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Keeping the “coo coo” out of the cocoon… (AND a few more FIRSTS!)

Whether adopting or you just have little kids–many of us stay-at-home moms with little ones find ourselves at homeView full post »

Some sweet “firsts”…

For a year we dreamed of this sweet baby–and although we missed the first 10 months…we RELISH in every FIRSTView full post »

The doc, Isaac Temesgen’s FIRST playdate…AND the babies bond and THEY tell you all about it!

Warning…long post and lots of pics…these last 2 days have to be documented for our “blog to book”View full post »

Thankful to see God in the details…

After a couple of long nights…added on top of 3 weeks of long nights…ITY started running a 103 fever. WeView full post »

What’s cookin’ good lookin’

This weekend brought on all kinds of fun at the Young house! One of my bestfriends is getting married in Nashville inView full post »

Inside the cocoon…

I’ve had several questions about our little family “cocoon”…so I thought I would share theView full post »

Take my breath AWAY…

Wanna know the ONE other thing that melts my heart besides the heart of orphan? The heart of the widow. I do believe youView full post »

Helping siblings adjust and finding our “new normal”

One question I get most from friends and family is, “SO…how is Frank adjusting?” They of course askView full post »

Growth at our house…

[FIRST…I have to say THANK YOU sweet friends for REJOICING with us at the AMAZING MIRACULOUS news of IsaacView full post »

I stand amazed AGAIN!

Finally…everyone is in bed. I wasn’t going to blog…Rich has been out of town and JUST pulled in theView full post »

Dad life…

Here is my ode to the rockin’ dad at our house today…(thought we needed to mix it up a bit and make youView full post »

Another sweet coming home video…

There is one thing I will NEVER, EVER get tired of watching…the moment a little one is united with their familyView full post »

Great article…and a few finishing touches:)

I just ran across this article from CNN on one of my favorite chefs. A couple of things that makes my heart smile aboutView full post »

Isaac Temesgen’s Forever Home Slideshow…

I’ve been resting up this weekend with the 3 older ones gone…and I knew if I didn’t put together IsaacView full post »

Isaac speaks…

“Okay—so of course I’m not talking yet…but lemme tell ya…my momma–she can totallyView full post »

From orphans to sons…

As I sit here in my QUIET house (thank you momma for taking the older 3!)…with classical music softly playing andView full post »

Thankful for momma…

Well, if you prayed for my relief today—your prayers were answered in the form of my sweet mom. Not only did sheView full post »

I count all things loss…

Today was a hard day. That’s about all I can say as I hold back tears. I had passing thoughts through out my dayView full post »