We were astounded two weeks ago to find out that we had barely two days to prepare for our first adoption trip to Ethiopia!  In the stressful process of getting documents ready to be updated, we had a phone call from our agency letting us know that we needed to be in the country ASAP.  Wow, the news we had been waiting… Read More

There’s a sweet little room in our house that has a sweet little bed layered with vintage quilts made by generations gone by.  This room is different from any room in our house.  True, I have four sons, and so Star Wars and hues of blue are more common around here than florals and pinks.  But this room is also… Read More

Our very important papers left Ethiopia on Wednesday and should be on our doorstep in a few hours!  Now we can move on to the next steps to get our little miss home.  Yay for progress!Five years ago, when God burdened our hearts for a little girl who had yet to be born, another little girl’s story inspired us to… Read More

Did you hear the scream from Knoebels Amusement Park about 11 days ago?!  Well, that was me!  On the craziest of craziest of days, with spotty internet access and tired, dirty, happy kids, we got a voicemail from our agency saying to check our email — we have a referral! Just two days after this post about waiting, our referral… Read More

As I walked past our future daughter’s room this morning, I was reminded of how long this wait has been.  We officially started the paper chase for this adoption over 2 years ago.  Our dossier has been in Ethiopia for over a year now.  We have had to update our home study and are in the process of getting the… Read More