Category Archives: Day in the Life FIRST…I want to say THANK YOU to the new family sponsors of some of the Wiphan kids!!! I have gotten a couple of emails that either someone has ALREADY signed up to sponsor a child I posted OR they are going to soon!!! THANK YOU for making a difference in these childrens lives!!! NOW…to catch […]  My little buccaneer said it was high time to pick a winner! And since momma can’t tell her little mate no to just ONE pick…we went for THREE this time! Doesn’t that make you happy when we do that? It makes him happy! BECAUSE…guess what this rockin’ t-shirt goes toward??? ANOTHER little one finding their […] I keep seeing commercials for the movie and I think we’re gonna see it this weekend. I’ll keep my eyes open for Frank! WOW! I never win anything! So fun! Thanks for doing this Andrea! Now do I keep the shirt for myself or get one for my husband? 🙂 That is the cutest pirate I have ever seen! Praying for him! praying for you today, for wisdom for the doc, for healing for ITY, and for sleep for you all! ohh poor isaac…so thankful God gave him parents like you to help him heal and grow up healthy and get through this! LOVE the pirate pics…way too cute! Praying for your precious pirate! One verse that I have claimed for my son (2.5 yrs home 4 mo. from ET) as he is fearful and grieving is Romans 8:15 “For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave to fear, but you have received a spirit of sonship.” Praying for healing whether the root is emotional or physical for your sweet son. I absolutely love the pirate pictures. I think if you look cute up in the dictionary you should see those pictures. He is precious!!!!! You know I will totally be praying for ITY and all of the amazing Young family!!!!! I love you all and so does the Great Physician. Sleep is the hardest. Nightime is when it all hits and they feel so alone and vulnerable. It is also THE ONLY TIME that my guy shows pain. physical pain. Praying. I forgot to mention… is he growing? Quick growth and the growth pains are AGONY! I have to put my guy to bed on ibupro or tylenol many nights in the week after growing 5 inches in 7 months. Will pray for divine wisdom for you and the doctors and for supernatural healing! Yes, he is the cutest pirate. I am so glad Frankie baby got to go to Austin! He rocks. 🙂 Ohhh and some cockroaches can fly too.. jez saying…..  FIRST…I updated my blog a little with new colors and new headers:). AND after being with WordPress for almost a YEAR now (oh I miss blogger’s ease!) I finally figured out how to add the “follow me” thing that is so easy to use in blogger!!! SO…my computer illiteracy keeps me from knowing how to […] WOW…I got to be your “1st Follower”! I am seriously excited about that! 🙂 Does that make me a groupie or maybe just a blog stocker. You decide…LOL! From one “poop digger” to another…Jenny lol. digging through poop… oh, i want that tshirt…lovvvvvvvvvvvvvve it….what a great one, kj Glad to see that Isaac is doing so well! Can’t wait to read more about him in the coming months…Khakki Alright, I love the shirt. I may need to order one if I don’t win 🙂 I clicked the follow button too. Hopefully it works 🙂 I DID see that Target ad, and I DID think of your ITY!!!!! So funny! I love reading your blog! You and your family are in my prayers daily. God Bless all of you! =} I love seeing photos of YOU and your family!! And Praise God for all those donations of the bags, pads, and panties. They look very professional and something that any girl/woman would be happy to receive. Way to go!!! Whew, the whole wally world story tired me out reading it 🙂 Love keeping up with you guys through the blog! Keep up the great work. Love the shirt…I definately want one! I am faithfully following too! 🙂 Ok since I have to comment to maybe win a t-shirt I LOL at the cricket in your last post. I get those in my house and I put a jar on top of them and we tip toe around it all day until my husband gets home. Definitely do NOT want to squish them cause they have alot of guts! Blessings on your sweet family! If I when the shirt, will my life become more simple? smile! How fun to see all of the pad kits. My friends and I made 33 more kits that we will be sending soon! loving all the bags! I can’t wait to add mine to the pile! ps- I also love the shirt!!! I LOVE the shirt! Thanks for doing all these giveaways to support other families’ adoptions. Oh, and as a sidenote, check out netvibes as another blog-reading spot. You can customize your page and gather all the blog updates in one spot (like google)! I LOVE this tee and the message on it. It has become our family mantra. I would love to win! I also clicked the follow button! Love the shirt and the pictures of your sweeties! Thanks for adding the following thing….just added myself…this will make my life SO much easier! So funny, as I was scrolling to get to the bottom to follow you, I saw the Target add and TOTALLY that that was your little Isaac! CRAZY! I love the shirt! Andrea- I faithfully follow your blog. I love your honesty and the hope you give for adoption. I love that shirt and the meaning is so true. Blessings to your family. I love the message on the shirt! Love that shirt! Thanks for the chance to win! Also clicked follow to your blog. Just hoping noone that shouldn’t gets my info since I guess FB shares it that way? You have to agree to share your basic info. Not sure what all that means. 🙂 I was already following but now I’m officially following 🙂 I would love to win that shirt!! So cute. And Isaac just melts my heart! LOVE that shirt… and I’ve been reading your blog for quite a while…but now I’m a follower!! I want that t-shirt!! If I don’t win, I’ll be buying one! Love the Girl Thing stuff pouring in!!! going to buy a shirt…would love another to give in our basket we’re fixing for an auction for a sweet family raising funds to bring home TWINS!! 3 yr old girls… LOVE the cookbook too!! What a great shirt! And I love your new blog look! Sweet ITY…..he is soooo precious! I love the pics of you and the kiddos! 🙂 Thanks for keeping it real. lol I have been reading your blog for a few weeks. Adoption is something my husband and I are considerng. We playing in a kickball tournament this weekend to help support and raise money for my cousin’s Ethiopian adoption. I would love a shirt! Your family is precious! I love the new blog change. I changed mine yesterday too! It must be in the air. 🙂 And, what a cuuuute shirt! I ordered two cookbooks for wedding presents from Wiphan this past couple weeks and I’m finding I’m a little jealous that I don’t have one of my own. I did get to look through them before giving them away and they are SO wonderful!!! Yes, everyone should go buy one!!! Love the shirt! And I love that I am now an official follower of your blog!! YAY!!! 🙂 Love the t-shirt!! I’ll be buying one, if I don’t win. oh my gosh! that baby SOOOO looks like Isaac! That’s crazy! shirt is super cute, i’ll have to get one of those. btw, love the new layout. i’m a wordpresser too, my husband set it up, but i’m over our layout & need to spruce it up! and figure out how to add all the fancy shmancy stuff at the bottom… also make a cool header, geez, now this is going to be a project! happy fall!! it was 64 this morning, i’m stoked! shoot! i forgot to mention, we have sweet little ladies at our church that are going to be making pads for one of our mission teams that goes to uganda each year. they have a ministry called “god is grace” and they support they women in the villages, they were so excited when i told them about the pads!! That Tshirt is great!! I also signed up to follow you. I didn’t know about the google reader thing… very cool! I would love that t-shirt! Cute shirt! Pick me! Pick me! Cute shirt! Thanks for the chance to win. 🙂 I am a follower! love the shirt!! and you do have a cutie pie on your hands! I’ve had to dig through poop, and it STINKS!!! *Heart* the shirt. If I don’t win one, I’m buying one. 😉 And, I really like that picture of you and Laney. There’s nothing like a mama and her little girl. Yummy! My first comment on your blog–though I’ve been following for a while. I love the shirt! Thanks for being such a great encourager–you are a blessing! Ooh! We’re adopting from Ethiopia, too! I’d LOVE that shirt! Love love the adoption shirts and am following you. So two entries!! We are in process adopting our little man from Ethiopia. Waiting for a court date… Dabney I LOVE the shirt and I LOVE your blog! Thanks for always keeping things real and sharing in so many ways! Would love to win a shirt! I LOVE that new shirt!! Very cute and feminine!:) I signed up to be a “follower” too. I would love any color….Your Walmart trip made me tired…That sounds like me.;) Super cute t-shirt! I’m now a legitimate follower! And thanks for the warning about the poop samples. I had no idea. LOVE that shirt!!! My husband and I have just started an Ethiopian adoption, and have been exploring various fundraisers…excited to discover Simply Love!!!! Your children are just precious! I am so excited for our Project Pad party with my daughter and her friends. Still working out logistics. God has shown up already though and that is awesome…I’ll share the details when we finish. Hey! I follow your blog and love reading it! You worked with my mom, Helen Pierce, at South Forsyth Middle! It would be awesome to win one of the shirts! That’s a saying I have always loved. We just got our information packet in the mail from AGCI and are excited for what the future will bring! Cute cute t-shirt! I’m here to testify as well THAT THE SHIRTS ARE AWESOME!!! I have mine on today!!! We know the Wallace family well and they are amazing people! Please don’t put me in the drawing for the shirt — just wanted to share another testimony that the shirts are fabulous!!! 🙂 And of course — what an awesome opportunity to support their adoption! I would love to win the t-shirt! Thanks for the update on the pad party. We are planning on sending ours in for the December date. Oh, and I became a follower, too! Love the shirts…and all the smiles! I love the shirts! Ok, I’ll bite. I want a t-shirt too. Holy Canoli, you get lots of comments! You rock, Andrea! 🙂 LOVE the shirt! and your new blog look! I would love a shirt…my husband and I just started the adoption process to adopt a child from Ethiopia. Check out my blog at http://becomingafamilyoffive.blogspot.com. I’d love a t-shirt! I follow your blog daily! Love watching ITY grow up and develop so well! Thanks! So good to see you and give a hug at T4A! Love all that you are doing and for sharing your heart! LOVE the idea of all of us mommas getting together too and sharing our stories, love and our heart for orphans! You guys are going to keep me busy writing down all these names…many TWICE…for a drawing! Hmm…we just might have to have more than one winner! You know how I roll;-). You guys are so much fun! -great shirt. I think I am an official follower now. . .and I love your new shirt!! Love your blog, too! Just ‘followed’ you blog… although I’ve been reading for sometime! I’m a AGCI family also… just switched from the rwanda program to ethiopia. L-O-V-E the shirt It was great to see you this weekend! And, I love that shirt! How cute! Love the t-shirt! What a great message! That shirt (even before I noticed the part about a give-away) caught my eye – it’s a message I am trying to internalize, but I’ve still have a long way to go… Already own the cookbook, but would love the shirt! I still need to give you a call to get some insight with my birthmother letter/meeting. I wanted to wait until you returned from your weekend travels. Thanks again for being so candid with your posts! You’re a blessing to many. holy cow!!! you have soooo many comments! Love the shirt! Just catching up on your blog Andrea…we’ve had a few busy weeks and I haven’t found much time for fun blog reading. Oh…did I ever dig through poop when we got home – everyone’s! I think I did four stool samples from four different kids in the span of an hour one day. So gross! Ahhh….the realities of international adoption. I love your heart…so inspiring and on my worst days, I find you to be such an encouragement…to keep my priorities in order, to keep pushing forward, to work hard and not live a life of leisure. Thanks for writing! Yep…saw the Target ad and instantly thought the baby looked just like Isaac. So neat!!! Luke just said, “That’s Isaac!” It was actually the Target baby. I would love a t shirt oooo…love that t-shirt!! Great shirt… would love to win it! And that Target ad– I think you’re right! Love the shirt and the new blog style! I am comment #82 – have fun reading all these!! The Nordstroms are now official followers of your blog after being “unofficial” for several months! I don’t think we’ve missed one post – you are on our blog roll. Now you have to officially follow ours! 🙂 I LOVE the t-shirt! I’m a follower! put me in the drawing…you know i love this blog!! cute shirt!!! I so enjoy keeping up with all your adventures. Love that shirt! Hope I get to wear it! (: wow!!! you have quite the blog following!!! I admire you finding time to keep up with this amongst all your kiddo’s! I don’t know how you do it! Hey girl!!! I’ve got a date night planned Friday to see my lovely family on the big screen!!!!! I cannot wait!!!!! Love you and miss you bunches. love the adoption shirts and poop stories! LOVE the shirt and the blog…been following for a while:)  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 […] 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! 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 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.  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! |
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awesome gotcha day videos! thanks for posting them! My Isaac has a little camo outfit like your frank in the pictures…well similar…i just posted pics on facebook of him in it.
So cute!! I wish we had been able to go to the parade. Will you email me that pic of Erica and Laney? XOXO
CAN NOT WAIT to hear about the retreat. I am already praying I can go!!!!
I cannot wait til February! And great news, we are starting our adoption savings acct this week and sending off our formal app very soon!!!!! I am very excited and a bit scared all in one! But knowing that I have so much support is going to make this journey all the better! I will definetely need a weekend getaway with a bunch of adoptive mommies come February! I can’t think of anything more exciting!! (:
Love the pics and the updates. Can’t wait to hear more about the retreat. We miss you guys too. Let us know the next time you are headed this way so that we can mark our calendar.
Hugs,
Amy
CAN’T WAIT for a retreat…and the only problem I saw…it MUST be fully loaded coffee…no decaf allowed 🙂 lol so fun, kj
Awww. Frankie Baby is gonna be a chef! 😉 Hey, I agree that cooking makes one hungry, so he is one smart boy to keep the snacks handy. The pic of ITY rolling up his nose is indeed too cute.
we just got a trader joe’s an hour away…can’t wait to get in on that action. love hearing about all your activities and seeing the pix of your precious fam.