Baby Franklin's Baby Shower!!

Wait they had a baby shower?

Yes!

Where’s the baby?

 God has that part under control!

This past weekend we had a baby shower for Baby Franklin. While we do not know whether we are getting a boy or a girl we had a great gender-neutral baby shower with family and friends. Amy Franklin used her creativity to create a beautiful shower with the help of her husband Matt and Baby Franklin’s Grandparents Irene and John. We cannot thank them enough for their hard work, WE LOVE YOU GUYS! We would also like to thank all of you who took time out of your weekend to come share your love and gifts with us! THANK YOU!!

Here are some pictures!

Amazing Decorations!

Coolest Diaper Cake Ever!

Homemade cupcakes courtesy of Erin, Suha and Noreen

Cornhole fun!

Awesome friends both new and old!

Bottle Chugging Contest

New best friends

Never so excited to see so many diapers!

Hand Made Gifts for Baby Franklin!

Photo Booth Fun

Once again THANK YOU everyone, we love and appreciate you all!

The Nursery

The Franklin family has been busy preparing for our bundle of joy. As we wait for God to match us with the Birth Mother who will deliver God’s gift to us we have been preparing to become parents. Part of this preparation has been transforming our old office into a nursery. This past week Grandma and Grandpa Franklin came down from Colorado Springs to assist.  We panted and deep cleaned the nursery. Now that the nursery is cleaned and painted we can start filling it with the items Baby Franklin will need! Till next time keep us, the Birth Mother and Baby Franklin in your prayers.

Love,
The Franklin's

The future Dad getting it done!

The future Mom and Grandma did a great job!

It’s all about the details!

The finished Project!

Behind The Scene Action!!!

A lot of behind the scene stuff has happened since our last blog post and we would like to take a minute to update you all on our progress. First we would like to thank all of you for taking time out of your busy lives to pray for our family as we go through the adoption process it means the world to us and we could not do it with out you. With that being said here we go! We have switched agencies from AAA to All Ages Adoption Plus (don’t worry we are still going to adopt an infant they just handle all ages of children). We made the switch for a few reasons. They are guaranteed to be in business for at least 4 more years so that is a comforting fact. They also were able to get us right onto the waiting for a baby list. Right now there are 6 couples waiting including us so what that means is they are working with 6 total families to find them a child to adopt! The last reason we choose to go with the new agency was they were about $4,000 cheaper so that was huge too.

We have also finished our home study process. For those of you who have no idea what I mean when I say home study let me tell you what that means. A home study is basically an interview process where the State of New Mexico determines if we are suited to become parents. It was about a 16-hour interview process that included a home inspection and background checks. The good news is that we are approved to become parents! Praise God. It was an interesting process and we enjoyed talking with our caseworker she is amazing! Now that the home study is done we can begin to apply for grants to help pay for the adoption.

In addition to completing the home study and changing agencies Anntonette worked very hard to build a scrapbook to show our family to prospective birthmothers. Our scrapbook is perfect for the right birthmother with our perfect child to choose our family.  Anntonette did an amazing job and I wish we could show you all her wonderful work.

Well that’s it for now please continue to pray for us! We cannot wait to meet our baby and show them all the love you guys are showing us! Thank You!

Love

The Franklins