Five

Well, even though we are on hold, we are still counting the months. And this past Sunday marked five months waiting.

Things have definitely been happening -- especially in the last two days -- as far as a job for Chris goes. But we need your prayers as we have some very difficult decisions to make.

Thank you for all the support on our last post. We are so thankful to be a part of this community.

A bump in the road

Well.....

last week was not so good. Unfortunately, Chris was laid off.

What does this mean? We are temporarily going on hold.

Fortunately, there are some job prospects on the near horizon and we are hoping we won't be on hold for very long.

Please pray for peace, understanding, and an opportunity in difficult times, but also please continue to pray for our sweet little one(s) half way around the world who have no idea that this mommy and daddy will continue to be thinking and praying about them every single day

Please check this out!

The Bellemes are a family who recently brought home their precious daughter from Ethiopia. Please check out this post on their blog.

To echo the Bellemes words, we will support a caregiver to love on hungry and lonely orphans. Will you?

The four...of us

Four months. At the end of this journey, there will be four (at least!) of us in this family. To celebrate our fourth month waiting, we wanted to share four things that are rocking our world right now.

1. Radical by David Platt. If you aren't reading it, you should be.

2. Our baby started preschool. Ok, maybe she's not a baby anymore, but she will always be this mamma's baby.

3. Home projects. Painting. Crown Moulding. Caulking. Refinishing. Sewing. The projects never stop.

4. Radical by David Platt. Seriously, if you aren't reading it, you should be.

A New Adventure

Today was Lilli's first day of preschool. And she was excited!

I'm so blessed to be this little girl's mamma

Three

Three down, how many more to go?

As the days pass by, the wait gets harder. We are only halfway (hopefully!) through the wait, but I can't get my mind off our sweet babe(s). I'm so ready to see his or her (or their) sweet face. I'm also ready to just know one or two. Boy or girl. One of each or two of either.

All in God's timing. For now, I must rest in that.

First of Many

Today there was a package in the mail.

That package held our first official purchase for the new kiddo(s).

Since we didn't specify gender, I've been hesitant to make any purchases, but I came across a great sale the other day that I couldn't pass up. And luckily the item came in a gender neutral option I really liked.

So what was this purchase you ask?

A security blanket! Actually 4 of them. They came in two packs, and if there is only one thing I've learned from having a child it is that you always need to have a backup for a security item - hence the reason we have three pink teddy bears in various stages of use scattered throughout our house. Plus we intend to send one to Ethiopia and bring another with us when we travel which will leave two at home as backups.

But back to the point at hand. These gorgeous Aden + Anais security blankets are the perfect shade of turquoise and have the cutest little elephants on them. And they are soft!!!

It's so nice to finally have something in the house that is solely for "baby brudder/sisser." And if we are blessed with siblings, I will definitely be purchasing another set of these in a different pattern, which will of course mean I will probably also need a set for Lilli too.