Bonding

Friday we BBQ'ed at my mom's and I was sitting on her couch and kept finding little bits of ketchup. First on my hand. Then my knee. Then on my pants all the way down by my ankle. I was getting a little freaked out, "Where is all this ketchup coming from!?" Finally I stood up to take my plate in the kitchen and get Zeke when I turned around to notice I had dropped the biggest blob of ketchup all down the front of the couch! Luckily my mother didn't kill me.

Since I became a mother I am continuously covered in nast. Abe would say it started long before then, but I like to blame it all of Zeke. The good thing about this is that I've been able to bond with other mothers over it. All mothers feel goopy, sticky, or slimy at least a few times a day. It's been the start of quite a few new friendships in the 9 short months since I became a mama.

So since we've been working so hard on starting our adoption process we've been thinking a lot about bonding. How will the new baby bond to us? How will Zeke and the new baby bond with each other? How will they overcome their ethnic and cultural differences? Will they be jealous of each other? Will they resent each other? And as I was laying in bed the other night I began to pray, "Dear Lord, let the two kids bonding with each other be as mundane as me bonding with another mother over spit up all over my shirt." Most of the time it's the mundane things in life that remind us how similar we all really are. And I hope that for Zeke and our future baby. That they can bond and love each other simply because they both like to put things in their mouths and let the love grow from there!

In other news, we've decided on dates for the yard sale! The yard sale will be held on Friday, July 9th and Saturday, July 10th at Covenant Church in Northside. If you have items you would like to donate you can call us at 513-255-5581. And don't forget to keep buying that coffee! We get $5 from every sale. There is a link on the side of the blog to our store.

We are filling out the home study application and getting it in here in the next couple weeks. The home study costs $1750 and then our BCS fee of $4450 is due. Keep us in your prayers that God would provide the funds necessary to complete our adoption! We will be putting up a pay pal link on the blog shortly but if you would like to make a tax-deductible donation you can mail them to:

Covenant Church of the Nazarene

4139 Kirby Ave

Cincinnati, OH 45223

put "Brandyberry Adoption" in the memo

Thanks!

Joni