New Fundraisers!!

We've created a Chip In button so people can donate from afar!!!
Right now I would ask you to consider sponsoring me in a half marathon on April 2. I've never run one before so I'm pretty excited and nervous at the same time. 13.1 miles. I will be running to help bring our son home!! Please prayerfully consider sponsoring me for this event!!
Also, a friend and I are are gathering recipes for a cookbook which we plan to sell to raise money for both of our adoptions. If you'd like to help please email your favorite family recipe(s) to jontifstewart@yahoo.com
Thanks!!

Dossier Sent...not to ET though!

We sent our dossier to AW today (our adoption agency). We still need to send them about $3750 though but I just figured I'd send it along to them for review and just so it was no longer in my possession. Having 5 months worth of paperwork in my house was scary. I just wanted it gone!! So we need to get about $2000 more...hopefully from a matching grant or from Show Hope.
I am going to start making up flyers for the half marathon I'll be running on Apr. 2. The goal is to get people to sponsor my run as a way to raise $$ for the adoption. I will try to have J set up a "Chip In" on here as well so people can donate.
That's all for now from our freezing state...Please keep praying!!

Birthday gift

I turned 30 yesterday and I am pretty excited about it. Really not sure why, but I am. I am thankful for every day I get to spend on earth, so turning another year older is a blessing for me. My husband made me a yummy lemon cake, my friend got me a manicure/pedicure, another friend stopped by with a card, some chocolate and $600 towards the adoption!!!! What an amazing gift!!!! We also got another $25 from our soap sales, $20 from our Tupperware fundraiser and appx. $60 from bottles that people brought to church for us during another family's adoption fundraiser. The pendulum is slowly swinging over the $4000 mark. We should be hearing from Show Hope anytime now...and we're also waiting to hear from Lifesong. We are also submitting our application to our church's adoption ministry in hopes of getting a matching grant. Our friend is organizing a bottle drive for us next weekend AND a friend and I are doing a Valentine's bake sale next Sunday at church. Another friend and I are in the planning stages of doing a cookbook fundraiser as well. So again I am up to my eyeballs in fundraising...I guess it will be the story of my life for a while. It's all good though...whatever it takes to bring this little guy home.
I have to add that my hubby planned a surprise for my birthday as well. He had his sister and brother-in-law drive down here to stay the nite with the kids and he took me to dinner at a really nice inn and we stayed the nite. It was sooo wonderful. The whole day just made me feel so special. It's nice to have one day out of the year where it's alllll about you :) And today I had a great day playing out in the snow with the kiddos. It was gorgeous out there and we all had fun. Tomorrow my brother and sister are going to come visit and take me out to lunch. And the icing on the cake is the Superbowl tomorrow nite!!! It's always bittersweet though because it then means that football is over for the season and I go into a bit of mourning....Pretty sure I have plenty to do though to keep me busy ;) Until next time...