Yesterday we spent most of the day hiking nature trails nearby. Cade (or DeeDee as he is lovingly known - means "little brother" in Chinese - Hannah-Claire's name for him) had a blast. When we got home, unbeknown to me, he went to his room, put on his pajamas, lay on the sofa with his "Apple" bear (don't you love the names kids come up wth?), and went to sleep. I came in to find him sleeping in … [Read more...]
Nesting
On Saturday I decided that the time had come...I NEEDED to go and buy some clothes for our newest blessing in the family. Fun! I love shopping at Goodwill...I find the most amazing bargains at a fraction of the price :). Who said that clothing a lot of kids had to cost a fortune? Oh my goodness, we got some updated measurements for Haven. For an almost eight year old, she is tiny. She weighs six … [Read more...]
Welcome August
I cannot tell you how thrilled I am that today is August :) NEXT MONTH we travel! Our flights are booked and paid for...praise God! We leave from Denver on September 13. After much prompting from the Holy Spirit and advice from many people, we have decided to take Hannah-Claire with us to China. We feel that having her there will be a HUGE help for Haven. Just having another Chinese person with us … [Read more...]
Born in our hearts!
This morning I woke up to find the most beautiful photos of our daughter in our e-mail (thank you so much, Angela). What did I do to deserve her, Lord???? I love her so much it takes my breathe away. Oh my goodness, she is just so sweet and absolutely beautiful. Just a few more weeks and she will be ours...forever! My heart can hardly wait. Very soon she will have the "safe and sheltered place" … [Read more...]
Longing!
Oh my heart...I am LONGING to see a photo of Haven...just one more before we travel in September. So, I e-mailed a contact that I have in China, a precious woman who knows Haven's story and has been praying for the last 2 years that another family would come for her. I asked her if she would please try and get a new photo for me. The orphanage director has been so kind and so gracious in the … [Read more...]
A blessed weekend
This weekend we had our good friend, and Godfather to our children, fly in from LA and spend the weekend with us. My South African friends may remember Nick from all the times he spent with us there. Yesterday I got to go to my first professional baseball game. I had no idea what was going on :) I kept comparing it to cricket in South Africa...but this was so different, I could not believe how … [Read more...]
Yuk!
Uuuhhhhh....today our travel agent called. Bad news. Our flight to China on September 12 got cancelled! Apparently airlines are cancelling a lot of flights...they want to ensure that those that are available are full, due to the ridiculous gas prices. So, we can only leave the next day....that means one day longer to wait before I can hold my sweet girl. Nasty! Gotcha day will be September 15. … [Read more...]
Antsy-ness and busy-ness
For the last 48 hours I have been feeling a little antsy (is that really a word? :) ). I am LONGING to get on a plane and go and get my daughter. It's a strange feeling. With Hannah-Claire's adoption we got travel approval and left 2 weeks later. Now with Haven we have to WAIT. Oh my.....I am soooooo NOT good at waiting! I am definitely one of those "see it and do it" kind of people. My husband … [Read more...]
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