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Two years ago eight families traveled over the moon and through the night to meet eight beautiful babies from Beihai, China. They became “officially” our daughters the morning of October 17, 2006. The were beautiful, they were strong, they were wanted and very much loved. They made many a parents dreams come true. We made a [...] Hannah was snuggled up on my lap this evening while we were watching our standard Daddy’s-out-of-town show, Wheel of Fortune. Ellie was playing nearby and scampered up on my lap, too. She likes to find the “E”‘s. Now, this is a one person chair and my Hannah has loooong legs. We [...] Today, Ellie told me that she is a big sister now. I want to record this date because there were some very powerful, very supernatural things that happened while we were waiting for Ellie that later made complete sense when we compared her waiting time line with ours. I am thankful for the peaceful waiting for [...] “Ellie, we never put toilet paper in our mouth!” Our dear friend, Mr. Tony, loves to do magic tricks for our kids. He’s silly, and my kids love him. Most adults don’t take time to talk with kids and he is an expert at drawing them into his tricks. He’s actually an expert at drawing anybody [...] Will Hannah have her very loose front tooth by her 8th birthday in less than a month or will she have one of those terribly cute gaping holes in her smile? Her mouth is full of gaping, loose, crowding, adorable teeth. I think it is amazing that she has learned how to whistle recently. [...] I guess I should mention, there are actually *five* folks who live in our house. Daddy, Mama, Hannah, Ellie, and Somebody. You know, Somebody left their snack mess on the counter after Mom just cleaned up and walked downstairs for two minutes. Somebody left their shoes right by the garage door where everyone can trip over [...] During the busy school year we try to have a “Friday night pizza and movie night” as often as we can. Last night was the first one we’ve had in awhile. We all pitched in and made homemade pizza and a yummy salad. Ryan had rented the older version of “101 Dalmations”, [...] I am praying for a sweet family who received a referral about a month ago for an infant son from Ethiopia. They received word today that he passed away yesterday due to an illness. My heart is so heavy for them. I can’t imagine how devastated they are. I admire their courage to still look [...] I found an opened bag of milk chocolate chips in the pantry while I was putting away groceries last night. I wondered aloud where the clothespin was that I usually put on opened bags when I store them. Ellie was wandering by and said, “MMMM, Papa give me those candies, MMMM!” Here are the facts: My Dad [...] …is on its way! It arrived in Grand Rapids today. We also received our Ethiopia travel packet. This is a very exciting item as it outlines the trip to Ethiopia to adopt our new child. There is information about the culture, its history, what to pack, when we will visit with [...] |
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