Category Archives: Adoption Preparation
A day with the girls…and a super hero or two
Just 6 more days until we board the plane! Seriously I’m getting SO excited! (If you missed my friend Christina&#View full post »
This video makes me SO ready!
Turn off music above before watching this beautiful family’s video on bringing home their baby girl from EthiopiaView full post »
Our Plan…
As we prepare for travel–we want to invest more time in preparing our plan for attachment for our Isaac. Think ofView full post »
An attachment resource
One of my all time favorite adoption momma mentors recommended this short read (20 pages) accompanied by 2 DVDs: “View full post »
Christian Parenting blog…
Our family is so honored to be asked to share our story in today’s write up on this Christian parenting blog: OneView full post »
The harvest…
Psalm 126 2 Our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with songs of joy. Then it was said among the nations, &#View full post »
Booked it!
After 24 hours of craziness trying to find the best deal—we booked our tickets! Unfortunately, we aren’tView full post »
The amazing blog world…
Before our adoption journey, I really didn’t even know the blog world existed. I had a photography biz and updatedView full post »
Parenting Your Internationally Adopted Child…
I have read countless articles and books on parenting adopted children, but this might be my favorite book so far…View full post »
Tomorrow…
Tomorrow marks ONE WEEK legally and officially being Isaac’s mommy! Our agency won’t reopen though untilView full post »
From up here…
The view from Cloud 9 is pretty beautiful:). We are sooooo happy to be waiting on travel dates. Ahhh…that phraseView full post »
Our 2nd court date…is finally here
On Sunday night…really throughout the watches of the night into Monday morning…our 2nd court date to legallyView full post »
Court tonight…Thy will be done.
Well, here we are. Tonight is the night—that Richard and I could legally become Isaac’s parents. My heartView full post »
Waiting and trusting in the Lord…
How do you get water to boil? You stare at it of course;). No. We all know not to stare at water waiting to boil. I haveView full post »
Happy 9 months to my baby boy!
Isaac, Today—May 7th, 2010—you turned 9 months old! 9 months ago TODAY…you were born into this world.View full post »
Absolutely AMAZED.
That. Is. What. I. Am. Tonight. Thankful. And. Amazed. Soooo…just earlier today—I wrote our FINAL cupcakeView full post »
Thankful and AMAZED!
In just 24 hours God has blown our socks off…and 1/2 of our travel expenses have been raised to bring our cupcakeView full post »
Help us bring our cupcake home! Travel fundraiser…
Okay…this is Andrea being completely real–completely vulnerable…and the Lord asking me to die to myView full post »