Jadon’s going to have a little SISTER!!!

You may have noticed a pause in our blogging over the summer.
You see, at the beginning of June. . . . we found out. . . . WE ARE PREGNANT!!!!
Craziness!!!
11 week ultrasound

Seriously! ? ! ?
CRAZINESS!!!
Now before someone types, “See, it happens all the time, you adopt and bam, you get pregnant!” Let us say that [...]

Abe’s Adoption -Soli Deo Gloria-

I value learning from different people’s perspectives. Sometimes I’ve been weighed down by people out to prove that adoption isn’t the answer to the evil of poverty.
I don’t think it’s the only answer. But, God fills me up with the truth that it is one incredible, amazing answer that he has established.
Here’s how He’s done [...]

Jadon Day 2008

If you are here from Heather’s blog, keep scrolling down. Last week I reminisced about our trip to get Jadon 1 year ago. Start here if you want to, that’s where we began remembering our journey to pick up our baby.
Yesterday was our very first “Jadon Day,” the day we celebrate Guatemala and Jadon coming [...]

Going Home!!!!

Here we go!!!
On the shuttle to the airport!

Checking bags and documents!!!

On the plane!! (what a relief!!!)

A bitter sweet good-bye to the country we love so much!! We’ll be back!!!

Some of our welcoming committee!!

ATLANTA!!!

AHHHH!! Strapped in and asleep at last in the U.S.A.!!

The Visa Arrives!

If you are just now joining us, please check out our entire trip on these posts:
AHHHHH. . . . Guatemala!!!
Rainbows, Panajachel and volcanoes?
Bye Lake Atitlan, Hello Antigua and on to Guatemala City
J A D O N ! ! ! !
The Weekend Together
Embassy Appointment Day
We had to wait another day after our Embassy appointment for [...]

Embassy Appointment Day

Monday was our Embassy appointment day. That’s the day you go to the US Embassy where they put their final stamp of approval on everything. It really seems bigger than it is, but it is the only thing us adoptive parents can actually watch happen, so it is a pretty big day.
We were the first [...]

The Weekend Together

Since our appointment at the US Embassy was at 7am on Monday morning, we received Jadon from Rosalyn on Friday. Which was unfortunate for our wallet, but much more fortunate for family bonding.
Here are pictures of us bonding with our sweet, sweet, special baby J during our first weekend together.

Trip in a taxi to the [...]

J A D O N ! ! ! ! !

Finally the day came when WE GOT HIM!!!
At around 1pm on August 17th, Jadon’s foster mother Rosalyn, with her boyfriend Yoni, pulled up in a taxi as I was anxiously standing on our balcony hoping I would see them drive up. I started tearing up and told Josh, “I think I just saw them pull [...]

Bye Lake Atitlan, Hello Antigua and on to GC

If you missed the previous post about our trip to Guatemala last year, to get the full experience you have to read in chronological order. Start HERE.
Then go HERE.
Okay now, THIS is what a VOLCANO looks like!!!! When we woke up on the third day in Guatemala the clouds had cleared and we got [...]

Rainbows, Panajachel and volcanoes?

If you missed the previous post about our trip to Guatemala last year, to get the full experience you have to read in chronological order. Start HERE.
In the morning when we woke up in Guatemala, I was overwhelmed with so many emotions I didn’t know what to do with them. We were closer to our [...]