Archive for the ‘Parenthood’ Category
Goodbye Celebration
Today we had a goodbye celebration at the care center with all of the Holt staff and nannies. We enjoyed a traditional coffee ceremony and other snacks. Here are a few pictures from today. After the goodbye celebration, everyone went shopping. Evelyn and I stayed behind to take a nap at the hotel. After napping, [...]
She’s Ours Forever!!
We returned from Durame today after meeting with Evelyn’s birth mother. It was an AMAZING experience that has helped me to fully understand my daughter’s history and love her even more (if that’s even possible!). After returning to Addis, we were able to go to the care center and bring our sweet girl back to [...]
Caleb Tells the Easter Story
Over the last couple of weeks, we’ve been using Resurrection Eggs as a teaching tool to help Caleb understand what Easter is all about. He has really gotten into it and wants to get out the eggs every night. So, for those of you who need a reminder of why we celebrate Easter, here’s Caleb [...]
Two Problems
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 [...]
From Disobedience to Donuts
Mary Beth and I have been struggling to come up with incentives to help Caleb obey. It seemed like whatever punishment or reward we would try, he just wasn’t interested in being obedient. After thinking on the matter for a while, we decided to come up with a “Behavior Chart.” For every day he is [...]