Have you found us a kid yet?? (The new Hello)

For those of you who talk to us on the phone often, you know that we no longer have time for "Hello" because we have to jump right to the task at hand...finding a baby or babies.

One could argue that we may be a bit preoccupied (some might even say obsessed), but we contend that you just never know when that call might come.  It's certainly possible that someone could call to tell us they met someone or know someone that we should talk to, but before we can pick up the phone their mind wanders and they could forget why they are calling (it happens to the best of us), so really our new greeting is a service to the caller!

It hasn't worked yet, but we aren't quitters, so we'll continue rapid-firing questions at unsuspecting callers.  As I'm typing this I realized that the flaw in our plan may be that we still say goodbye...  We'll have to work on that.

In other news, our profile has had thousands of hits.  We did the math and we think once we subtract our families and friends we've probably had about 10 people view it!  :-)

We still have to work on our 8 million photo books, (okay, it's really only 20, but it sure feels like 8 million) but we are waiting until I finish this quarter.  Craig thinks (knows) I'm using the photo books to procrastinate on homework, so he has requested that I finish my school work first and I've agreed.

Check out this beautiful family photo that will be front and center on my "family" page of the book:

I was clearly a ham from an early age, my sister looks bored out of her mind and my brother's hair is just.plain.awesome!  I love it!

So, just in case we haven't asked you, have you found us a kid yet?!

We can't believe it either

Yep, its true.  Our profile is really, truly active.  Amazing, we know!  We have to warn you that we are having a problem with the photos though (some of the scary shots are still appearing).  I went through the profile and saved everything again, but it's not showing properly.  Either way, it's up and running and now we wait.

Feel free to check it out and let me know if you can see more than 6 pictures.  We'll keep you posted on any developments.  Oh, and Happy Valentine's Day!

http://www.parentprofiles.com/profiles/db26638.html

We're live...well, kinda

After many months of debate and rewrites, we have FINALLY completed our profile for www.parentprofiles.com   Whoop, whoop!

We decided to take some new pictures that weren't scary or so big they appear to be 3-D.  Yesterday was the big day and we were thrilled when the weather man claimed the sun would be sticking around for the day.  Turns out, he's a big liar and there wasn't even a hint of sun!  Craig pointed out that anyone who lives in WA would think we altered the photos if they were too bright or sunny (good point).  One of our good friends is a talented photographer and she offered to help us out, so we met in Edmonds and got some great shots.  THANK YOU Jina!!

We spent the majority of the day trying to fine tune all of the sections on the profile and then composed a beautiful "Dear Birth Parents" letter.  We were celebrating our accomplishment when we realized that the system timed out WITHOUT saving our letter or warning us.  That's what we get for not doing it in Word and then just dropping it into the site.  Needless to say, there was some unhappiness in the Tudor household (and possibly some bad words tossed around)!

With no choice but to start over, we wrote a new letter and "all about us" section.  Then we had a bit of a fight with the computer and Picasa, but were finally able to upload some of the new and improved photos.  Finally, the big moment was upon us.  We proudly answered their survey and hit the activate button only to be told our content must be approved before going live.  Of course it does...

We believe the profile will be up and active on Monday, unless of course they have issues with our letter or photos (perhaps the remaining crazy head photos?!).  We're hoping that going active on Valentine's Day is a good sign!

Now, onto the 20 (yes, T-W-E-N-T-Y) photo books we have to make.  We can't wait to experience the fun times this project is certain to bring!  Stay tuned for updates.

While working on the profile yesterday we realized that although we won't be able to guilt our kids by mentioning the hardship of pregnancy, we will certainly be able to guilt them by listing out all the fiery hoops we had to jump through just for them!  Future parents -1, future kids - 0.

On a more serious note, we really want to thank our family and friends that have taken the time to write references for us, sent us their thoughts for the profile, taken photos of us, or helped to keep our hopes high and the laughs coming over the last few months.  We appreciate and love you all!  We feel like the best thank you we can give you is a kid to babysit, so keep your calendars clear because we'll keep you busy!