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 […]
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Category Archives: Mommy MomentsAs I sit here in my QUIET house (thank you momma for taking the older 3!)…with classical music softly playing and my 11 month old baby napping–I am taken back by the transformation work of the Lord. I stand over Isaac Temesgen’s bed watching him sleep–getting him to sleep was no easy task this morning. […] gosh, andrea. you did it again – made me cry 🙂 thank you so much for sharing this! Beautiful, beautiful…have tears in my eyes! Adoption is such a beautiful picture of God’s love for us…so thankful today that He has rescued me and adopted me as His daughter! Thanks for a precious reminder of that! You have the pure gift of sharing the Word so perfectly, Andrea. I love your writing and your voice. Have a beautiful day!!! oh you’ve made me cry, cry, cry!!! you are such an amazing voice for the Lord and such and encouragement to me! I love your posts….i love your heart! thank you! i loved this! especially when you wrote “Adoption on this Earth and adoption to our King are both so beautiful. And really–just make…SO. MUCH. SENSE. There is brokenness. There is hurt. There is pain. BUT. There is hope. There is healing. AND. There will be JOY. And purpose. All. Through. His. Power.” I love reading what you have to write. God bess you sweet friend. You are one precious person! Andrea…you have no idea how much peace your blog brought me today. We just sumbitted our application to AGCI today, and I’ve been so attacked with all of the fears of raising a happy, well-adjusted african child in a white family. I know that God wants this for us and for his orphan children, and we will be faithful to Him. I saw myself in every one of your analogies, and I thank you for the encouragement you never realized you gave. God bless you and your journey with all of your beautiful babies, and your newest, Isaac Temesgen. Just BEAUTIFUL!!! I come to your blog every night before I head to bed, and I am ALWAYS inspired! You mean so much to me, Andrea, although we have never met! Your sister in Christ, Bobi Girl … you’ve got a best seller in you! Beautifully written! beautiful ! so sweet andyou all are in my prayers. I’m just going to echo Jenny’s words…crying and more crying! Your words are so beautiful and He has given you such an amazing gift to touch others. I love the mental picture of you leaning over the crib with your cheek on his…precious. Throughout my day you are in my prayers. Shan a beautiful post describing a beautiful moment with you and isaac and a beautiful reality. Well, if you prayed for my relief today—your prayers were answered in the form of my sweet mom. Not only did she travel around the world with me last week to bring home our Isaac Temesgen–but she swooped in town from the state next door and surprised me! She kidnapped not 1–not 2…but 3 little […] YAY! Thankful for Momma’s like yours who know when to love through direct helping. Enjoy the quiet time with your husband and Isaac. OOOhhhhhhh! Go Mrs. Pierce!!! What a wonderful surprise!!! Have a great restful weekend! Love you girl!! Thinking about you lots today and so thankful that God sent you some “reinforcements” in the form of a loving grandmother. Praying you can rest and restore, and then return to the front lines ready and equipped once again!!! Thanks for sharing the tough times with us too because we get to see God’s amazing goodness in hearing and answering prayer. mommas are the BEST! so glad yours is helping out!!! Praise the Lord for moms who step in when we are at our max! So thankful you are getting some rest this weekend. I prayed for you today throughout the day. I SO wish I lived closer and could do something more tangible to help. I kept thinking all day about how I would love to bring dinner, run some errands for you, take the big kids to a park….but, for now, I’ll continue to pray. Enjoy your littlest one this weekend! Rest up sister! What a wonderful Mom you have! Lifting you up in prayer. I’m praying that you will be able to recharge and “refill” this weekend. Hugs to you! Aren’t Moms the best!!! I am so thankful that you are going to have this special time with Isaac to “recharge your batteries”… I cannot even imagine how exhausted you must be! Planning a trip to Atlatna this fall to visit a high school friend there, hope that we can meet face to face! You are such an inspiration to me! Oh, by the way… just recieved our first call today from AGCI….they got our preapplication! (: I have been following your blog for about the last month or so…Congratulations! I have 4 children 6 & under, with our fourth being adopted in April. God’s blessings to you and your family! Yay!! That is so wonderful!! So glad your mom just knew to swoop in and help! I can’t wait to see that slideshow!! Oh I hope you take full advantage of this time to rest up! that is awesome! sounds like something my momma would do too! May GOd bless her for what she is doing for ya and I hope you and Isaac gets lots of precious time together and you can get a little piece and quiet! :0) Oh what a great momma you have! So happy for you that you can rest knowing your littles are in the care of their grandmother and you can focus completely on bonding with sweet Isaac! I continue to pray for you and am so thankful for you continued blog entries during this time….it helps me to know what is in store for us:) wow..what an amazing momma you have….so jealous 🙂 kristi Grandma’s are the best! Yay for your mother! What a wonderful answer to a prayer. I am sure your other three had a blast too! Glad you got some much needed rest.  Happy Father’s Day to the daddies in my life!!! To my dad…who does sweet and meaningful things like plant a tree for each grandchild to grow along side them…who plays non-stop with our kids when you are in town…and who NEVER lets me forget a story of my childhood and loves retelling stories over and […] Precious post! wow, five days!! Just a suggestion from someone who just traveled to Ethiopia 3 weeks ago with tubs just like yours…have your hubby drill holes in the sides and the lids and zip tie them closed. Then tape extra zip ties in a baggie on the under side of the lid and that way if they cut them off to inspect (which was done to ours on the way there AND back), they (or you) can just stick a new zip tie through the hole… it worked well for us, anyway. I’m excited for you, safe travels, I pray God will open your eyes and heart while you’re there, it’s amazing.  Should you think I always have it together—this post will offer insight;). My hubby just got in LATE last night from a biz trip—and I had spent the last 2 days surviving with my kids + 2 extra. On top of hubby being out of town + my turn taking extra friends + booking tickets […] Hahaha ~ what fun, Andrea!! Yay! I feel normal now 🙂 Sometime Chuck E. Cheese is the perfect friend for a long day! This totally made me laugh! Hope that you have a good weekend! 🙂 So, so funny Andrea! And thanks for keeping it real. That is a huge gift we can all give each other and I LOVE you for it. We have always liked the pizza at Chucky Cheese, or as we affectionately refer to it, The Petri Dish. Extra prayers going up for the Young littles as (oops…didn’t finish) as whatever “fun” didn’t get washed away with the anti bacterial handwash! And Frankie in Laney’s shirt is the BEST! Woo hoo for fun! Cade loves chuck E. Cheese! that shirt on Frank is so hilarious! haha 😀 Well the shirt made me laugh. Love some Chuck. E. Cheese! 🙂 |
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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