I was so excited when an old high school friend emailed me to let me know that SHE TOO was headed to Ethiopia to bring home a child. This is my friend and her hubby's FIRST child and she is just beyond adorable!!! They've had a great experience and I just had to share!! I KNOW...I've vowed to NEVER show pics of my children again AFTER all our blogger craziness...but...what can I say?? I didn't stick to my word in this post!! :) Sooooo, maybe every once in a while I'll give ya a sneak peak into HOW my kiddos are growing...BUT i'm really trying to cut back to steer clear of the "stalker effect" we've seemed to have in the past!! :)
***Sooo, without further ado...let me introduce you to Amara!!! We had lunch this week so our baby girls could meet each other!! Oh, I hope these cutie pies can be friends through the years!! What a blessing they'd be to each other!!
I mean....do you get any cuter??? :)
***Here, also, is their GOTCHA DAY video which is priceless!!! Enjoy!!! And, welcome home sweet girl!! What a blessing you ARE and WILL BE to so many!!!
May you watch this sweet video and be stirred by God to begin your own journey!!
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PRECIOUS pictures! I am cracking up that when I showed the pictures to my two year old she said,"Oh, cutie pies!" That is exactly what you called the two girls, who again are absolutely precious together! I love hearing another amazing God adoption story! Thanks for sharing! Have a SUPER Sunday!
THANKS FOR COMING BACK. I FEEL LIKE YOU ARE A FRIEND. I LOVE READING YOUR POST. I WOULD LOVE TO CHAT WITH U BY EMAIL. WHEN YOU FIND A SPARE MOMENT. MY EMAIL IS xrayred@embarqmail.com. THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO KRISTI! YOUR BLOGGY FRIEND, PAULA-MOMMY TO 2 GUATEMALAN ANGELS+1HOMEMADE
I'm a blessed Momma of 6 that's out to share our adoption experience and to encourage others to CARE FOR THE ORPHANS of our world!!
"...once our eyes are opened, we can't pretend we don't know what to do. God, who weighs our hearts and keeps our souls, knows that we know, and holds us responsible to act."(Proverbs 24:12)
June 19th, 2009- We'll be arriving back home with Lucy Lane in our arms...Super yeah!!!
June 13th, 2009 - We'll be flying out to get our baby girl..yeah!!!
May 26th, 2009 - Received call that WE PASSED COURT..she's ours!!
April 20th, 2009 - Received NEW COURT DATE for May 25th.
March 30th, 2009- Received re-referral for Baby "M".
March 10th, 2009 - Julie, our caseworker, calls and delivers the sad news: We lost our referral. Baby Kalkidan's birth mother came back for her.
March 6th, 2009 - Julie calls and gives us court date of May 13th.
February 16th, 2009 - AGCI receives referral packet at 10 am.
February 13th, 2009 - Finish all paperwork and over night referral packet back to AGCI.
February 12th, 2009 - Receive packet and start small paper chase.
February 11th, 2009 - AGCI overnights referral packet to us.
February 10, 2009 - Received "the call" our referral came for our precious 9 month old baby girl. Yeah!!!
February 5th, 2009- Received email stating we're #2 on the wait list...Which meant we were really #1!
January 6th, 2009 - Received call that we're officially #6 on wait list, but really #3.
December 5th, 2008 - Received call that we're officially #9 but really #6 on the wait list!!
November 7th, 2008 - Received email that we're #13 on the wait list.
October 8th, 2008 - Received email that we're #19 on the wait list.
September 4th, 2008 - Received call that we're #23 on the wait list.
July 25th, 2008 - Received notice that we're #27 on the wait list!!
July 22nd, 2008 - Mailed off our Dossier!!! Yeah!!!
July 12th, 2008 - received final completed copy of homestudy
June 18th, 2008 - Fingerprints were taken.
June 17th, 2008 - received dossier packet
May 29th, 2008 - Phone Conference with AGCI (our adoption agency)
May 27th, 2008 - Had final Home Study where Julie walked through our home and met all our kids.
May 13th, 2008- Had 2nd Home Study appt. with Julie B. and scheduled final meeting at our home.
April 22nd, 2008 - Had first Home Study Appt. with Julie B., our homestudy person.
April 14th, 2008 - We mail application to All God's Children International for an adoption from Ethiopia.
April 2008 - We decide to adopt from Ethiopia.
March 18th, 2008 - My sisters and I have lunch with Tracy and her family and ask lots of ethiopian adoption questions
February 29th, 2008- I email Tracy M. from the Utube video and ask to meet her and Levi sometime.
February 26th, 2008 - Nicole G. sends me Utube Video about local adoption
I mean....do you get any cuter??? :)
These videos are AMAZING. Thank you so much for sharing, I could watch them all day!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you posted pic's! They are beautiful:) I love hearing about more kids finding families.
ReplyDeleteSo precious. And you're right. . . They don't come any cuter than that. :-D
ReplyDeleteThat was such a sweet video. The girls look so precious together!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful video! Gorgeous girls! :)
ReplyDeleteI was wondering how you put the blog titles on your pics. I think I should be doing that. Thanks!
ReplyDeletethat video was precious...thanks so much for sharing it with us and that pic of the two girls...your right...can't get any cuter!
ReplyDeleteHow stinkn' precious is that video! Another baby united with their forever family. Yahoo!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful video! Love your pictures too!
ReplyDeleteMaria
So sweet love the pics, Lucy is getting so big...I am on facebook now, let me know if your on as well..
ReplyDeleteIt is so good to see a LL picture...she is getting big! Thanks for sharing the video!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful video and the girls are just too gorgeous!!! :) Thanks for sharing with us!
ReplyDeleteGreat pictures and video!
ReplyDeletePRECIOUS pictures! I am cracking up that when I showed the pictures to my two year old she said,"Oh, cutie pies!" That is exactly what you called the two girls, who again are absolutely precious together! I love hearing another amazing God adoption story! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteHave a SUPER Sunday!
Love,
Shalita
THANKS FOR COMING BACK. I FEEL LIKE YOU ARE A FRIEND. I LOVE READING YOUR POST. I WOULD LOVE TO CHAT WITH U BY EMAIL. WHEN YOU FIND A SPARE MOMENT. MY EMAIL
ReplyDeleteIS xrayred@embarqmail.com.
THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO KRISTI!
YOUR BLOGGY FRIEND,
PAULA-MOMMY TO 2 GUATEMALAN ANGELS+1HOMEMADE
Oh my !! What an adorable baby girl she is ! Well shoot...they are BOTH adorable :) How lucky you are to be close to so many adoptive families :)
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