Where we are at

Our home study is finished and on it's way to get apostilled. Then from there, it will be sent to our adoption agency and they will send it (along with a few other papers) to Ukraine. I will also be mailing out the I600-A this week.

A lot of people have asked how long this adoption should take. We have been told it should take a year, but anyone that knows anything about adoption, knows that can always change. We will just keep our fingers crossed that it won't be any longer than that.

We have also been asked whether we will be getting a girl or a boy. We (Bryson and I) really want a girl, but since age is most important to us, we want the youngest possible, we are willing to be flexible with the sex. To me, it's more important for Bryson to have a sibling, then for me to have a girl.

Last week

There is only 1 week left to help through our Thirty One Gifts adoption fundraiser. Please follow these directions:

-Go to www.mythirtyone.com/bmiller31
-Click on 'Place an Order'
-Click on 'Marie Rushlo'
-Start shopping

Fundraising attempt #1

As most know, the cost of adoption is expensive. With Bryson's adoption we didn't want to ask others for help, but after losing thousands on everything we have been through this year, we decided we needed to do some serious fundraising this time around.

A friend of mine is a consultant for Thirty-One gifts and has been so generous to donate all her commission on anything we sell towards our "adoption fund." Please take the time to browse the site using the directions below. Everything purchased will be credited to our fundraiser.

• Go to www.mythirtyone.com/bmiller31
• Click on 'Place an Order'
• Click on 'Marie Rushlo'
• Start shopping

We have also added a 'Donate' tab on the side for anyone that would like to donate towards our adoption.