Picker Point

What are we up to?

Phrase of the day: "Momma needs a mocha." 20 hours ago

@meretay Wow! That's great! 2010/03/06

Featured

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 [...]

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 [...]

Caleb the Worship Leader

Posted by Mary Beth on Saturday, July 12th, 2008

Caleb is crazy about all kinds of music, he loves to play his guitar and drum. If there were a Guitar Hero or Rock Band game for toddlers, he would be a pro. But his favorite music is worship music. He runs around the house singing worship songs all day, and he [...]

Archive for the ‘Home Life & Family’ Category

Two Problems

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 #1 [...]

Posted in Adoption, Home Life & Family, Parenthood | Comments

So Thankful . . .

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love
and his wonderful deeds for men,
for he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.
Psalm 107:8-9
This has been an amazing year for us, and, as it comes to a close, we look back in awe at all of the things [...]

Posted in Home Life & Family, Spiritual | Comments

Nine Months Old

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

Life has been moving fast over the last few weeks, and it takes all this momma has just to keep up. Both boys are growing like weeds and are definitely setting some Picker/Stanford records in the size department. Josiah is a whopping 22 pounds now, but, trust me, at the end of the [...]

Posted in Home Life & Family | Comments

Still here . . .

Tuesday, August 11th, 2009

We’re still here, and doing great! We are so blessed to have little Josiah home with us; he is a joy to everyone who meets him. Of course, there’s still plenty of adjusting going on. I am learning that keeping everyone clothed, fed, and happy is a full-time job (hence no blogging [...]

Posted in Adoption, Home Life & Family | Comments

Home, Sweet Home

Sunday, August 2nd, 2009

Yes, we’re home with our beautiful baby boy. Our trip was amazing, and it is wonderful being home with both of our boys. There’s more to come . . . we promise. It just may take a while.