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Two Problems

Posted by Mary Beth on Monday, January 18th, 2010

So we’re finally settling in from our recent move over here at the Picker House.  We are feeling very happy and very blessed.   We love our new house; we have lots of room, lots of yard space, and even more toys.  In fact, there’s another thing we have lots of around here:  BOYS. BOY [...]

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REFERRAL!!!

Posted by Mary Beth on Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

We are overwhelmed, blessed, and absolutely overjoyed to announce that we have received our referral! Monday evening, I got a call from Holt telling us that they had a baby boy waiting for us. He is 2 1/2 months old and itty bitty, but absolutely precious! My arms are already aching for him! I got [...]

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Big News . . .

Posted by Mary Beth on Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

We’ve been waiting for weeks to share our big news, and the time has finally come. After tons of prayer and thought, and sharing and praying with the people closest to us, we have decided to adopt a baby boy from Ethiopia. Ever since I went with my parents to adopt my little sister from [...]

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Four

Posted by Mary Beth on Wednesday, April 1st, 2009
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fourThis week marks the end of our fourth month of waiting for a referral. Here’s to hoping we are more than half way there. The good news is that in mid-February we were #18 on the waiting list, and I found out today that we are now #9!! There’s no way to tell how quickly the next referrals could come in, but we are hoping to have one maybe in June or July.

Thank you for your continued prayers for our little guy. We can’t wait to see his face!

Posted in: Adoption.

  • Congrats on the #9 spot! We're #11 and waiting for a girl or boy, 0-3 yrs. I saw your message on the yahoo board so I thought I'd visit your site to say hello to another Holt family ;). Our blog is www.suttonbuckley.blogspot.com. Happy waiting! -Heather and Brian in CA
  • Grammie
    Awesome!! We are so excited to hear!! Maybe you will be in Africa while we are in India!!
  • Allan
    Woo Hoo! Come on baby Picker!
  • Mema
    Looks like things are moving faster then you expected. That is good news. I know you are anxious to get that baby in your arms. We are praying for you.
    Love
    Mema
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