Thanks to everyone who shared here. We also had a great discussion over on the Yahoo Group about what other families have done. Also I want to thank all our family members for being so understanding as we wade through decisions about how to best bond with our kiddos. We obviously don’t know it all, [...]
Entries from February 2009
February 18, 2009
What’s in a Name?
Being called mom has been one of the greatest joys I’ve experienced so far. Hearing our children call out Mommy, Daddy, is something that daily I delight in now. It has been incredible to see how easily our children have taken to using these names as they address us. Before traveling to Ethiopia I wondered [...]
February 13, 2009
Overwhelmed. . .
When we began the process of adoption we had to wait until after Christmas 2007 so that we’d have the $250 in hand to send in our application. We started completely on faith that if we were supposed to adopt that God would provide the funds we needed at each step along the way.
Today, [...]
February 11, 2009
Life. . .
Soooo, I want to write about what has been happening so that I don’t forget, and so that others far away can keep up to date. But I don’t want this to be an all about us blog, just for the sake of sharing all about us. That just seems kinda narcissistic. So my hope [...]
February 10, 2009
Adoption is Hard part 3
Before we left for Ethiopia I wrote about how difficut adoption can be, for both parents and children. We have experienced so much grace so far in bring Fikadu and Tigist home. There has been so much fun, laughter, silliness, and joy brought into our lives through these two kiddos! Sometimes I just stop and [...]
February 9, 2009
A New Week
Joshua will be heading back to work today. . . . hmmmm. I’m being very thankful that he’s under 2 miles away and that we can go have lunch with him at the office or that he can come home. I found myself being fearful and anxious about this transition and wondering how I was [...]
February 4, 2009
Bound to happen. . .
Before we left for Ethiopia we tried locking the doorknobs in our house to see if we could open them from the outside. We tried the downstairs bathroom and ended up unscrewing the entire handle to get the door open. ( an 8 minute process) While my parents were here they happened to mention that [...]
February 4, 2009
Thoughts. . .
I don’t like night lights
I used to run my dishwasher every other day, now I run it everyday, sometimes twice
A family of four has a lots more shoes and tracks in a lot more mud
I now make coffee in the morning, AND a pot in the afternoon
Children who wake up at 4:00AM are whiny all [...]
February 2, 2009
We’re Home
WOW! What an adventure of a lifetime! We are home safe and sound and slowly but surely recouping from the 17 hours plane ride home. Everyone is fairly healthy and adjusting to the time change. We all napped yesterday from 3-8:00PM and then woke up for 3.5 hours gave the kids baths and went back [...]
