Just wanted to reach out to everyone with an update.  Our amazing little boy is almost 10 months now and so full of  energy.  He has been pulling up and walking while holding on for almost 2 months now and we are hoping that any day now he gets the courage to let go.  He has been terrorizing the dogs in his walker, which is the funniest thing in the world.   Dakota and Marley I'm sure would disagree.  He has two teeth on the bottom and several teeth trying to come in now.  He is just the most amazing bundle of joy and the greatest blessing that me and my husband could ever ask for.  We are just so grateful for all that we have and everyone that helped us complete our family.  We are busy planning his first birthday and trying not to over do it.  Im sure I'm going to over do it but Perry has been trying to keep me somewhat grounded.  We wait so long for this little boy and I'm so happy for all the milestones that have come our way.  Our little man only turns 1 once and I want it tone special for him and us.  He probably won't remember it but the memories will be there for us along with all the little moments that will last a lifetime.

Thank you for being a part of life and our journey.  I will be sure to come back and blog about his first steps.

Thanks
The Stockwells

Amazing news….Gods Plan

We would like to announce some great news. We are the proud parents of a beautiful healthy baby boy. We have been so blessed to be able to adopt a little boy. There have been so many that have supported us during this journey of bringing our little boy home and we are so grateful to everyone. Perry E Stockwell was born August 22nd. He weighed 6-lbs 7-ozs and was 20-inchs long. We are home and adjusting to being parents and PJ has been awesome at changing diapers and feeding him.

It brings us great joy to know that Gods plan for us to be parents has come true and that God had the perfect little one in mind for us. Sometimes we lose faith when things don't go exactly as we want them to go but through it all we continued to have faith that God had a bigger plan in store for us. Pj Stockwell PerryandHeather Adopt Fundraising to adopt a baby

Again thank you to everyone who has stood by us and been a part of our adoption journey

Hello

We are still patiently waiting for God to match us with a birth mother so that we can bring our little angel home.  As soon as we get matched we will let everyone know, but just know that this process doesn't happen over night and could take months or even years.

I would like to say a big thank you to MaryLou Klein, Nancy Stockwell,and Nikki Davis for buying T-shirts from us and supporting us in our adoption Journey.

Its not to late to buy a shirt we still have plenty available.  They are $15.00 a piece and youth sizes are available.

We have sponsors for 101 puzzle pieces so far (Thanks Alicia Isaac  Misty Garrison  A.j. Fontenot  Caley Molina Wolfe , Aunt Sonya, Ginette Miller, and The Packs) Only 899 to go.  If you would like to sponsor a puzzle piece you can do so buy several ways.
     1.   Paypal ( link provided on main page)
     2.  Sending us a check
     3.  Or cash
If you would like to buy a shirt or sponsor a puzzle piece feel free to contact us.

Thanks for all the prayers and support from our family and friends.

Love the Stockwells

Update

Sorry it has been awhile since we posted an update.  We are currently in the waiting process at the moment.  What that means is that we have completed our homestudy and all background checks needed by the state and our agency and we have completed our profile for the agency which is what is shown to the birthmother. The next step is being matched with a birthmother and until that time we do not know the sex of the baby or where the baby will come from.  How it works is that the birthmother and or birth father looks at hundreds of profiles and then they choose who they want as adoptive parents for their child, which we hope will be us soon. However we have no say in the matter on who chooses us and when.  Most time this connection is made when the birthmother is about 6 months pregnant and at that time we find out where she is from and the sex of the baby.  We will keep everyone updated on our progress and future fundraisers.

Currently we have T-Shirts for sale for $15.00 and we have the puzzle fundraiser going on.(there is a blog with details for sponsoring pieces).

We will be hosting a yard sale at the end of the month details to follow shortly.

and

We will be hosting another Applebee's Flapjack Fundraiser this summer for all those that were unable to attend.

Please keep us in you prayers as we patiently wait for God to match us with a birthmother.

Love the Stockwells

Puzzle Update

This is the progress on the puzzle so far, we hope to sell all the puzzle pieces which will help pay for travel fees.  Each puzzle piece is $5 and you are welcome to sponsor as many as you like.  We have had people buy one piece for each member of their family and we have also had people buy entire animals.  If you would like to sponsor a piece(s) you can do so by one of two ways.

1.  You can send a check to us, please email us at perryandheatheradopt@gmail.com for our address.

or

2.  By clicking the donation button on the right hand side on the main page.  Please include what you would like for us to write on the puzzle piece(s).  

LIST OF ANIMALS ALREADY SPONSORED

1. Elephants

2.  Male Lion

3.  All butterflies

4.  Noah

5.  Green frog with crown

6.   Owls in tree

7.  Monkey hanging from tree far right.

Home Study

Sorry that we have not written in a while but these past few weeks have been very crazy and busy.  We had to get fingerprinting done so that we could complete the FBI background investigation for the homestudy.  We also had to do a background for some of the states we have lived in, in the past.  We are having a FISH FRY fundraiser hosted for us by some of our dear friends and I have been trying to get all the health department stuff taking care of for it. We received an email short notice from the social worker that she would be coming by the house within a couple days which sent us into a tail spin of chaos trying to make sure we got all the baby proofing things done and bought so we could pass the homestudy. But despite all the crazy things we have going on we have some Great news.

We passed and received approval on our home study.  We are just waiting on the paperwork to officially arrive so that we can give a copy to our adoption agency.  Now we patiently wait for a birthmother to choose us. 

We say patiently but what really is going to happen is fundraisers and school and work and work( oh wait I said that already).  

We can now begin working on the puzzle, which we will make sure to post pictures of as we work on getting it all put together.  We decided to wait until after the homestudy so that we did not have to put it up once we started and be worried about losing pieces. We would like to say a big THANK YOU to everyone who has already sponsored puzzle pieces. 

Actually we would like to say a big THANK YOU to everyone who has been so supportive of us during our adoption journey..

Well until next time.

Love

The Stockwells

Puzzle Fundraiser

We are starting our first fundraiser.  We have a Puzzle of Noah's Arc which we plan to frame and hang in the nursery. We are asking you to sponsor one or more puzzle pieces for  $5.00 each. If we are able to sell enough pieces to complete the entire puzzle, it would help cover the costs needed for transportation to pick up and bring home our child and help cover the costs for the stay for the 2 week required period by the state during finalization of the paperwork.

With each piece of the puzzle you sponsor, we'll write your name on the back and begin assembling the puzzle.  If you are able to help through purchasing puzzle pieces, you can  pay through 2 different ways: 

       1. By clicking the Paypal Donation button on the right side of our main blog site.  Please be sure to include your name, so we know what to write on the puzzle piece! Also please remember that when paying through Paypal  they take a certain percentage of the money given. 

2. You can also donate by sending it to our home address and  if you don't have it and need it email us at perryandheatheradopt@gmail.com

Please share the link to this blog post and help us spread the word!!!

We will keep you updated on the progress of the puzzle and once it is completed we will frame it so that both sides are always showing as a reminder of all those who helped us bring our child home and provide them with a forever home.

God Bless,
Perry and Heather