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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Guess Who’s Three!

Guess Who’s Three!

Monday, April 27th, 2009 - Home Life & Family
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Today is my sweet little boy’s third birthday. Where did the time go? It feels like only moments ago he was a tiny little baby. Now he’s a big, loud, sweaty boy! I am so in love with my little guy and so incredibly blessed to be his momma. I [...]

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Sunday’s Coming…

Friday, April 10th, 2009 - Spiritual
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Praise the Lord that Friday wasn’t the end!

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REFERRAL!!!

REFERRAL!!!

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009 - Adoption, Featured, Home Life & Family
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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 [...]

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No TV?!?

No TV?!?

Friday, April 3rd, 2009 - Parenthood
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Mary Beth and I have always tried to carefully limit the amount of TV that Caleb watches, but still too often find ourselves using the TV to give us a break from parenting. I recently read a blog post about some parents who found themselves too far down that road and how they struggled [...]

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Four

Four

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009 - Adoption
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This 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 [...]

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