Author Archives: admin I’m still alive:). Hey guys!!! I’m still here…I’m just slowin’ down a bit as this season is already busy enough!!! We laid low for the rest of the week last week–and as of Friday we are seeing an attachment counselor What IS attachment counseling you ask??? An attachment counselor helps you see areas you can […] I’m still resting up…but I had to share this. (Please turn off music up top before watching these) Faces of Adoption from Videos for AGCI on Vimeo. Much of my being tired and needing to slow down is due to the fact we grew our family this year through adoption and we have added LOTS […] LOVE this, Andrea! I so needed this encouragement tonight as we begin this journey in 2011! I am trusting that maybe this time next year we will be dancing with our little girl, and she will be ONE LESS! Love you, my sweet friend! Thank you Andrea… this week has been so special to us and this brought tears to my eyes! I can’t wait for the day that I’m dancing with my little one. Loved seeing your pic in the video 🙂 I have watched that video so many times. I love it and can’t wait until our daughter’s face is among the many adorable ones who are no longer orphans. Thank you for reminding me that it will be worth it. Today was just one of those days, where I needed a reminder. Thanks for your prayers for all of us mommas of the 2011 children coming home!! Can’t wait to have our baby girl home…and I LOVE the AGCI video!! *tears* So excited to (hopefully) be telling our own one less..well hopefully 2 less…story next Christmas! Rest well Andrea! Hey! I found your blog through a friend a few weeks ago and I keep coming back. I love your heart for the Lord and your children. I am in tears watching that video and am also that wife who would love for her husband to say yes! Thanks for allowing us all a glimpse into your life. Lest you think I’m the energizer bunny and never run out of energy–I finally did…today. And it’s such a good reminder for me to slow down during this busy season. Christmas is my favorite season, but if I’m not careful I turn into party mom, taxi mom, craft mom, and even burned out mom. Some […] I hope you feel better, and with the feeling better, that you continue your rest and slower pace as you desire. Hugs to you my dear. hope you are well soon. and so glad isaac did so well. Hope you feel better soon!!! We need to slow down too…and we don’t even have 4 kids…yet! 🙂 Oh sweet girl, rest to you, I will be praying for you. Get well soon! Get some rest. We will miss you but we will be glad to see you healthy when you return. Okay…so laughing at how we are tracking together! I just hit a wall last week! Things were busy and Abby was doing so much better and I found myself getting back into the “norm” and what I normally could do. However, I kept dropping the ball on things. It started piling up and then I melted! Realized that the Lord was calling me to just “be” in this season and slow down again. My boys have picked up so many things going to school this year and it has been one illness after another (yes fishing the retainer out of the toilet when Sam unexpectedly got sick was my BREAKING POINT..GROSS!). Okay…so back into a semi-cacoon we go too!!! 🙂 Jenny Praying for you, Andrea. Awwwh, 🙁 feel better soon … I know, I was there this time last week; I feel your pain. Rest up! I gotta tell you that I’m relieved to hear you are slowing down. I know that is definitely from the Lord. You concern me, girl, with all that you do! You are such a blessing to so many, don’t get me wrong. But there is a time for rest. I am always so amazed by all you do but am glad to know you are indeed human. (I always wonder how you do it all). Praying for rest and peace for you. Enjoy your breather. I hope you feel better soon! It is never fun when Mommy is sick. I am thankful that your hubby was able to stay home. Take the rest you need. Praying for you. From one mom that like sot “go go go” to another…take the time you need to rest up. All the activity will be there waiting for you when/if you want to pick it back up later. Some people need motivation to get going and some need motivation to take a break…thinking God knew you needed a little R&R (too bad it was spent in the bathroom!!) Praying for a quick recovery and slow week! oh andrea…i’m so sorry and so glad your hubby is staying home so you can catch up on some rest! Last night I was praying for strength too b/c Isaac is still waking up twice every night to eat and its starting to wear on me with getting little sleep but thankfully he gave mommy a good nap this morning! I cannot imagine how you do it with four but I long for the day when Isaac (my isaac) might have little brothers and sisters running around with him too! :0) Last night we saw a Children’s Christmas play & a little girl with Down’s syndrome stole the entire show. She played one of the shepherds & every time the kids sang she would run to the front of the stage, throw her hands up, raise her face to the sky, and sing her heart out. Her face literally glowed with pure JOY! Though she didn’t get all of the words right, & sang out of tune at the top of her voice, it was breathtaking! As I watched this little angel, holding my 5 yr old & 6 yr old boys on my lap with tears streaming down my face, I was thanking God. It was an amazing reminder that it really is all about HIM. We decided to lighten our calendar & put the focus on worshiping God with that same joy. We will be praying for some rest, peace, & JOY for you all! praying that you are feeling better today. Wish we lived closer so that I could help out!!! “The sleep of a laborer is sweet” Ecc. 5:12 — praying for peaceful rest and refreshment. PRAYING resting and healing over your home!!! Oh Andrea, I hope you start feeling better VERY soon! You’re family needs you healthy, so I think its a smart plan to hunker downfor a bit.  Isaac not only did great before, during and after surgery today–but he was also a hit at the hospital. Hopefully, this will put an end to his repeat UTIs—and he will just be all smiles…not that he isn’t all smiles anyway. Here is our big man before going back…(daddy is spotting him here just before […] Glad he did so well! =) love what the lady at the hospital said…how cute! I totally get ya when you said how it feels “complete” this year with the christmas card…i feel the same! :0) What a great big brother Isaac has in Frank. A blessing they are so close in age and will have this bond that no one else will have with either one – seems like it will be that way. =) Happy nap time. Thankful for a good surgery. So glad that he did so great! And I totally hear ya on the Christmas cards!!! 🙂 Hope this is the last time, so happy everyone is doing well So happy to hear he did so well! I was praying for him in the wee hours of the morning when I was up with a sick one. Hope you got to enjoy some quiet, down time. So happy to hear that all went well! Don’t worry, Jeff and I don’t have children (yet!) and we are struggling to get our Christmas cards done too! Ha! Here’s to no more UTIs! So glad he is home safe & doing well…praying for continued recovery 🙂 Glad to hear he’s home!!!! rejoicing that he did well and continuing to pray for complete healing. 🙂 I am back from a mission trip to Cambodia. Feeling blessed and broken … not to mention very behind in the land of blog!  FIRST and most important…guess who made ANOTHER milestone?! Our little man!!! He has been home 5 months. We arrived back in the U.S. on July 2nd–5 months ago and he was 11 months old. In FIVE (5!) months, Isaac has learned to sit independently, eat babyfoods (he couldn’t do textures or any solids when we […] Hi Andrea, That is incredible!! Praising God with you as you and your family celebrate another milestone. I have followed your blog for a long time now, but I’ve never commented before. I’ve been a lurker. 🙂 My husband and I are just beginning the process of adopting our first child from Uganda and I can’t tell you how much of an encouragement your blog has been to me. Thank you so much for sharing your story! Blessings, Karly BLESSINGS to you and Isaac! May the surgery go wonderfully and the post-surgical healing go quickly!…….and may he be spared any more UTIs!!!!! :o) Great garland! Go girl! And WOW!!! Your friend is a brave soul, keeping her two children with her while she stays in Uganda and visits her son! Sending Prayers all around! :o) just have to say that i am soooo proud of ITY and so proud of you all! God is so good! Praying everything involved with the surgery goes smoothly. My little guy had a urological surgery when he was one too. He did so much better than I ever could have imagined. We were so nervous but he was even a champ about not getting to eat or drink anything before hand (which we honestly thought would lead to one very long meltdown). He was wanting to play and eat within 30min of waking up from the anasthesia and mostly wanting them to take that IV out of his foot! look at that adorable behind of his…he is scrumptious and such a miracle! so happy to see him hit another milestone! Sweet baby! Melt my heart why don’t ya! We will be praying for health for all, skilled hands to do the surgery, & a miraculous recovery. God placed orphans heavily on my heart & even though my hubby is not quite ready to adopt, I have you to thank for making me aware of Wiphan. It feels so good to know that we are supporting such an amazing cause. I would like donate my wedding dress for them to auction off but I’m not sure how to make that happen. I was saving it for my adopted daughter but feel like it would be special to have the proceeds go to Wiphan to help not one child but many. Thank you for sharing your journey. It touches my heart as I wait for my hubby to say yes to adopt! way yo go – ITY!!!!! Praying for you all tomorrow OK so seriously when I saw the video I started to tear up!!! Because I still remember his referral….and praying….knowing that it might not have turned out this way- BUT GOD!!!!! BUT GOD said- I have heard all of your cries and am using this AMAZING little boy to do the impossible!!!! Oh I am getting goosebumps 🙂 LOVE IT!!! was that a blog post he was writing on the vtech? love that he continues to have those milestones. hope he has a good recovery. Yay Isaac!!! So happy for your little man. He continues to do so well. Such an answer to prayers. Love you all! Super cute! The mica would be pretty…but yes, messy (and expensive…we focked 6 giganto trees for our December wedding 7 years ago and the cost was up there…even buying in bulk). HUGE tears shot out of my eyes when I watched this video! So awesome!!! I am so proud of this little guy! Merry Christmas! |
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oh, this post brought tears to my eyes. I want to be there. My heart longs to have those experiences one day. I think the picture at the bottom is what put me over the edge. I LOVE it. I want my own. 🙂
Oh my … that photo says it all!
Love & Blessings from Hong Kong,
Kim
Hi! I love your pictures!
How did you find an attachment counselor? Do you know if they would be able to recommend one in my area? We brought home 5 month old twin girls and we notice a lot more fears/insecurities in one of our daughters. We are trying to be really proactive, but after 8 months home, we sometimes notice huge steps back…
Blessings,
Amy G.
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