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!