Author Archives: admin Well, the 4 of us made it safely to Austin, Texas…the FOUR of us you ask? Yes, it was supposed to just be me, Rico Suave and Isaac T.—but we were heading out for our flight when we ran into some traffic. (Might I add we were also already running late trying to get all […]  While I should be packing for the Together for Adoption conference while the babies are sleeping—INSTEAD…Parker, Laney and I put together a little Fall wreath after being inspired by a burlap wreath I saw on Tatertots and Jello. We just put a little twist on it and visited ole Hobby Lobby (AKA: Ole faithful) for […] How fun to surprise the therapist! The announcement is precious, and the wreath is adorable. Praying Isaac sleeps on the plane for you! Just got my announcement in the mail the other day and it is SOO cute! Thank you so much! It’s on my fridge reminding me that God’s timing is ALWAYS perfect! =) I got one of these ADORABLE announcements today in my mailbox. I was thrilled:) so fun to have you back in the world of crafting! i teared up reading the account of ity’s pt appt. beautiful! love the announcement. PARTY of 6, indeed! 🙂 I love that wreath!! SO cute! The announcement is just perfect… I can’t wait to make ours for Tucker! I’ve been praying for you guys and especially ITY – he’s been on my mind a lot lately! 🙂 Have a great time at T4A! I so wanted to go, so I’ll live vicariously through you and others who are going! WOOO HOOOO! So proud of ITY’s big show at PT! Cheering you on from Hong Kong! You really couldn’t be any cuter! I can’t keep up with your posts but when ever I head on over here and see what you are up to I am always touched…inspired…& eager to have our 2 little ones home! Love the Wreath! Hi Andrea, I got announcement in the mail today and you Made my day!! thanks soo much for including us.. It’s just so stinkin cute!! Isaac is one handsome dude! I just can’t wait for the day I’m sure our boys will meet because I’m sure at some point you will bring you kids to Made the wreath…check it out! http://thisdomesticateddiva.blogspot.com/2010/10/october-is-here-yay-fall.html This is one of the coolest wreaths I have ever seen! Love your choice of fabric and how modern it looks. Gorgeous!  Remembering back… As some of you may remember–we did all kinds of fun and crazy things last Fall as we were jumping through the hoops of our home study and our Ethiopian dossier. One of the many crazy things we did…was jump in a movie! So, we’ve waited an ENTIRE year for it to finally […] How fun! I love Katherine Heigel and this movie looks cute! Can’t wait to see it and look for Frankie! So fun….I remember when you did that a year ago. Time flies 🙂 I can’t wait for Isaac to show off for GOD!!!! Wohoo- goooo Isaac. So fun!! Ya’ll are movie stars!! And I am just thrilled about Isaac crawling! Yay!!!! I remember the post. Hard to believe that was a year ago?! Loved the trailer and spotting baby Frank! How cool is that?! i had forgotten about your movie star experience! i was just watching that trailer the other night. how FUN to watch it again and see frankie baby in it! how do you mark your pics with “babeofmyheart”? just wondering:) So fun! I was actually thinking of you on the way to India. Sitting in the airplane on the way there w/time to watch a movie, I was trying to remember the title. Ended up watching a good movie (can’t remember the title now) but it obviously wasn’t yours…LOL!  SO…of course if you read yesterday’s post–you heard the BIG news that our Isaac is CRAWLING! I can’t WAIT to share our physical therapist’s reaction that we get at PT on Wednesday morning!!! He is ALL OVER the place! Rich and I were laughing tonight because we are so used to having him sit in […] Oh I just want to get my hands on those precious kiddos of your and give um a big squeeze! We definitely need to think of a reason to travel to Atlanta some day! After we bring our “Peaches” home of course!  HAVE YOU MISSED ME?! Okay, you know I love bloggin’…and I’ve been MIA for a bit–which could mean 1) Something is wrong 2) I am extra busy 3) I’m on vacation. Okay…I can assure you that I haven’t been on vacation…that would be nice–but not so much. I am also happy to share–that for once…NOTHING […] SO very exciting!!! I cried watching the videos. We are so happy for you guys!! Andrea, this is truly amazing video!! What a miracle! Wonderful news! It brought happy tears to my eyes. What a beautiful sight! Truly a work of God! Praising God along with you. oh, that is the cutest stinkin stuff ever!!! LOVED IT!! I just posted too…maybe I’ll go add the video now to the bottom of mine…So fun!!! CAnt’ wait for yall to come back! 🙂 it was so great, kristi go isaac go!! i don’t think i’ve ever rejoiced so much over a crawler…including my own kids! so fun to see the video and pix with the johnson’s too. rejoicing with you! Yeah!!! He is not just crawling, he is crawling like a pro! Wow. That boy is going to be pulling up before you know it! (: SO excited for you! WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AMAZED, SPEECHLESS, IN AWE!!!!!!!!! Praising God with you, and believing that God has such great things in store- even more than we can hope. Because that is how our God Rolls!!!! Crying happy tears of joy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! amazing isaac!! amazing God and amazing family! yaaaaaaay! Praise the Lord!!! That is so exciting! I love how he just follows Frank. They are going to be best buds for life, I can tell! 🙂 What an exciting time for all of you! We are blessed to share in your joy over Isaac’s hard work (and yours in supporting him)! Glad you enjoyed a nice getaway with family and special friends… Look forward to another playdate soon! SO AMAZING! I’m crying watching this video!!! Praise the LORD! Andrea, I was so sad that we were not able to come hang out with you all this weekend. You have to come back soon. I still have so much to tell you 🙂 Hugs, So Fabulous, Andrea!! Praising HIM for this week of firsts for Isaac, and the story behind the first with Laney is too sweet. Love your videos. Awesome! Way to go, Isaac! Tearing up at this joyful news! Isaac is just precious. Thank you! I cannot tell you how powerful your story is in inspiring others to act on God’s behalf. I needed this as a reminder of all of the miracles that God has shown me in my life. I have been praying about adoption hubby is not quite ready (yet). We are helping other families in mean time. aw yay!!! I’m so excited – how cool is that?!! I love how God WOWs us! oh Andrea – Hannah and I are sitting here rejoicing with you! Our God is amazing! We have seen His healing hand in our lives with Jadon and Hannah both, and we are praying with you believing that Isaac is going to be running and talking and praising Him in no time!!! and oh my – love the video with LL – hannah thinks that lucy is her little sister that we are waiting for and she just squeals every time we watch the video:). Awesome news! What an wonderful answer to prayer! I just love his chub… it doesn’t get any cuter!! Yay!!! I am believing with you! Praise God! After stalking your blog for months and crying EVERY time…I figured I should say Hi and let you know how encouraged I am from reading…I was so excited watching ITY crawl that it was like he was my very own! So very neat to see the Lord’s hand in that precious little life. So glad to SEE ITY crawl! I called my husband at work today and he said he was in his office watching this video at lunch and he was crying! That is how much we all celebrate the wonderful things that ITY is accomplishing. We are all so connected through this journey and if we never meet, no worries, we are still praying! Love, Karen Smith “So the churches were strengthened in the faith and grew daily in numbers” acts 16:5 This is truly an amazing blessed by God moment! Through him (and the amazing moms he chooses for His children) all things are indeed possible! Isaac is doing so great! Miracle baby!!!!! Oh you go Isaac!! The video has been watched over and over here at our house!! Love, love, love that he is on the move…praise the Lord!!! Hey Andrea! WOOHOO! Rejoicing with you guys! I am LOVING following your journey!! Praying and celebrating with y’all! OH this just made me CRY! I am believing with you sister. This little boy will be running marathons! Jenny |
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Count me in on the girls weekend! I would LOVE nothing more than to spend some girl time with other women who have a heart for orphan care and adoption as I do! Just let me know the time and place and I will be there… no matter how far away! I am SO in need of an adoption support system and there is just not many adoptive families here…hope you got our box of panties on your doorstep last week! (: Bobi
I am so there for the adoptive mommas weekend!! Count me in!! 🙂
So nice to meet you on Saturday! I would definitely be in for a moms weekend.
The leadership at our church doesn’t share our passion for orphans and adoption either. It is hard and heartbreaking! But, we haven’t given up! Oh, and I’m in for a mommy retreat!
I’m on the same page as you!
Email me so I have your email address and I will send you the pics! I would love that picture with everyone in it.
I heard T4A is in Phoenix next year! I am so excited as that’s only a three hour drive from me AND my parents live there (which=free babysitting!) It looked like a great time and I can’t wait for 2011!
Andrea, I loved our time this weekend! Your family is beautiful and a delight to spend time with! Keep me posted about plans!
Kim
wow…what a weekend!
*i love that you are undaunted in the smocked outfit regardless of comments you may have gotten about ity being a girl. i got one comment about lulu being a bow and since then i refuse to take her out without a huge hair bow.
*taking frankie was obviously a great choice. too bad it wasn’t after the movie was released so you could work his movie star status for the benefit of wiphan. but he obviously was working the crowd anyway.
*i am IN for the adoptive mom’s gathering. SOOOOOOOO in.
Hey girl! I can’t believe y’all were in Austin! I wish we’d come down from Waco to hug y’all and meet ITY in person!!! And can you believe that in only 3 months of living here that I’ve gotten used to these crazy crickets…I mean, you step on and squish crickets on the floor in stores sometimes because there’s so many! Crazy! I never saw crickets (and roaches) this fierce in ATL!!!
We are new to the AGCI family, but we love it already. I would love, love, love a mommy retreat! So glad you had a fun weekend!
Andrea,
I have some bags and panties that we made for the It’s A Girl Thing…but don’t know where to send them…if you’ll email me an address I’ll get them on their way! We have about 80ish bags…
Ashley
ashleyredburn@hotmail.com
oh girl – let’s do it! I am all for a weekend with my AGCI girls!!! Let me know when, where – and I will try my hardest to be there (unless of course I am halfway around the world! cannot wait for that trip!):)
Love the idea of a weekend get away to support one another!! Not sure if I’d be able to come but I would love to try! So wonderful meeting you this weekend – what a blessing it was to be with other families who have the same heart!
Loved meeting you at the conference! 🙂 Thanks for not thinking we are crazy stalkers!! 🙂 Think the adoptive mom’s weekend is a great idea! Oh… and it is so funny that you said something about the crickets, during one of the main sessions I saw a huge one crawling down the auditorium isle!!
I am there! I would love to help you organize!
Sign me up! Let’s all use those frequent flyer miles from traveling to get our babies to come to your gathering!:) You’re awesome!
Where do I sign up for the weekend away??!! That sounds amazing!
I REALLY hope I can go to the T4A next year… sounds like a wonderful time!
It was fun to see you in real life:-) Learned so much at T4A this weekend, just still trying to process it all.