Author Archives: admin One question I get most from friends and family is, “SO…how is Frank adjusting?” They of course ask about the others two–but it’s Frank whose birth order has changed the most. The older two became “big” sister and brother again…but Frank became “big brother” while also giving up his role as baby. SO…how is he […]  [FIRST…I have to say THANK YOU sweet friends for REJOICING with us at the AMAZING MIRACULOUS news of Isaac Temesgen’s good doc report! I feel like we need to break out of the cocoon and GO CELEBRATE! Totally think a trip to an Ethiopian restaurant may be in our future!!! Just wanted to tell you […] oh andrea…he is just precious…and looking so good doing that tummy time:) OH how I love it all. Love the pics!! Looks like ya’ll are having lots of fun at the Young house these days! 🙂 Precious! yes andrea, he is scrumptious! I remember as a little girl bringing home sunflower packet or starter from school and planting it with my mom and having her take a picture of me by it when it grew really tall so seeing that pic of your daughter brought back good memories for me! :0) love your boys colorful hair! :0) yay for tummy time isaac! :0) Both of those boys are scrumptious!! Thanks for sharing the camera settings. Such a beutiful family!!! Look how quickly Isaac is catching up. It won’t be long and he will be crawling! Thanks for the camera settings… great pictures. Oh Andrea – I love the hair pictures! My boys would love it:). So excited for you guys – Praise God for His work in Isaac! Continuing to pray for you guys what great “mean” faces 🙂 and such a strong push up for Isaac!!! yay! Love that Ann Reid! 🙂 I was reading this with Asa laying next to me this morning and he saw Laney and said, “That Quinny?” I said, “No, thats Laney” then he saw a picture or Parker and said, “That Asa!!” I said, “No, thats Parker.” He replied (as if I was joking) “Nooooo, that ASA!” 🙂 Now what about ISO? lol People always ask our secret to having 8 children go shopping, or spend all day hiking, or at a theme park….I have to admit that a bag of gummy bears, twizzlers, or tootsie rolls can work wonders!!! What beautiful pictures. How is Franky doing lately??? I’ve just watched your beautiful dvd about Isaac’s homecoming- tears are still running. Thanks. It is great to watch how God is being glorified with the joy he is giving your family. What an amazing miracle at the Dr’s! He is just beautiful, beautiful, beautiful! 🙂 adorable!! I love it when Isaac “talks”. Cool hair and amazing flowers!!! Makes me wanna plant some next year;0)  Finally…everyone is in bed. I wasn’t going to blog…Rich has been out of town and JUST pulled in the driveway…he along with the 4 children are all sleeping soundly–BUT this is one day that has to be in our “blog to book” for Isaac to read one day…so it MUST be blogged:) And–before my sleep-deprived […] Absolutely, positively, wondrously AMAZING! He indeed is good and the great Physician! Amazing report and love how He will receive all the glory for the miracles that will continue to unfold before you and those of us watching. Incredible. Only God. The great physician! Praising our King with you! LOVE God’s work!! I’m happy right along with you, Friend! Praise the Lord! SO glad I saw this post before going to bed. Overjoyed about the great doc report. God is SO SO BIG! Just completely AWESOME!!!! Way to go Isaac T!!! Jenn Our God is still in the miracle business! Praising Him! Love & Blessings, Kim Praise God for an incredible report from the doctor! Such a miracle! So happy for ya’ll! Love, love, love this! Giggling and crying happy tears all at the same time! Go Isaac! beautiful.perfect. praise the Lord! I am sitting here in years, happy tears, after reading another amazing thing our Savior, our awesome God has done! PRAISE GOD! I love what your husband said… “Who cares if he doesn’t walk! Who cares if he doesn’t lift his head! If this is the son God set apart for us—let’s do this!” Glory to be our GOD! What wonderful news and thank you so much for listening and following the Lord’s plan. You could of so easily said no to his referral, but you didn’t. I also totally get how people adopt again and again. What a perfect way to expand a family! How Beautiful!!!! Celebrating with you tonight! i’m still in awe of our God! He is so good! praising Him for His care of sweet Isaac! I love seeing where God is at work in others lives and I can see He is definitely working here. My wife and I have been trying to adopt for five years and for one reason or another we’ve had to postpone our plans. Friday we brought home from the hospital our baby, Samantha Grace. As I said to my wife God works in very mysterious ways. I praise God for your little one and my little one. Rejoicing with you!!!! Yay Isaac T!!! Yay God!!! This is so incredible. I just read this to my husband through a trembling voice. This is another beautiful story about how the Lord blesses obedience. I am praying that God will continue to work miracles in Isaac’s life. PRAISE THE LORD! I’m so overjoyed & thankful to our Savior for all He’s doing in baby Isaac’s life! Thank you so much for sharing this! I will continue to pray for his strength & for him to crawl soon! I am so blessed to follow your journey! Thank you for the details you are sharing with us! What wonderful, wonderful news!! God will never stop amazing us if we let him. Crawling is so very important so you are on the right track with your plan. Praise the Lord for all that he does. I know that this will rest her heart a little in know God takes care of your little man. We will continue to pray that he crawls. What a wonderful miracle from God! we too had health issues we were concerned with but ended up he’s so healthy! Praying for him to plow you away with being able to walk before you know it! You will be amazed how much strength they gain from being in a loving family! So happy for you! how amazinggggg!!! praise GOD!! :)) Isn’t that the best part of all of this! Feeling closer to God with each step we take toward adoption is so wonderful and reassuring. Adoption is the heartbeat of the Lord – so well said! Congratulations on your great report! It is AMAZING isn’t it. The REBOUND. The GRACE. He is amazing. You’ll all do great! Keep going! (My guy gained 7 pounds bt the day we met and the 2.5 weeks later at first docs appt.) I’m so glad Isaacs blood is all normal. THAT IS GREAT!! Rejoicing and praising with you! Honestly, I’m not really surprised… this first time I saw that boy’s picture I thought he looked perfectly perfect to me! Thank you for the encouragement and affirmation about Hannah’s Hope, it’s very encouraging to those of us still waiting! OH WOW!!!!!!!!!! PRAISE GOD!!!!!!!!!!!! What a beautiful TESTIMONY for HIM! What a wonderful witness to us all!!!! We should not be surprised- God is His Father! You obeyed, listened, and followed. Isaac is the result of much prayer, and yet I am blown away. How much more beautiful could it be? Oh heavenly Father we give you praise for this beautiful miracle that you have given life to- and given it abundantly!!! REJOICING with you today! that is awesome news! Man, do we serve an AWESOME God! Such wonderful news!!! And ahhhhh Dr. Penny. I just love him. He has cared for all three of my babies which are not babies now. I am so happy to hear how well he is doing. Here’s hoping for a crawler very soon!!! And hey Ella didn’t crawl till she was 11 months so it’s not that off. 🙂 What great news!! I am just thrilled to hear the doctors reports. Truly amazing! Love it!!! Yeah Isaac!!! You grow boy! And isn’t God great. He is the Great Physician. Isn’t God’s work AWESOME!!! That is great news! You said it all, Andrea. Miracles never cease to happen! We all serve an awesome God. Amazing, amazing what God has done for Isaac. Blessings, I don’t know how people can’t believe in miracles. All one has to do is read this to know they happen. Here is my ode to the rockin’ dad at our house today…(thought we needed to mix it up a bit and make you laugh today since folks keep telling me my posts are making them cry each day;)…don’t forget to turn the music off up top before watching this coolio-rap session… Dad Life from Church […] i haven’t even finished watching that yet and i’m about to roll on the floor!! :DD That is a hit! I will have to copy this one ~ too good not to continue to pass around. =) LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HA HA HA! I ♥ LOVE ♥ it!!! 🙂 Thanks for SHARING! 🙂 haha…this made my day! i will definitely have to show my hubby! thanks girl! aghaha, love the “ornamental turtle”… That was funny, reminded me of dad in the beginning with those clothes and that cell phone holster. I thought this one (ABOUT MOMS) was especially hilarious: http://vimeo.com/11621957 There is one thing I will NEVER, EVER get tired of watching…the moment a little one is united with their family for the FIRST time! A sweet blog friend of mine welcomed home her precious baby boy this summer too! They have been pretty close right alongside us timing wise–and it’s a joy to celebrate […] Even I smiled at your cute squeaky mommy voice!! Love it! =) Praying for your friend and a great doctor plan for Isaac tomorrow. Oh Andrea….thank you so much for the prayer request! So much power in prayer and I know these blog readers are some serious prayer warriors! Brought tears to my eyes. I remember that you said August back in Jan., cuz I thought, “Oh no, it can’t possibly take that long!” Glad I didn’t know that I would wait 1 year from the time I saw her beautiful face in Aug. ’09 and 2 from when we started. Some things are just better off not knowing and going by faith! 🙂 God is good! loved that new gotcha day video..can’t wait to post it too..but i’ve got to post yours first..going to do that now before i fall asleep 🙂 LOVE me some videos 🙂 kristi i am SO glad you posted JOnas video b/c I was wondering how I could make our gotcha day video since i am not video savy so I went to onetruemedia where they did his and that is how I did our Isaac’s! I just finished it tonight and it will be on our new blog post tomorrow morning! So excited to share it with everyone! Oh My Stars … Isaac’s peek a boo smiles melts my heart! Hehee! Love the video of Isaac! Makes me laugh b/c your “squeaky mommy voice” sounds so much like mine, lol! Ahhhh….Be stil my heart!! |
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Changes affect everyone…sounds like you are doing great though. We always ask our kids if they want to play with or have baby milk etc.- It is hilarious to see them want it for a few minutes and then change their mind. It is all a part of adjusting. Never read any books on that, but pretty sure we have seen most everything 🙂 he he he
Love the swing pic 🙂
This post was so encouraging to me! We are about to have 4 kiddos 6 and under, and it is great to see what it will be like and things to think through, pray through, and trust God for now as we wait to bring our baby home! Thank you for being honest!
Great suggestions! We just got approved by AGCI and are newly “paper pregnant” so I’m soaking in all the advice I can. My Ellie will be almost two when our babe comes home, so I’m sure it will be an adjustment for her.
I found your blog a little while ago and love reading as you share your heart and all that God is doing in you and your family. I was wondering about the “cocoon” time that you are referring to. I understand that you are talking about bonding time as a family and intentionally staying home to let it happen. We are in the process of adopting our daughter from India. I was just wondering how long you are going to cocoon and how you made this decision. Did you get this idea from a book or other families? Just wondering… Thank you, Sally
Frank and Isaac are absolutely the funniest duo in your photos. 🙂 Frank is full of personality, and Isaac’s eyes just make me melt. Your older two are precious too, but Frank just makes me laugh. What a sweet family.
Adorable video:) So true about not really being able to prepare little ones for a sibling. Our Piper is a little over 2 and the only thing she really understands about us bringing home her baby sister is that she will probably be scared of fireworks;0). She always says, “Joleigh will be scared of fireworks, she’ll cry”. It’s so sweet.
Constantly praying for you! and thanks for your comments on my blog.
Great post! And I love the video–nothing wrong with kids having fun!:) We’re expecting our fourth in November, and anytime we’ve added a new little one, my “bigger” girls (6,3,1) all want to try out the baby equipment.:) I think you’re a wonderful mom and doing great with this whole cocooning stage! I go a little stir crazy when forced to stay at home all day, and I admire your determination to stick with it–while still bending the rules a bit, when needed! Love to your family!
I definitely need to bookmark this one to remind me of the tips for keeping all our monkeys happy when we bring our new one home. Love the swing pictures…he melts me! And of course I love the monkey tee too!:)