Life, Family, Everything..
Today is Christmas Eve. We got home yesterday. Ethiopia is a beautiful country. The people are friendly and nice. Their way of life is very “live and let live” and they care about each other. They don’t sweat the small stuff like we do. Family is a way of life, not just something you have or do. The adults treat the children as if...
Today is Tuesday; we leave for Ethiopia on Friday morning. It’s hard to imagine we’ll be leaving in just a few days. Very surreal; I can’t picture something I’ve never experienced. I’m so excited to meet our new baby! Paul’s excited for the whole trip; he’s very adventurous as far as going to a country and just being at home and walking around. So...
Oh, the dreaded potty-training. Visions of wet beds, poopy underwear and soggy bum prints in the car seat. When we were training Pierce, it was a few months before Dean was born (he was a little over 2 1/2 yrs). And when Dean made his appearance and so much time and attention went to him instead of Pierce, Pierce’s potty habits regressed. Noticeably. Dean...
I didn’t know there was a month dedicated to adoption, but there is. If you google it, there’s great information out there. I must admit, I’m a little nervous about what people’s questions will be when we bring our little girl home, but I’m doing my best to find snarky appropriate answers to rude curious strangers and associates. “Is she yours?” me: No, I...
I have been amazed and humbled by the orphanage donations we’ve been given by our friends. We have a big stack of clothes, books, toothpaste, toothbrushes and toys. We have a nice chunk of money. I can’t wait to take it to those little kids!! Today after church, I picked up a bunch of stuff from the Relief Society room and took it to...
Well, not right away…but sooner than we thought! Can I just scream “YAY!!” right now? We got our call today…I was a little confused, because I was told, “We got your date for court. You can travel on December 17th, arriving on the 18th. And court is on the 21st, so you can catch a flight out on the 22nd and be home before...
I have decided to ask everyone to please take this opportunity to help out an orphanage in Ethiopia. I’m going to take a suitcase (or more) of things for the orphanage our soon-to-be daughter is coming from. I asked our agency what they need and she gave me a list. I’m planning on taking over some clothes, but I’m sure they wouldn’t mind more....
So while the adoption is moving along, there’s always life moving right along with it. Today was parent-teacher conference day for both Gab & Pierce. We went to Pierce’s teacher first…I wasn’t sure what to expect. Anyone that knows him knows he’s either fire or ice, black or white, angelic or…well…not so much 😉 I was pleasantly surprised that his teacher said he’s doing...
Thursday night, (2 days ago) I was doing a spa night for the teen girls at church. Paul was out of town all week so I had the boys with me, and Gab as my lovely assistant. Midway through my phone rang…I saw a 435 area code (Utah) and figured it was my sister, so I figured I’d call her when I was done....
Not much going on right now. Still waiting, but September is the estimated month that we should get a referral, so I’m praying hard! We got our USCIS approval today, so that’s a big load off. A few weeks after we sent in our form, I got a letter back from them saying our dossier was not complete and needed to be re-done. I...