Roller coaster Month

I have always told myself that any blog I do would have a purpose. I attempted a blog a long time ago for my photography which then changed into this blog. The purpose of this blog has always been to share my life with you and what has been going on. Up until this point I have tried to share the positives in my life to help myself stay focused on the blessings in my life but also to encourage you to do the same.
So to begin I thought I would share some of the blessings that stick out to me in the last little while.
#1- Josh and I finally are homeowners! Tonight I was making supper and just felt peace about our home! I love being a homeowner (at least so far) and the dreams and future we have in this home! I will get pictures up in the next few days! This house has been a huge blessing and a huge sigh of relief! The pressure had been so heavy the last 7 months and it was starting to bog us down. God definitely had a hand in the whole situation and I am thankful for where He has lead us!
#2- Just recently I have begun to think of the huge blessings of our jobs. We both have been blessed with stable, permanent jobs and fantastic co-workers. Not saying the work is always fun or great but its a job and its a huge blessing!
#3- We finally finished the first part of our paperwork! Wow- 1 1/2 months later and we gave it to our social worker. Which means we are ready for part 2! The home study report AND our family portfolio, which I am very excited to start!
Blessings are so important to find in each day. It makes things a bit easier to handle! Knowing God is in control and that He blesses us in so many different ways is quite incredible and hard to grasp at times. 
Even though I know we have been blessed this last month, it has not been an easy month for myself. My emotions are all over the place and I have never had such an awesome, exciting yet hard Christmas in my life. Usually its just awesome and exciting but that element of difficulty was new to me. A year ago I was excited to hopefully share this Christmas with my own family. That hasn't happened yet and Christmas in some ways seemed a bit empty for me. My hope was to spoil our child and spend this Christmas as a family of 3. Baby Stromberg- You sure did get spoiled at Christmas (and not just from mommy and daddy, you even had presents from auntie and uncle and grandma and grandpa under the tree!- What a blessing) I do continue to look forward to the day that a family of 3 will happen, but the season just seemed to be missing that part for me and don't get me wrong- Christmas was awesome with all of our family, moving into the new house and sharing the love of God with friends. We loved every second of it but it just seemed to be missing a part.


I know adoption is exciting and we are very excited! We have made it to certain points and have celebrated but it also is way harder than I ever expected. Someday this road will come to a point that we get to meet our child but that road has already been longer than what we had hoped or planned for. When the time comes to meet our baby the look back on this long road will seem short, but until that point all Josh and I can do is encourage each other, support each other and pray for each other. Thanks to everyone who has supported us thus far, we appreciate it more than you can imagine! Your prayers, questions, conversations and thoughts mean the world to us and our baby!!

To our baby,

We love you already! Mommy and Daddy can not wait to meet you!!We pray for you every day! WE LOVE YOU!

Love, Mommy and Daddy

Be blessed,

Shaeline