Category Archives: Mommy Moments My first workout…(yep–it made me hungry!!!) Whew! How thankful I am to “mis padres”! They are in town (WOOT!) and Mr.ITY had his FIRST workout this morning in physical therapy. After TWO hours of this… My little prince did THIS… Can you believe that?! He passed right out on the therapy table!!! He was OUT. […]  WHEW! It’s almost Thursday–and I can’t wait…beeeeeeee-caaaaaaaaauuuusssseee…I’ve been solo since Monday night…really the wee hours of Tuesday morning…but in my book–really Monday night! Oh yes…just me and the kids…and no sleep! Which also means no relief with 4 kids all under 5. So, if you are wondering where I’ve been–I’ve been holding 2 babies on […] Precious bedtime photo. Hang in there, Friend! You are doing amazing ~ keep up the diligent work! Goodnight blessings to you. Whew, bless your heart 🙂 My husband is out of town for the next two weeks and I’m going a little nuts just with my two sweeties! I don’t know how I’ll do it when baby #3 is here! Sounds like you’re holding up fabulously, even if you don’t always feel like it. Hang in there! Oh my goodness! I love the picture in the bed. Hilarious!!! You definitely might be on to something! When do your kids start school? That might be some what of a relieve. At least Parker and Laney will be entertained. Praying for you to get some rest. (: Love it! I agree, you’re on to something! Oh, I absolutely LOVE that picture of them in bed. Could it be any sweeter? Saying a prayer for you right now!!! God, grant Andrea strength, patience, love and peace as she loves on Your children!! Please be with Frank and give him an abundance of love for his new little brother. May their bond continue to grow! Love you dear (stranger;) friend! That gift Addie gave you is just BEAUTIFUL! Girl, hang in there! You’ve almost made it!! I love the bedtime photo!! Adorable! And I think you are smart to break the cocooning some…every mom has to keep her sanity! 🙂 oh i am sure you’ll be so happy to see your husband come back home! Love the pics, that place looks like so much fun and the pic of your children sleeping is so precious. i love seeing his hand on her face, so comforting to him i’m sure! Love the pic that your friend sent you! your a great mommy! I am pooped each day with just my isaac (ONE) and so you encourage me knowing that you have 4 and are doing it! Sweet sign. Love that fact that you are hanging in there…..I think I would be a mess already- melted in a pot! That is too funny…your baby girl is adorable. Maybe she was being really creative. My girls want to wear long pj’s in the summer?? Hey, I guess we do have AC running?? Praying you through this!!!! Sweetest little picture – just warms my heart! 😉 Hope you are able to catch up on some sleep once your hubby gets home! Wish I lived closer so I could help you out, but for now you’ll have to settle for being the subject of my prayers. =) Hang in there. Love the photos. Thanks for keeping it real. I better know how to pray for you sweet friend! Wow you are a busy mama!! But it’s a good busy I always say!! I loved making your stitchery! Your friend Addie is such a cutie and was so much fun to email back and forth about your stitchery. :)Rachel yes, my fav pic is his face on Laney…too funny…love it…My hubby only goes out of town ONE night a year for work..and that night I ran out of formula..you can’t GO a night with out formula when LL drank 16 oz. a night for 7 months…so..I called a neighbor at midnight to go get me some….nice huh?? 🙂 kristi I am a big fan of breaking the cocoon to maintain sanity. :o) That pic of Isaac holding your daughter’s face and drinking the bottle is HILARIOUS! Andrea you are a rockstar!! I can’t imagine how hard your days are right now, and you are such an example of grace. I know in a year or so I’m going to be reading in your archives thinking, “How did Andrea do this??” =) So many mommies are learning from your cocoon survival tips! crazy times going solo with 4 under 5!!! you are a momma-warrior-princess! love the pic of your bed. what a kindness of the lord to provide you with a late-night diaper-deliverin’ friend! I have not commented before on your blog. I just found your blog a couple of weeks ago and loved the “cocoon” philosophy you wrote about. I agree with your plan and already had a similar plan ready for when our baby girl comes home from Uganda in a couple of months. I am glad you were able to get out with the kids! I have talked to other adoptive parents who said if you are going out with just your family and the baby is not overwhelmed with personal friends/family wanting to hold and interact with him it is still part of that “cocooning” you have written about. So I say get out of the house and keep your sanity with no guilt! 🙂 You’re amazing. Hang in there.  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! 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! 🙂  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. |
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Another therapy (and guaranteed sleep inducer) swimming!! Yup. Even now. Lots of trusting momma and holding. Lots of moving body in with lighter weight. Lots of movement to gain body control. The only trouble I continue to have with Teg is his drive to go under.. all the time. And he swallows so much water his distended belly returns almost immediately… followed the rest of the day by lots of peeing. But it is sooooo wonderful for all the tough stuff we’re supposed to be doing. Ask your PT folks what they think.
Great pictures– he is such a precious boy. Glad to see the first physical therapy session went well.
I mean, could he be any CUTER??? I just love those pics…and his sweet lips! Precious! And I love the idea about ads to help families fundraising for adoption…I think you are definitely on to something!
beautiful, beautiful boy. so sweet that his therapy session wore him out. what a hard worker!
Meghan says Bless. His. Heart. He worked so hard!
Little T says Happy Birthday buddy!! Eat some cake for me cause my momma won’t let me have any yet 🙂
the pics are just precious! hope ITY has an awesome birthday party =)
mark me down for that 1 yr gotcha party…my crew and i would LOVE to celebrate with you, ITY and the whole crew!!!
So glad your parents are there and Richard is home!!
He is SO gorgeous!