Pulling things together and waiting for baby

It is difficult to wait, but we are enjoying all the preparations involved in getting ready for a baby.  We have received notice of 2 infants, but neither one would be a good fit for our family.  One of the babies would have required us to travel anytime in the next couple weeks, which would have been very exciting.  During a conversation with Judy, my mother in law, I was reminded that I needed to start pulling things together for the BABY (not just cleaning the house) in case we had a short notice.  Bottles have been washed, clothes pulled out from the crawl space and washed, a chest of drawers emptied.  We now have formula and size 1 diapers in our home again, it feels very good!

Does anyone have suggestions on getting out spit up stains in baby clothes?  Most of Bryant's baby clothes have these stains.  I didn't have the best luck getting them out with Lana's used clothes when Kayla came along.

Best homemade GF bread yet!

2 c rice flour

1/2 c tapioca flour

1/2 c soy flour

1/3 c cornstarch

1 tsp salt

1/2 tsp guar gum

1 T yeast

3 eggs

1 T vinegar

1/4 c honey

1/4 c melted butter

1 1/2 c milk - I used almond milk

Blend dry ingredients together, then mix in all the other ingredients.  Beat with spoon until lumps are gone.  Place bowl in warm oven and let rise for 40 minutes.  Beat again for several minutes and pour into well greased loaf pans.  Let rise again in warm oven for 30 minutes.  Bake at 450 until golden and firm - 20 - 30 minutes.

This actually tastes like bread and is great with butter and jam fresh out of the oven.  I usually heat the bread again before serving since it tends to be dry when it is cold.  Finally the kids are eating peanut butter and jelly again!

Roxborough Park

Last Saturday we tried a new park for hiking and it was beautiful.  Very green with the gorgeous red rocks in the background.

The 'family books' and homestudy were ordered/sent on Monday.  We should be hearing from our agency soon and know when they will begin sending out our information.

School started this week and it has been fun for all of us to have the regular routine and learning schedule again.

Homestudy updated

We just read over our updated homestudy yesterday and are sending it back, with our signatures, to our agency today.  This weekend we have been putting together a 'family book' on Shutterfly that will be shown to prospective parents.  This has been totally new for us since there were no books or letters to prospective parents needed in international adoption.  We are very excited that the paperwork is almost done and we can begin hearing from other agencies about babies soon.  The picture is one that Bryant took yesterday since we needed a picture of just Gary and I in the family book.