Category Archives: Frank Ok…so I needed just about 4 days to recover from the weekend and the 5 months of planning…and this momma is READY TO GO!!! I am SO, SO, SO thankful for the life the Lord has blessed me with–and how He has opened my eyes to SEE. I love my “new normal”. That is perfectly […]  This mom has been doing A LOT of processing lately–and I wish I could even put into words half of what is going on in my mind and heart. I have heard the holidays does something quite emotional in adoptive moms hearts–and I can’t say those who have gone before me didn’t warn me…but it […] Girl, you could SO be a homeschooling mama!!! 🙂 Love your journey with Magi!!! Love it when God uses our children to teach us :). Can’t wait to see Isaac walk- all rooting for him here!!!! I just have to say you could sooo teach your children at home!!! You are very creative! You LOVE spending time with your kids! Thanks so much for your blog! Love it! I’ve never posted a comment, but couldn’t resist combining 2 parts of this post…archaeology with cookies…last year we made choc. chip cookies and “excavated” the chips with toothpicks for tools. Fun and delicious!  SOOO…on Tuesday night we scooted over to my sister, April’s house, for a little cousin Christmas break time. We were just minding our own business…getting ready for dinner…when out from no where the door bell rang and in came Sprinkle and Twinkle! Two of Santas sweet elves who just happen to be raising money to […] Merry Christmas, Andrea!! What a cute series of videos (I just love your sweet voice). I wish you all beauty, love, joy, and peace this Christmas surrounded by your family of precious children and wonderful husband. oh my gracious! where to start??? I am just completely in love with your little ones!! SO precious! God has been so GOOD this year!!!! Merry Christmas my friend!!! Love these videos =) Merry Christmas to your and your family! just watched all the videos in between 2am cooking. i LOVE that laney wrapped parker up. i can’t believe he stayed so still!!! my favorite lines…”then he won’t think it’s a choo choo” and “present, open yourself!”. merry, merry christmas to your sweet family. Loved the last video of Isaac. Too cute. They were all cute, but that is my favorite. Poor Frankie baby. 😉 As prez of his fan club, I hope he gets a nice choo choo for Christmas. 🙂  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!  I know it’s a few days EARLY…but I had to go ahead and say it because we’ll be MIA for a few days soaking up time with family! HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!! BUT I have a few things I just have to document to never forget that happened today. I am so thankful–and not just because it’s […] Happy Thanksgiving to you, Andrea, and your sweet family. What a fantastic day! I am thankful for you – for all that you share, for all that you do for others, for your leading example in living life for God and praising Him for all He provides. So Thankful!!! Hugs and Blessings this Thanksgiving!!!! oh,this made my day..what a sweet post….can’t wait to see yall tomorrow (or today really..i’m up late cookin for ya 🙂 Ok, so i was jealous that you don’t take all the kids to the dr…. I love my doc, but he just sits and stares in shock and laughs cause I have to take ALL 5 kids with me EACH time someone is sick..and yes, they are always licking the walls and always sick the next day…LOL What a beautiful post – thank you for sharing your heart. I am not a AGCI mommy, but your friendships and muffins make me a bit envious =) – lol. Ooooooh so amazing! Praising the Lord WITH you! Can’t wait to see all the cute pics of your Thanksgiving! have fun! I’m so thankful your pediatrician decided to share all of that with you! Praise the Lord for ITY! Andrea, oh how wonderful! Can you imagine what you life would be like right now if you hadn’t said yes to God? You wouldn’t have that little miracle to watch grow and become an awesome man of God. Thank you so much for sharing… Wow–what a powerful story…! Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family! Your post was just completely moving, I had to write! I found your website through friends of friends and had to start following you. Your children are all so beautiful and your heart for the Lord is even more beautiful! You uplift me with your posts and bring me to tears at the same time. God knew what he was doing when he picked you, your husband and your family to take care of that miracle baby. Praise His name! Love this story and am holding the tears back myself! Melt my heart! So much warm and fuzziness. I PRAY that I handle the transition home as gracefully as you have. You mentioned in one of your earlier posts that Dr. Penny is your pediatrician. My children both see Dr. Penny as well. Last time we were there for an appointment I told Dr. Penny that I follow your blog. He went on and on about what an incredible family you have…he really cares about your family and Issac Temesgen. We love, love, love Dr. Penny. Kim Z. My little 2-yr old has also been wanting to take all his lovies with him out of the crib in the morning (he still has his paci too). Recently I nearly dropped him going down the stairs because there was so much between us: 2 blankies, puppy dog, bear, Elmo, Elmo fireman, and bed water! Your stories of Frank are too cute. I’m so glad my guy can’t open the fridge because who wouldn’t want to drink that open container of whipping cream I have in there. Oh how beautiful! What amazing work God is doing through you and your family!!! What a testament of faith you and your family are for the love of our God! Andrea – We are so lost in this paper chase. We just finished all of our education, and it can be a little scary and overwhelming. I thank the Lord for your miracle baby. What a great reminder. Thank you. Now I need to find the Kleenex. God IS already using little Isaac to touch the heart of your Dr and his staff!! So precious. This is a beautiful post, Andrea! Isn’t it awesome to see doctor’s hearts softened?? There have been so many healing miracles in my daughter’s life and I love to smile when the doctors say, “I don’t know how to explain this.” Well I do! Have a beautiful Thanksgiving! Reading your post this morning…tears…what a great way to start my day…praising the Lord for his miracles!! Oh my! Now I’m wiping away tears, too! How wonderful! (And that Frank drinking the heavy cream cracks me up!) Oh lovely! Precious. Happy Thanksgiving to your beautiful family full of miracles! Precious story! What a little miracle he is! And we have the FP Little People nativity set too…and the kids love it! Can’t wait to get it out this year! That was just too sweet… tears are now streaming down my face. God is SO good! He surely gives us the strength we need to get through difficult things…”I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.” Philippians 4:13 I remind myself of this verse often. =} Thank you for sharing this! Hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving!! Andrea….your family is amazing! You have taken the leap of faith and God has BLESSED THAT in AMAZING WAYS!!!! He is truly a miracle. I remember after you accepted the referral….knowing this could be really really hard. Knowing that Isaac could have not survived…knowing that God had placed him in YOUR HOME for a reason. It just thrills me to see him change the world already! Just think of what he will do in the future!!! 🙂 YEAH ISAAC! Andrea, your post made me cry! I’ve spent lots of hours in specialists office with my kids and am always preplexed by how the Lord can use our circumstances (especailly the ones that aren’t fun for us or our kiddos) to His Glory. Thanks for the reminder that there is always someone watching and we can be a witness of God’s sustaining grace in how we handle life’s difficulties. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!! Sobbing as I read about your day. Thank you for sharing your miracles with us. As a momma who is walking the special needs adoption journey-you are such a huge blessing to me! how amazing our God is and how wonderful He is showing His love through your family. His mercies never cease! i also have to say frank is a man after my own heart…i love heavy cream!!! jennifer Such a miraculous little baby boy! SO GLAD for you that God chose this little angel for YOUR family! Very excited that God is uplifting you and breathing energy into you. So thankful to you for blogging your story! Have a blessed Thanksgiving! :o) Oh WOW! That is a moment to remember! Blessings to you this Thanksgiving Andrea! Now you’ve got us all crying! That just blesses my heart. I love when God breaks the “walls” of professionals and we all just become people with love for one another and tears and joy. I had a very cool experience with my Dr. as well, when I was getting a yellow fever shot to prepare me for going to Africa and getting our daughter, and he began to share with me how his son is a total miracle, and God saved his son’s life when he was just a tiny baby born prematurely, and we both just had a precious moment talking about our kids and God and miracles. I left there feeling like I’d had a “devine appt.”. LOVE THAT STORY! How awesome. Hey, and we also get the Little People Nativity out first each year! My kids love it! Happy Thanksgiving! Wow! What an inspiration. I am looking around trying to research Christian women blog sites and what I like and do not like on each…I love yours. It has you as a writer and God has blessed me today with your story and a blog I will always check in onfor more! God bless you and your family! |
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Andrea- I love the Valentine’s Day cards and I love your bangs! Good job with all!!
Christie
You didn’t tell me you cut your bangs yourself! They look great! I haven’t done that since I was 4 and it didn’t work out so well for me that time….
Kylie has been carrying Frank’s Valentine picture around all morning….she even put “him” in a chair next to her during breakfast!!! Not gonna lie, you would make a REALLY cool MIL 🙂
Oh, and LOVE the bangs!! I may start coming to you house for haircuts!!
Andrea- you totally crack me up! Love your kiddos they are soo cute! Love your bag too 🙂
Can’t wait to hear your funny 🙂
girl… thanks for the shout out… me… you… Zambia… ITS ON!!!!
AND, the bangs are actually impressive… quite cute! nice job…. love you girl…
Hi Andrea. Been reading your blog for a while now but haven’t commented yet. I just wanted to say THANK YOU for not being content to just stay where God had you. Thank you for being willing to step out in faith and adopt and share about the good and the hard and to be a voice through your blog for orphans everywhere. God has used you to help me get a clearer vision of what adoption is about and strengthened my faith that God’s grace will be sufficient no matter what along the adoption process that we’re in. I really think the Lord must be so pleased with how you are seeking to be His hands and feet. Thanks for being His instrument of grace!