Friday, January 13, 2012
Birthday Kid
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Meet our new SON! 8 year old Ian
Currently waiting in Xi'an China
Timeline to Ian
About our Family
- Donna
- We have been married for 15 years, and have been blessed with 5 (almost 6)amazing children. These are stories about our adventures as a family serving our King!
Welcome to our family blog!
Our Littlest Addition
From Nanchang, Forever United 3/27/11!
Timeline for Elise's Adoption
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Interesting article… CNBC.com Article: China's One Child Policy Changing to Balance Sexes? Reports that China is considering to adopt a ... -
I had a waiting parent ask me specifically more about adopting a child with a cleft lip and cleft palate. I thought I would share my respons... -
Look who was hanging out in Elise's orphanage just days before she was born... Tammy and Tony Nolan! I have known the Nolan's since the ve... -
If you missed Part 1 click here to read first., then read More of Ian's Story (Part 2) So as you may recall, Sunday night came and went...
Faith's Referral Pic
Faith came home from Wuchuan SWI, Guangdong, China in December 2008
Faith today!
Timeline for Faith's Adoption
Shelby's First Referral Picture
She was in Yongning, Guangxi. She came home November 2007!
Baby Shelby
Our big girl now!
Timeline for Shelby's Adoption
My Blog List
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Some Thoughts on "It's Your Turn" - *I actually wrote this post from the PICU the other day...but had to ponder, pray and tweak awhile before posting it....* *so here goes...* Well. Where ...
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My Challenging Girl - Katy is my fourth daughter, my fourth adoption from China and my first special needs child. Katy has a form of spina bifida and does not have control ov...
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(: - I haven't even checked my email today. I'm just sayin'. -Christianne
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Yum! - Oh cinnamon roll. You are so tender. So warm. So delightfully scrumptious. You melt in our mouths. You are the definition of perfection. But now... You are...
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Wuhan. Been there? - I’ve been to China a couple o’ times, but this will be my first time to Hubei Province. If you’ve been to Hubei, specifically Wuhan, I’d love to hear about...
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OUR COMPLETE OATSVALL STORY UNTIL THE NEXT BOOK IS WRITTEN ... - Thanks Kate for making me this sweet gift of our journeys so far !!! love ya !!!
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Enjoying Winter Break - Briana and I are thoroughly enjoying her winter break (even though the picture looks more like spring break!). I can't believe it is already Thursday! We ...
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Poor Little Kid - Poor little Frannie. She got ahold of this book and started asking questions about it. I guess Kevin read her part of it and she has simply broken apart a...
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Sad. - I'm not sure how to go on. Sniff. Sob. Sniffle. Snot bugger. Snot bugger. Excuse me now as I mourn the death of my nearest friend through poetry. *Od...
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We've moved! - Please come visit our new (and much improved) website *here*. And, if you are following us through Google or feedburner, *be sure to* * resubscribe* so you ...
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throw-back thursday - Awww, the late 70s. There's just nothing that compares to this era. The fashions. The hair styles. Well, everything. And in my first of hopefully many inst...
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Bryson's 8th Birthday - Bryson breaks birthday junk cereal tradition! He requested eggs with a prize inside! He asks...he received! That would be a pack of cards in them eggs, yes s...
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A Lesson in Flash Light Tag - Watch out for Zip Lines! I guess Charlie figured he had to try and one up his little brother! Couldn't let his reputation slip! Or maybe h...
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Can't Get Enough... - Seriously. I can't get enough of this right here... *The Lord has been abundantly good to me.*
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Creative Discipline - The short part of the story is that the boys have always gotten along 99.9% of the time. Truly, I could count their arguments on one hand up until recently...
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Get Well Soon, Papa - [image: Photobucket] Hope your knee heals quickly, Papa. Bocce ball needs you. We love you. (Pretend you don't notice the less than wanting to be photog...
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GOD IS GOOD! - I just got everyone situated. Today was long but not bad. We got some really good news! Let’s see. First Li’l Dude’s skin is rejecting the abutment which i...
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The Twins Turned TWO!and still wait for their family... - *We had a Party! * *Just to celebrate our 2nd Birthday!* *We had a great big cake...* *We made a wish....* * Want to guess what it was? * *Can you help...
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Adventures in Sabino Canyon - Yesterday was a gorgeous, overcast day! We took Cassie and Connor for a hike in the beautiful Sabino Canyon and had loads of fun. We walked and talk...
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Memories Etched in My Heart. - When I was a little girl, we lived in CO and drove all the way to VA to surprise my grandparents for Christmas. We stood outside their door, and sang Chris...
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Middle of the night - *Here it is the middle of the night. What am I doing up? Beats me. (Every time I say that near Chloe she says "What? You want me to beat you?")* * * *I ju...
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Too Cool Not to Share - I don't post much about my writing, but my editor sent me this, and it's too cool not to share.
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to read or not to read... - so, i was just tagged in this blog....not sure if you want to read it, but BOY, sister friend is feeling really strong..and the pictures?!??!! WOW! go to...
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Jake and kids - Say cheese!! I just wanted to share this picture because I really love those 3!! [image: Posted by Picasa]
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Cherished, adored, forever ours. - *"Even to your old age and gray hairs, I am He, I am He who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue y...
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Alaina's 9 Year Check-Up - Some of you may remember how skinny Alaina was when we met her 3 years ago (just before her 6th b'day), so the fact that she registered in the 0 %'ile for ...
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February Fundraisers PLUS Giveaway!! - Over the last 15 months, I've been blessed to help almost 3 dozen families fundraise to bring their kids home. It has been ... *amazing.* It's so much fun...
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Happy First Gotcha Day Gracie-Cakes!!! - Gracie-Cakes only likes cakes in her name as ice cream is her game!!! So I made some homemade ice cream and put some sprinkles on it and indeed it was a Hap...
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Happy 2012! - Happy New Year to one and all!! I have been a terrible blogger this past year...so my personal goal for this year is to blog well for 2012, and catch up t...
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Happy Gotcha Day - Two Years ago ! - Two years ago we were handed a beautiful, sweet little baby girl. And the adventure began. Maggie and I watched her Gotcha Day video today and she was a ...
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Where have I been?? - Wow guys! Sorry about the lack of updating. It seems that by the time I have the time to update, I am too exhausted to type it all out! I do think about ...
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Video time! - Click here to see Junie-girl in action! LOVE her response to "Does Mommy love you?"... "Yes, Ma'am Mommy!" [image: Posted by Pica...
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Laying it all out there - First of all, I want to say THANK YOU for all you folks who have emailed me asking how I am, where I've been and why I haven't updated my blog. I'm OK. I'm...
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Switching Over~ - It is official~ I am *switching over* to Everything Beautiful and will hide Isn't She Lovely July 1st. That means... I need my followers to go to Everythin...
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Sheridan’s Pictorial Story - The picture represents Sheridan’s Story. Click Here to go to the post about the inspiration of his pictorial story. The picture is the Nanjing City wall ov...
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Knit-Along for Japan - Here is this week's installment in Ginny's Knit-Along. My dear friend, Mary from Homegrown Learners suggested that we Knit for Japan (also hosted by Gin...
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April Memories - Happy Willow. Happy Dinosaurs. Unhappy Dinosaurs. Tai Chi. Livin' the dream :) Tomboys and tu...
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April - Ahhhh, spring is almost here. After a cold and snowy winter, we're ready for some sunshine and flowers! Parker's 1st Easter Egg Hunt. He has no idea wha...
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This Week's Wonderful Waiting Kids - Agency Lists - I am posting the agency listed kiddos and will post the shared list kids in a day or two. I have a lot of kiddos to add. Don't forget to check back to s...
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Lucas - *by Lyn, mom to Lucas from China with an SN of repaired VSD* I was not one of those people who longed to adopt a child my whole life. My husband Bob and I ...
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Jammin' - Life is busy! Well, I guess it's always busy, but it seems really busy this first quarter of the year. My man is speaking on the Winter Jam Tour again this...
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1 comments:
Happy Birthday!
Heaven Help you.....we had 8 girls over this afternoon for Big Sis's Art BDay party and was happy to see them all leave 3 hours later. HAHA sweet girls just sooooo much energy!
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