Today I’m celebrating three years with my agency.

It’s crazy for me to think it’s already been three years. So much has happened since I started this job.

My position changed four times. I’ve gone from maternity home manager to adoption caseworker to family support specialist to foster care coordinator. As crazy as it has been, I’ve gotten to see nearly every aspect of this agency, and it has made me love it even more.

I’ve also met some of the most wonderful people ever! We have some incredible adoptive and foster parents that I’ve been able to laugh with, cry with, celebrate with, and scream with. They have all blessed me in ways I can’t even describe, and their strength, dedication to the Lord, and hearts for children have been such an inspiration to me.

I have worked with some of the most precious girls who have made such difficult decisions, whether it be to parent their children or place them for adoption. Each and every one of them has touched my life in some way.

I am also so blessed to work with some amazing Christian women!

Tracy, Holly, me, Brittany, & Baby O

Tracy, me, Holly

I love having great relationships with my coworkers! It makes it so much easier to do your work when you enjoy being around the people youw work with.

I’ve gotten to spend time with some stinkin’ cute babies. What else can I say about that?

Most importantly, I’ve seen God work in different situations. We may think we know what is going to happen or what is supposed to happen, but He has shown me time and time again that He is in control and He knows best. Even when I can’t see how a situation can be a good thing, He shows me why I should just let go of my control and trust Him!

As hard as this job can be sometimes, seeing the end result of a situation, an adoptive family finally getting the child they have longed for, a birth mother making an impossibly difficult decision to either parent or place a child for adoption, or a foster family making a small difference in a child’s life makes all of the drama, sleepless nights, and stress totally, completely worth it.

I’m truly blessed to have a wonderful job, and I can’t wait to see what this next year brings!

Hey y’all!

Today is the first It’s OK link-up with my sweet girls Neely and Amber! Here are a few of my thoughts for the week!

It’s OK…

…to take an insane amount of pictures of your pet.

How can you not when they’re that cute?! :)

…to be ridiculously excited to watch Bachelor Pad, mainly to watch these two yell at each other

…to take some time to have a good cry when you need to.

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…to admit that you’re completely addicted to Pinterest!

Seriously.

Hey y’all!

Here’s what I’m loving this week!

I’m loving that starting on Friday, I will be hosting Boob Tube Babble with my bff Neely!

I love talking TV, and I’ve already got a fun post ready for y’all! Don’t forget to link-up with us!

Speaking of link-ups, I’m loving two fun new ones that are starting this week hosted by some of my favorite girls!

Y’all should like up with all of us!

I’m loving that I had my apartment to myself last night! The bro went to see a friend out of town, so it was just me and this little guy.

I’m loving that I got to spend a little bit of time with Teddie before she moved away last week to play military wife :)

Miss her already!

I’m loving our awesome foster parents! I know I’ve said this a lot, but I’m so lucky to work with such awesome people!

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I’m loving that tomorrow, I’m celebrating three years with my agency!

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I can’t believe it’s already been three years! Crazy!

And, I’m loving this song!

What are you loving? Link up your loves with Jamie!

Hey y’all!

At the end of yesterday’s post, I mentioned our special project we did at the new house. I wanted to share it with you today.

We picked out some of our favorite scriptures and we wrote them on the walls of our bedrooms.

Jeremiah 29:11-one of my absolute favorites!

It is very cool to know that even though the words will be covered up soon, we will always know they are there.

Psalm 37:4

We have also picked out scriptures for the rest of the house, many of them specific to each room. Momma and Daddy are planning to finish the rest sometime this week. I’ll try to share pictures of they take some!

Also, a big Happy Birthday to the best Daddy in the world! I love you Daddy!

Hey y’all!

Colby and I went home for the weekend to celebrate Momma and Daddy’s birthdays. Momma’s is today and Daddy’s is tomorrow.

We got in pretty late Friday night, so we crashed when we got home.

Saturday, we spent some time out at the new house. It is looking really good!

Front of the house

Back of the house

Standing in my bedroom!

Colby in his window

Saturday night, we went out to eat with Mom-mom and Grandaddy to celebrate.

The BEST part of the meal!!

Mom-mom made a cake, so we went back to their house after dinner

They are so cute!

After church on Sunday, we went out for Mexican food.

Our friend Stevie’s birthday was yesterday, so she and Momma had to have a picture together!

Jessica and N came too!

After lunch, we went back to the house. We had a special project we wanted to do, but I will share that with you in another post this week!

Hope y’all have a wonderful week!

Also, Happy Birthday to my wonderful Momma! I hope your day is wonderful! Love you so much!

Kerbi!

Congratulations, my dear! I’ll get your stuff in the mail hopefully in the next day or so!

For you Twit followers, you probably read about my Monday night…um…incident.

I was making a cake for a dinner on Tuesday. While I was cleaning up the kitchen, Clumsy Ashley decided to make an appearance, and I tripped. As I was trying to catch my balance, my foot slammed into the wall.

Ouchie.

My immediate reaction was that my little toe was broken. Then I decided I was probably being dramatic, and it was just bruised or jammed.

I hobbled around yesterday, and my toe turned all colors of the rainbow. Seriously pretty stuff. Today, it looked like this.

So pretty!

I went to the doctor today to have it x-rayed. The doctor said there was a “suspicious area” on the x-ray that was “probably” a break but she couldn’t confirm 100% that it was a break. But probably was. Very clear stuff, let me tell ya!

She sent the x-rays off to be read by the radiologist, so in the mean time, we’re treating it like a break. I have to elevate, ice, and tape it.

Anyone have any ideas on how I can make this a little less ugly? Not sure I can rock the “taped up” look. :)

Honestly, as clumsy as I am, it’s a miracle that this hasn’t happened before now!

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