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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 [...]

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 [...]

Just a little post about Caleb . . .

Monday, March 9th, 2009 - Home Life & Family, Parenthood
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I have piles of laundry to fold and iron, book-keeping to do, and dishes to wash, but today I want to write about Caleb.
I cannot imagine a cuter kid. He makes us laugh all the time. His favorite things right now include playing soccer with Daddy, listening to “George music” (aka Jack Johnson’s [...]

From Ashes to Africa

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009 - Adoption, Literature
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Yesterday I got my copy of From Ashes to Africa in the mail. I read it in three hours yesterday evening and then begged Casey to start reading it so we could talk about it.
I wish that I could say that Josh and Amy Bottomly were my own very good friends. I’ve been [...]

Something to remember . . .

Wednesday, February 11th, 2009 - Home Life & Family, Spiritual
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I shared this incident with some friends recently and realized that it was something I want to remember, so I’m sharing it on our blog.
There are so many parts of being a mommy that you can never understand or be prepared for in advance. When I imagined being a mom, I knew [...]

Imagine the Potential

Friday, January 23rd, 2009 - Random Thoughts
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I love this video:

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Adoption Update

Thursday, January 15th, 2009 - Adoption
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Just an update for those of you who are tracking our adoption process:
November 2 – Home Study
November 23 – Picked up Home Study Report from Social Worker
November 25 – Fedexed Dossier to Holt
Early December – Officially on Ethiopia Waiting List
December 5 – Fingerprinting with USCIS/Filed I-600A
December 12 – Received I-171H (I-600A approval) (I think [...]