One of the new challenges with another little one–is finding time to spend time with the Lord…reading His Word, reflecting on it and praying. I never want to get too busy. If I become too busy for Him–then…I am way too busy. I am thankful that I have a little man who wakes up a […]
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Author Archives: admin Isaac Temesgen! For each of my children’s first birthdays I make a slideshow of their first year! Granted, we’ve only have our little Isaac Temesgen for 4 weeks and counting–BUT you rest assured I have quite a few pictures to make a fun slideshow. I always TRY to take a few “official 1 year pictures” […] Chills. Beautiful work, Andrea. He is just so precious and the music couldn’t have been any better. Hugs to a great celebration! Absolutely ADORABLE:) love it!!! Love it- Happy Birthday!! Early of course…..what a sweet smile! He is scrumptious!!! You are right you have sooo much worth celebrating! What a smiley little guy! So cute! Hope he has a wonderful 1st birthday! happy birthday sweet boy. It was so great to see you this weekend. I wanted to scoop up your babe and squeeze him…but respecting the cocooning stage, I just gave you a hug instead. I pray for you often. Love you friend. So cute!!!! Happy birthday, sweet boy! I LOVE God’s story that He is writing in your life!!!!!!! oh andrea…BEAUTIFUL breathtakingly beautiful pics! happy sigh. :o) beautiful child placed in a beautiful family all because of a beautiful God – amazing isn’t it – thanks for sharing that sweet baby – makes me long to hold my sweet Nora all the more and look into her gorgeous dark eyes Love that picture of him! I hope you send that one to HH!!! Happy Birthday to Isaac!  Rico Suave (aka: Richard, the hubby) packed up the THREE older kiddos this morning to head to the lake with the Young side of the family (I’ll have to beg the cousins for pics to share with you all!). LOTS of family would be there and normally our family packs in a room–and we knew […] so glad you all had a wonderful time! very cute video! :0) hilarious..that voice…well..i can’t post what I think I sounds like 🙂 sooo funny!! But I think i emailed ya MY take on my voice!!! LOL ok, so super great weekend..love the video..will post tomorrow….LOVED havin yall 🙂 kj Andrea, I enjoyed meeting you and talking for a while. It was such a blessing to see families who have went before us and have already brought home their beautiful babies. Isaac is a adorable and can’t imagine what the day will feel like when we are finally bringing our baby home! Andrea, I seriously loved getting to meet you and Isaac this weekend! It was great! And how funny that we have mutual friends!! Love it! You are precious, and Isaac is just so CUTE I can’t stand it!! LOVED meeting ya’ll! Hope that we somehow get to see ya’ll again soon! Maybe our next road trip can be to GA!! And if you ever come to MS, you gotta stay with us!! YAY for a great road trip! I love both of your accents ~ it makes everything seem more exciting. West Coast does not have that cool factor when we talk. =) Adorable video and pictures. Sounds like and looks like soooo much FUN!!! We get to see the Kristi J crew in a couple of weekends….and are soooooo excited!!!!! so wanted to be there with y’all! looks like a very special time! Okay, this is just precious! I absolutely loved getting to meet you and Isaac. I have been such a fan of your postings and have loved watching your journey. I hope I didn’t scare you at the picnic when I just came up to you and was like, HEY, I know you! Anywho, so glad to meet you in person! And, I am so glad that you got a picture on your camera because I did not get one. I am going to save it from your blog so I can post. If you are ever in MS, please give us a shout! I’ll be MIA all weekend as Isaac Temesgen and I scoot out for our first weekend getaway! We will be spending the weekend with our sweet little friend Lucy Lane (slumber party with the Johnson crew!) and visiting with lots of All God’s Children International families for “Celebration of Hope” in Nashville. We just love […] The CUTEST video to leave up for awhile!! That is adorable. Enjoy your weekend ~ sounds perfect! =) LOVED IT! Love that little sparkle in his eyes! Sooo cute! Have fun! I’m jealous! that’s the cutest thing i’ve ever seen…love it..kj ps…bring your video camera and show me how to make a youtube video and we can make one of LL and Isaac together and post it while you are here…so fun..kj Totally stinkin cute! =) Love your accent too…I always wished I had one =P LOL andrea…that was so cute!! my daughter and i just sat here laughing as we watched! so sweet =) i love it! have a great time and take lots of pics:) so jealous….maybe next year:) So cute! I’m gonna have to show this to the hubs…he’s a big ITY fan:) Have fun with LL….wish we could be there! I could just squeeze him through my computer monitor…what a CUTIE!!!! Man are you gonna have your hands full once Isaac is walking around and he and Frank are plotting against you…WHAT FUN!!! Have a great weekend with the AGCI folks…wish we could come!! Jenn Ok, that was Soo cute!! 🙂 video is so cute. he goes from happy face to sad face back to happy face…so adorable! have fun with the johnsons! So, so cute! It made me smile. Thanks for sharing! Soooo cute! Have a great trip! Love this and LOVED meeting him today even more! He actually is even more gorgeous in person, if that is possible! So glad to see you today! Well … I was perfectly happy at the beach til I read this post. My heart is breaking at the thought of missing out on sneaking in a visit in my “hometown”. Cannot wait to see the photos. Hope you get to meet my step brother and his wife (Stuart & LA) who have just started this journey! how adorable is he?! love the head-shaking. i am so sad to miss out on seeing him in person as everyone is gathered TODAY. i know you will have fun with the johnson clan! I showed this video to my husband and he said,”Oh, that’s the baby that’s on the fridge!” You sent us a pic of Isaac T. on the cupcake. It’s good for my heart to know my husband felt something for your sweet child enough to remember his picture and then know that was him on the video. I’ve been wondering if he was still “into” adopting because we don’t talk enough period and esp. not about adoption lately. We’ve been waiting for a looooong time for a domestic adoption, so I often wonder if his heart’s still in it. Seems as if it really is, or maybe Isaac T. is just that memorable and so darn cute!!! hey andrea! I have a question for you, I believe you mentioned you have a flip video camcorder right? If so, do you mind telling me which one, how you like it and how much it was? We are looking for a camcorder that will be easy to plug into computer and take great home videos of our Isaac as he grows but with a budget of around $100-$150! that is soooooo stinkin cute! 🙂  See the extra wrinkles from what a year of waiting, checking our agency listserv every day and a month of no sleep…BUT the JOY…and the tummy and bum…oh my…no words for the Lord’s goodness! Well, we have officially been a family of 6 for 4 weeks now. For “one day I want to remember sake” […] amen…love it…see ya soon 🙂 kj Thanks for being so real. It’s good to know what to expect! I just have to look at your blog every day. It blesses me soo much. So today as I am back to work, I have a moment with no students or parents at my door so I took out a snack and started to read. I did not want it to end. I just feel that God is blessing me with what you write about your life. Of course the only bad part is that I can’t help crying as I read… and with that I hope that no one will come to my office when I sit there and cry. They would probably wonder what kind of crazy guidance counselor I am 😉 Beautiful post! Oh andrea. so much of this post felt like it was coming from my heart except I can never get it out the way you do so thank you so much for this post! it was beautiful, it was heartfelt and I so agree that yes its hard but the good far outweighs it! Oh the way God is working in and through us through our adoption journeys! All glory to God… Your doing great. Having just past the 6 mo mark here- I can say— just you wait! It’s a whole other ball game… a good one! Re F’s tantrums- you’ll get lots of advice / judgements on how to handle- follow your gut. He, as you know, is experienceing a loss too right now. It may be intense- but you’ve been nurturing his soul long enough that he’ll recover- but he’ll continue to push. Stay strong in God- and ask for help- It truely is the only way. Re: Sleep- My experience says- don’t try to slip away. The short term gain is not worth the long term pay. Wait. Wait past the time he’s only touching you with a foot (which may be another month) wait- let him know you aren’t looking for an out. My guy knew when I was gone even in snoring sleep- cause as careful as I’d be returning- he’d move right back into me immediately. he knew I was there- so he knew I was gone. And what followed was weeks of regression sleep anxiety. You are doing so great and seem to have a great support system. keep them in the loop. Weeks 6-10 can be tough again. You may need more consistent help and support. I wish I’d have known then. I keep praying for you and the littles. Wait till you see how fast the gains are in PT! And once they have some strength.. along comes confidence- initiative- and drive! Personality EXPLOSION!! It’s SO MUCH FUN!! (scary and intense.. but FUN!) That was an amazing post!!! A great reminder for us all. I love the fact that our oldest LOVE that we get to have new babies- that God has called our whole family to this mission….and they love it! Even those hard days when there is less time for them. Those hard things- worth it, and happy to have them because they remind us that God is doing this – not us 🙂 Thank you again for a beautiful post! I love how your children have your heart – so open and ready to give and love. The pictures are precious – and he is delightfully chubby! I wish that I could squeeze those cheeks!!:) This is just amazing to read…and to think that someday…I’ll be looking back on OUR journey and get to be amazed at how God wrote our story. Can’t wait =) Definitely good but hard. My R used to have to sleep with her entire little body touching mine. If I’d move an inch, she’d wake up screaming. Hard? Yes? But I would have it any other way? No! My girls are 15 months apart– sure bigger gap than your boys– but we’re sort of doing the same with our older girl, too, as far as routine goes, etc. Hey– see you Sat! 🙂 Beautiful post!! God is doing some amazing things in your family and I LOVE watching it:) Can’t wait until we bring our daughter home!! Awwww what a great post and such beautiful pictures of you and Isaac. I love the visual of him with both hands on your face. So precious. andrea–thanks for sharing your heart with us! Oh, how i can’t wait to bring little Lily home! I’ll probably have to go back and read all of this then too. also, i can’t believe in 1 short month how much he has chunked up…i also love that booty and tummy! I am not sure how I lost track of your blog, but I found you again and Isaac is so completely adorable! What a blessing. So very very happy he is home. |
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I’m not a mommy yet, but the day is coming! 🙂 Oh, and I LOOOOOVVVEEE the book, Radical. It stirred up my heart in a serious way. Unfortunately, people kind of look at me cross-eyed when I talk about it, or all the “radical” ideas within it….basically the calling of all believers! lol 🙂 Yup, I love it! Our lives are already changing drastically for Him. I can’t wait to see what happens next!
Amen! I know I will always find peace, in a crazy day , in the Word of God alone! My husband and I go read the same chapter sometime throughout the day and then we talk about it after the boys are in bed. LOVING my Wiphan cookbook btw, I might haft to order some more for Christmas gifts 🙂 Love seeing pictures of your sweet family!
AMEN!!!! I had lost my time with Him a few days last week- and let me tell you….the enemy was right up in my face. Thank God for His grace, and my sweet sweet time with HIM! Makes my life worth living.
Thank you for this today…so encouraging. I always love how real you are! 🙂
Thanks Andrea. I have found that there are different seasons in my life where I have to adjust when I do my devotional time with the Lord. When I worked in the corporate world, before my babies, it was easy to keep a really predictable morning routine. Ideally I like doing it before everyone gets up in the morning, but sometimes that just doesn’t happen…like when we add a new baby to our family and I am up in the middle of the night instead.:) During those months I have to switch it to their naptime or set up different “soaking” times throughout the day and get creative with devotions in the bathroom!:) I know other mamas go through the same thing and it is encouraging to read about each one keeping God first! I never want to get too busy for Him! Thanks for that reminder!:) Oh, and Isaac is purely edible. Love him!:)
still working on figuring this out…OY! Right before we got our referral, I had just finished reading through the Bible for the very first time! Now I feel stuck…do you just pick books to read again?? I have been reading the Psalms again, but now that my daily goal is gone…it is harder for some reason.
I found your blog through Kristi Johnson. (My sister is a friend of hers.) I want to let you know of a group I belong to — Scripture Sisters. It was started by two ladies who wanted to hold each other accountable and read through the Bible in a year. Now there are over 800 women who read the same passages every day. You get the weekly readings through email, along with a cute calendar and Scripture cards and a devotion every month. It’s great for moms who don’t have time to go to a Bible study. If you are interested, please send me your email address and city and I will get you on the list.