I gotta be honest, this adoption thing is EMOTIONAL for me. I have the highest of highs and then I have the lowest of lows. I have moments of shear excitement and anticipation followed by more fears than I can express in one blog alone. I have questions, curiosities, insecurities, followed by more questions, more curiosities and more insecurities. I'm terrified to be waiting for a baby for years, I'm terrified of holding a baby in two months. THIS IS A FREAKING ROLLERCOASTER. But then.......
Then you have a village that sweeps you up in the midst of this rollercoaster. You have friends that love you like family. Friends that organize an entire fundraiser, a complete stranger that offers to do photography all day in the heat, rain and humidity. Strangers that bring their sweet highland calves for photo shoots for the youngin's. You didnt look for it, you didnt even ask for it. But all the sudden your surrounded by a village of people that want to support you in anyway they can... just because you're adopting.
This saturday the Dowd Foundation, ran by our amazing friends Brit and Brooke Dowd, threw us a fundraiser. An amazing photographer, Jordy Goff who runs Our Clique Photography out of Osawatamie offered to spend her entire Saturday (and she has 6 KIDS AT HOME) to take family photos. It was a wild, incredibly humbling day for Jake and I. As we sat on the Dowds back porch swing, we couldnt put into words what we felt. Watching friends and family come out to support us, but also complete strangers... it was quite a feeling. Because of everyones generosity we were able to put $2,000 towards this adoption.
Do I still have worries? YUP! Am i still nervous about a million things... yea. But I'll tell you this much... It sure feels different with a village around you.
A Million Times Thankyou!
Our profile is being built... we are getting closer and closer... So lets keep this thing going :)
Our Love,
The waiting Johnsons
