Day 30: Krystle (From Blaine)

Maybe Baby,

Your mama is amazing. I love her to pieces. She is really funny and makes the most adorable faces. Sometimes she catches me looking at her and blushes. I love it. Your Mama is so special to me I wanted our proposal to reflect that. Let me explain.

For family-home-evening. My dad would always find a classic movie for us to enjoy: Sabrina, Singing in the Rain, or a recent John Wayne purchase (dad's favorite). In these movies the woman was surprised when the man would propose. It was always a shock but a no brainer that was the answer to their situation. I would ask couples how they got engaged, went ring shopping, and did everything before he proposed.

I wanted special, I wanted old fashioned.

Driving home on a special Wednesday from Salt Lake, I dropped by Wilson Diamonds, and picked out a ring. On the drive home I arranged to talk her dad to ask his permission and blessing. I also arranged the proposal.

Finally the weekend came and off to the school play,

The Importance of Being Earnest

and...

Happily ever after...

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[We are hoping to adopt. You can view our It's About Love Profile HERE.]

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Day 29: I Want

Maybe Baby,

How do I know what lessons you need to hear until I see your face and hold your little hand? I don't. How do I know what advice you might need when you are an angst filled teenager?  I don't. Right now, I spout off vague silly wonderings, not really knowing what you will like to know or what you really need to get through life. 

Heavenly Father places people in our lives who are exactly what we need. I have a friend who makes me laugh. I laugh at everything she says. I have a friend who brings me back down to earth, who helps me see the logic when I am feeling crazy.  I have another friend who I only see once a year who can still manage to see right to my heart.


When you and I find each other, I will do my best to help you learn and grow. I will teach you things I have learned to save you from the hard lessons. I want to be someone who makes you laugh, who brings you back to earth, and who can sometimes see right into your heart. Is that too much to ask?

Love you.

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[We are hoping to adopt. You can view our It's About Love Profile HERE.]

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Day 28: Elephant in the Room

Maybe Baby,

An elephant...made entirely of pumpkins and gourds!
We attended the Pumpkin Walk in North Logan this weekend.

"Elephant in the room" is a metaphor for an obvious truth that is either being ignored or going unaddressed. 

There's an elephant in the room right now. Blaine went in to the hospital this morning. He goes every so often because he was born with CF, a condition that makes his life harder than I would wish on even my worst enemy. He's been up late at night for the past few nights coughing, unable to rest like a person needs to.

It's the elephant in the room because I sometimes forget that he doesn't feel well. I don't ignore it on purpose, but we live such a normal life that once in awhile I forget that things are not entirely normal. 

Sigh. It's gonna be lonely.

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[We are hoping to adopt. You can view our It's About Love Profile HERE.]

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Day 27: Our Home

Welcome! :)

Maybe Baby,
The home we live in is pretty awesome. When we bought it we could tell that it had been abused. We worked together to show it that we loved it. When we first got married, we lived on mostly bare floors from May until September. Your dad and I woke up every morning and found a new project to do. Now, the projects are slowing down, and we just get to enjoy the space and the pretty room.
When we were working, our rooms had funny nicknames, like the mold room, and the pee closet. Gross, huh? Just try to think of why they were called that.
When we had our home study, the adoption case worker said that our garage was HAZARDOUS. We're working on that project next. :)

Our front yard used to look like this.

Now it looks like this. 

Our kitchen used to look like this.

Now it looks like this.

Our dining room used to look like this.

Now it looks like this.

Our home is a blessing, 

just like the thought of you.

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[We are hoping to adopt. You can view our It's About Love Profile HERE.]

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Day 26: Kisses

Maybe Baby,

I just thought I'd warn you. Your Maybe Parents love each other, and sometimes we will give each other kisses in public JUST to embarrass you. Funny, huh? Consider yourself warned.

Love you.

Day 25: Fashionably Late

Maybe Baby,

You are surrounded by people who love you, and none of us have even met you yet! People have stopped in to look at us all month long. As of right now, we have had 11,711 different views of these messages. Can you feel the love?

If you can't tell, when you arrive, you will be joining people who love you already and are excited to meet you.

One of my good friends reminded me of this: "Your maybe baby isn't really a maybe . . . he or she is just making a fashionably late appearance." I like that.

Love you.
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[We are hoping to adopt. You can view our It's About Love Profile HERE.]

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Day 24: BIG and small

Maybe Baby,
I have an obsession. I love it when things are bigger than or smaller than they are supposed to be. In most rooms in our house, we have things that are the "wrong" size:

Tiny shopping cart
Big clothes pin
Enormous paper clip
Huge (size 19!) gym shoes

I saw this idea on Pinterest and decided that it definitely has to be a part of our toy closet.

I know. Right? It's the little (and the big) things that bring me joy, I guess.
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[We are hoping to adopt. You can view our It's About Love Profile HERE.]

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