one of his favorite characters from they book, played by Matt Dillon in the movie, was names Dallas aka Dally. 

Scott

When we started thinking about a middle name to go with Dallas we both agreed that we wanted it to be Scott pretty quickly. Scott is one of Chris' uncles on his mom's side. He was like a big brother to Chris growing up and they are still very close today. They both share the love of singing and playing guitar and Chris has always looked up to him and valued his advice and admired his accomplishments. 

So there you have it, Dallas Scott will be our sweet baby's name and we are patiently waiting for the day when we get to hold, snuggle and love on him/her! 

Updated total: $8,487.00

Only $11,513.00 to go

I love roller coasters!

I love the feeling of slight panic as the coaster click-click-clicks up the ramp and the butterflies in my stomach as I hold tighter and tighter to the handles/lap bar/anything I can get my hands on as we roll over the first drop. I don't even mind the feeling of almost blacking out as the coaster corkscrews down but I have to say I'm on a roller coaster that blows all of the panic, butterflies, blacking out from good ol' Six Flags out of the water!

It's called adoption and it's the craziest 
emotional roller coaster I've ever been on! 

After asking for prayer yesterday on our Waiting for Dallas facebook page a sweet facebook friend, who is an adoptive parent x7, posted this on my personal page ....

along with some pretty great advice:
"...it's okay to be on that roller coaster, just remain seated and keep your eyes up!" 

Now that I'm on this roller coaster I won't be getting off 
"until the ride comes to a complete stop" 

~Please keep those prayers coming!~