The referral picture we received of Katerina only gave us a little hint of the constantly smiling little girl with an infectious laugh we’ve come to adore. Like her brothers, when we first met our daughter in July of last year, she was a wee bit timid. However, in less than 10 minutes, she was begging her…
When we received our referral, Josiah was noted as being the caretaker of his siblings. Having spent just under three years with his biological parents, the next four years of his young life required a forced maturity, so to speak. Children in orphanages often resort to survival techniques to simply make it through the daily…
I noticed my last post was November 11, so I think it’s BEYOND time to let you know… WE’RE HOME FROM BULGARIA!!!! AND…SO ARE OUR KIDDOS!!!! Allow us to introduce…Josiah Timothy, Katerina Abigail, and Benjamin Levi! And…what a wild eight weeks it’s been! Now, that we’re establishing a semblance of a routine, I hope to…
I write this with less than 4 hours of sleep in the last two nights. I sit at my gate in the Paris airport listening to a melting pot of languages flood the air. I’m tired, but my body can’t rest, because my brain won’t allow it to. Simply because… WE PICK UP OUR CHILDREN…
I can’t believe the time is almost here! In only 8 days, we leave for Bulgaria for what’s commonly dubbed as our “pick up” trip. Unlike the trip we made this past June/July, we won’t be returning home after having to leave our children in their orphanage for a little while longer. This time…THEY ARE COMING…
We were warned about these days, but until you’re in the middle of them…it’s honestly just too hard to comprehend. The days between the trip we took at the end of June/beginning of July to actually meet the three beautiful children we’re adopting to the actual day we return to pick them up. Yes…these are…
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