Category Archives: Day in the Life OK…I know I am probably getting on my blog readers nerves—but I do have some news to share. Finally—my heart rests. Today has been one of those days where your brain is in fog-land—everything just seems off…people are talking to you but you have to CONCENTRATE to hear them. And finally tonight, after Richard and […]  Saturday task…finish Isaac’s crib bedding! Now…we just have to do the personalized pennant flag that will welcome him over his crib:). Laney and I, however, whipped this out this morning…she was such a big helper handing mommy everything she requested—and even helped pin a few things! Here is the finished product in Isaac’s nursery…yesterday it […] So beautiful! Wow! You are truly full of crazy, mad skill! Amazing! Have a great rest of the weekend! I love it!! you are so talented! I LIKE IT!!! Very cute – can’t wait to see Isaac in it 🙂 I love it! You and your little helper are both oh so talented. I can’t wait to see pictures of him in it. Wow! That is beautiful! Do you take orders?!? You are a very talented woman! Did you use a pattern or make up yourself? Heather…I didn’t use a pattern…I’m crazy like that;). I just eye-balled it and even prayed that it would work and not be a waste of time or fabric! And I praised the Lord when it actually FIT! Indeed, it was a miracle;) cutie cute!!! LOVE IT!!! Jenn LOVE IT! You are one super-talented lady. You’re in my prayers. Love you. Ummm…is there anything you CAN’T do Andrea? You are incredible! you amaze me!!! by the way, do you remember the name of that crib??? it looks like one of the ones i’ve bookmarked for a possibility for us… it’s always nice to see REAL pictures of them… 🙂 Do your talents ever end? Jenny…it was also a great deal…you can get it here: http://www.walmart.com/ip/Baby-Mod-ParkLane-3-in-1-Convertible-Crib-Espresso/8592555 OMG. I cannot believe you can do this too. Amazingly well, might I add. That looks GREAT! You did such a good job!  OK…so have you been curious what I’ve been sneaking around about?! Well…the hubby had to leave bright and early on Tuesday morning for business trip. With 3 kids under 5…soon to be 4 kids under 5:-)…and having a hubby that travels a bit—I tell myself that I have 2 choices. I can “woe is me” […] Andrea, LOVVVVVVE It!!! Awesome room! 🙂 IT IS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL, andrea! i LOVE the light and airy color scheme! can’t wait to see it in person…and can’t wait to see isaac in the room! just FYI – you posted his photo…oops! just thought i would give you a heads up so that you can bur out his sweet face (even though i could look at it all day!) LOVE LOVE LOVE how this space has been transformed! I am eagerly awaiting and praying for your sweet son! Had a dream about you guys a few nights ago as you minister to others and love them well….Blessings to this sweet baby and your entire family! -emily You did an awesome job on the nursery. Congratulations on the new edition to the family guys. Beautiful!!! I LOVE IT! I saw those totes at Home Goods the last time I was there and did a double take…they are ridiculously cute!!!! Great job!! Can you see my big smile ! You are supplied with the energy from above…the nursery is soooo adorable. So excited for you all. Baby Isaac is being prayed for daily. I was in adoration this morning and talking to sweet Jesus and put my prayers on Him for baby Isaac to grow strong and healthy…peace rested on me..Baby Isaac is going to be just fine,healthy and strong. You never fail to make me smile. Very impressive…I am sure your hubby has come to expect projects while he is gone 🙂 I love it and I know Isaac will love it because his mommy and siblings put everything together for him with love. Now…bring on that court date 🙂 you.are.SUPERWOMAN! you’re totally going to be able to handle 4 under 5!!! it looks AMAZING!!! and i love that your kids helped you 🙂 so special! YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING LADY! Can’t wait for Isaac to sleep, dream and play with his siblings in his fancy, functional and fun room. Let’s get that kid home!!! Awesome work, Andrea!! Love the window and the color choices. I can visualize you sitting in the chair snuggling Isaac with a book and a song. Precious! Love the canvas idea, those are adorable! Andrea – I love it!! I think that instead of me coming down there for a girls night out – you need to come hear and do that for me!:) It is completely beautiful!! WOW It looks amazing Andrea! Again, you are such an inspiration. I often feel so bummed about my husband’s work schedule and feel sorry for myself that I can’t get many projects done. My main excuse is that I don’t know how. But over the last couple months I have found myself just jumping into the unknown and being a hands on learner. YOU have been my inspiration…and this adoption. I feel like I’ve conquered a lot through this process and I’m becoming a lot more confident in myself. you did an amazing job, andrea! wow. you’re so talented :)) great job!! keep that energy going! That is sooooooooooooo pretty and wonderful!!!! And I am totally impressed! 🙂 Gorgeous! Simply gorgeous! Andrea, the nursery looks amazing!!! You are amazing. Can you come decorate my house? Love it Andrea! Now can you come do mine??!! I have most everything, except the motivation to get started. Maybe when I see her sweet face that motivation part will kick in! If you haven’t heard from me…and it seems like I’m MIA…it probably just means I’m up to something. And it’s true;). I’m. up. to. something. Hee, hee. Soooo…this heart of mine has literally been aching for a court date—to get one step closer to bringing Isaac home. I’m border-line middle school girl staring at his […] Ok that’s EXTRA mean to do to someone who ALREADY has to go through the adoption wait. Meanie… You are incredible. I want your creativity! I’m guessing that you’re doing the nursery? Am I right…am I right?? Probably way off base… Have fun with whatever the project!! Jenn Hey Andrea! I sent you an email about possibly meeting up TOMORROW! I know you are super super busy, so it is totally fine either way, but I will be in Atlanta for a few hours tom., so email me if you want to to try to meet up ( I’m dying to see a picture of Isaac! )  Our referral story…written on 2 different days…to document one of the most precious times in our entire lives—Our Journey to our precious Isaac… Written on April 7, 2010 (Wednesday)… We just walked in the door from Traverse City Michegan. Suitcases finally down. All are sleeping in our home. As this momma does NOT like to […] That’s GREAT news Andrea! So happy for you guys and can’t wait to see a picture of the little guy! oh my friend – I have tears of joy running down my cheeks for you. What a blessing Isaac is already to your precious family. and what a blessing you all will be to him. We are fervently praying that your FDL comes now and that your Isaac is home in your arms soon. Oh, how I wish that I could be at the airport when you arrive! Praise God for His perfect Plan, perfect Timing, and His perfect son that He has given too you. Beautiful. Like I told you a long time ago, the timing is always perfect, as is the child for your family. Beautiful! Amy Kirk AAHHHHH!!!!!!!!! Congratulations!!! I’m so excited for you & your precious family!!! Congratulations! What a wonderful (and unique)referral day story! CONGRATS!!!! YEAH God he always has the perfect timing! Praying for you and your next steps! I just love reading your story! We leave next Wednesday for Ethiopia to get our little Jonas. Just so excited for you! Thrilled for your family! Prayers for smooth sailing (and flying!) as you complete the journey to bring your precious boy HOME! Wow–what an awesome, awesome story! An even more awesome God. Love it!!!! Thank you for sharing your story–can’t wait to watch it all unfold. 🙂 what a GOD story! i love it! i’m so so happy for you guys!!! praying for everything to go quickly and smoothly from here on! That’s the most beautiful story! I can’t wait until we get to see pictures of your little guy! I’m praying for everything to come together smoothly so that you can get him home ASAP!!! 🙂 Horray! Rejoicing with you today! My heart felt congrats to you. Love your story how God is writing it. ((hugs)) Cris Wow!!! God is so amazing! What a great story!! Can’t wait to hear the rest. :O) Andrea, I am new to your blog and new to adoption. The experience you have described here is what is in my heart. We just started down this road, but the sense of urgency to get started RIGHT NOW is an outstanding feature. My daily prayer it that we would stay on God’s timetable, whether we get our baby sooner OR later. We just want the child He has chosen. I will be praying for you in these next months. May the Lord Jesus continue to grace you each step until you bring your Isaac home. PS. I love the story of Isaac in the bible. What an appropriate name! He is so GOOD !!! What an Easter story brought into all of our lives….and now you can scream from the top of that mountain…Alleluia…your son Isaac,will soon be in your family surrounded by love ,yummy food and great prayers. what JOY ! God is in every seemingly tiny detail of our lives. God Bless You as you continue your journey to Isaac. God could not have blessed a more appropriate mom to spread His glory through this story! Wow! I was SHOCKED to read the title to this post today. I was not expecting it, as I ‘m sure you weren’t either! Such an amazing story of how God truely has a plan for our lives….wow. I don’t know what else to say, but wow. Oh yeah, and CONGRATULATIONS MAMA!!!!! =) I’ve been following your journey and are so happy to hear this joyous news. God has watched over Isaac and your family. He will flourish with all your love and care. WOW. Wow. WOW! So amazing. So glad to be on this journey together. So thankful for a HUGE GOD who can orchestrate every little detail. Rejoicing with you!!!!! Jenn This post has me in TEARS! I am remembering the day we got Eliza’s picture. The whole family, including eight month old Shipley, gathered in front of the HUGE television and we opened the e-mail together. We cried at how beautiful and perfect she was. Still to this day, I feel 100% she was meant to be in our family. Amazing! Wow!!! I am thrilled for you and your family!!! I am totally amazed at how perfectly that worked out for you! Our God is amazing!!!!! YES!!!! How exciting and with chills all over I send you a huge cyber hug and congratulations!! Praying for Isaac and praying for the wisdom of God to continue to shine down upon you!! Andrea, how very exciting! I LOVE the vacation-fear-of-flying-perfect-story of hearing your referral WITH your husband. God is so incredibly awesome!!! CRYING…SO HAPPY FOR YOU!!!! I cannot wait to hear more! What a beautiful story….Praise the Lord! My little brothe has special needs (lots, BIG ones!) My mom has openly told the other 4 of us that if she could just coose one child (obiously crazy and she never would!), she would choose him, Stephen. She said you cannot comprehend the love of Christ until you have a special needs child. A beautiful, perhaps at times heartbreaking, journey awaits you all. Guess you are gonna be heading to Africa after all this summer, huh 🙂 Praising the Lord for you tonight! Congratulations to the Young Family! Great news and lovely story! PRAISE THE LORD!!! Oh my goodness… I can’t imagine how thrilled you guys are! Congratulations- I am so excited for all of you! God is so Good! A-MAZ-ING!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for sharing with the world the way God has done an amazing work in your family. Only our AWESOME Father can orhestrate such blessed circumstances…ending of course in your sweet baby boy coming home forever!!!! woohooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! When I saw that you had a referral, I was shocked and so excited. I kind of feel like I have a referral. To have been through this journey with you, it feels so real to me. Wow, people do get a child at the end of this! I will be praying that Issac comes home soon!!!!! Congratulations, Andrea! I can’t wait to hear more…and see pictures of your amazing family “reunion” soon! Love you, girl! SO overwhelmed with joy and excitement for you!!! What a BEAUTIFUL story!!! Thanks for sharing! I am so excited for your family. I am praying for your little Issac and everything goes fast to get him home. What an amazing story! The Lord truely does move mountains. YAY!!!! Andrea, I am SO thrilled for ya’ll!!! Didn’t you sometimes feel like the Call would never come?? The details, the circumstances of the call, the significance of the dates, just everything makes me in awe of how God worked the details together. Your post brought tears, and I can’t wait until I see your son in your arms!!!! Can’t wait to see pics and hear more…. love you!!! We’re leaving Hong Kong in a few hours to fly to Kunming, and it will be wild to be just minutes from our little girl and yet not be able to see her yet. I love traveling this journey of adoption together……. much love! Kelley This is beautiful and wonderful and perfect AND SO OBVIOUSLY FROM GOD! I love it! praying everything goes so smoothly and that your precious Isaac will be in your arms very very soon! oh my word Andrea…i am SO EXCITED for you guys! Love the pictures and video and guess what…i did not even realize it that you were naming your song Isaac…guess what…that is our top pick right now if we get matched with a boy! How exciting is that! SO happy for you! Congrats! Amazing! What a special story. I LOVE how God weaves the details together in a way that only HE can do. Each detail, so precious, so perfect, planned by God from the beginning of time. Praising the Lord along with you today. I understand the uncertainty that comes with health issues. God will provide. Praising God with you today friend!!! I’m so excited for you all and your new little boy. I know during the wait, we all feel like – come on already, but then when you get your referral for the perfect child, you realize that the timing was perfect and that you have the perfect child – only God could orchestrate (sp?) it! What a beautiful story! Hugs to you!! That’s an amazing God story, Andrea … CONGRATULATIONS! LORD Jesus, we thank you for baby Isaac and Your provision in his life already. We thank you for bringing him into this family. Lord, I pray for Isaac’s health, Lord, that you would surround his body and protect him … allow his body to process the formula and get the nutrients it so dearly needs. Jesus, I pray for His heart … that you would start the bonding forming in it so that when they meet him SOON, the attachment will be so strong from day 1! Lord, bring him home soon! I know you have amazing things planned for his life. It’s in Your Name that we pray and believe Amen! On Andrea! I am flooded with tears and praising God for you today precious friend. I am so excited for you and your precious family. God worked the same way with such recognizable timing (in the rear view mirror) with the twins adoption. Every date (despite the seemingly endless delays) ultimately revealed His perfect timing. I love all the details that lead to Isaac’s referral call and how His plans were for you and Richard to enjoy this moment together. Just. The. Two. Of. You. What an amazing post. Tears of joy for you and your family. We are a AGCI family also! i’m not sure the chills i have will ever go away! what a beautiful story. how sweet of god to make it clear that this is YOUR boy. i remember when you posted about the wrestling you had over a waiting child. how perfectly it has all been woven. god was the one waiting…waiting to bring you all together. and how sweet it will be to bring your dear isaac HOME. Congrats!! Praying for all to be quick to bring your sweet baby home!! God is Good!! Praise HIM!! Oh Andrea…just opened up your blog and just about fell out of my chair! Tears of joy are running down my face! What an AMAZING story that only He could write. You have been on my heart so much lately…prayers are being sent! Lots and lots of prayers being said for you and your precious family!!! What a story!! Tears in my eyes!! Wow!!!! Amazing what happens when you don’t check a blog for a week! I’m so excited about your news, your sweet new son… God is so, so good! Congratulations!! 🙂 I have been following your blog for a while. I am so happy for your family and am praying everything falls in to place so you can get Issac hope quickly. God Bless You! Tara Andrea- I am sooo thrilled for you!! I love to read how God weaved this story together. Just as you have trusted Him to provide your son in His time… trust Him to take care of all the details. He cares about every one, even down to the smallest piece of paperwork. I can’t wait to read the rest of your story… about God’s faithfulness, and His provision. I’ll be praying for you and all the details that are to come! Blessings, Wow Andrea; it’s so true that God is all-knowing! How he gave you a sudden urgency, the details of your Lent story… he is such a God of details it’s incredible, and so wonderful to hear from another real-life story! Praise God for his kindness to Isaac and your family. Blessed to be a blessing. […] I was OVER-JOYED to hear our case-workers voice that day (if you missed that entry, you can read it here). I didn’t really share much about his referral at the time–other than he was severly […] […] I hear therapists say, “Well, he’ll always have a harder time physically…” and I catch myself wondering before even going to a neurologist what his underlying cause of his hypotonia might be. I keep asking, “It COULD be NOTHING–right? I mean, you can JUST have this right with no underlying cause?” NOW…REWIND WITH ME TO THAT PLANE RIDE BACK IN APRIL… […] […] we got your referral call…(you can read about that joyous day here)…we said YES in our hearts LONG before we ever saw your face…I’ll never forget […] […] If you would like to reminisce with me you absolutely must journey with me down memory lane by clicking on the sweet airport run-way call HERE (yes–I was ON an airplane runway when THE call came!) 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Thanks for this post. Oh, how hard it is to truly surrender my heart right now!
So thankful you have felt the love and support of the body of Christ! Praying for your mommy heart as you wait for precious Isaac!
Thank you Andrea!!!! In tears…Jenny
There better be a dot on that global map from Hong Kong! :o)
Simply beautiful Andrea!
Your post and that song have really ministered to my soul today!
What a privilege and blessing to follow along on this journey that has His fingerprints ALL OVER IT!
Love you!
Your Dot from Hong Kong,
Kim
Thanks for this!
I so needed to hear this today. Thank you for sharing your heart. I’m trying to rest in Him. Thanks for the reminder & encouragement!
for some reason i think i missed this post when you first posted it. well i was scrolling through your older posts, andrea, and let me just say i needed this tonight 😀