*a wedding:
Friday, July 30, 2010
a wedding, a visa, and an approval!
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
coming soon...new colors for One Less t-shirts!
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
"our" boys
today started with a pretty emotional morning. ryan is out of town so i dropped the boys off for their visit with their mom this morning myself. it was their first visit with her since july 15th, and it was an emotional one for me. after being out of town with the boys, it was very easy to convince myself that they are "our" {ryan & me} boys. during our trip, we didn't receive any phone calls from the boys' mom, have to see her for visits, or have any home visits with social workers. on one hand, it was really nice, but now after the fact, us being gone and out of touch has made things really hard to jump back in to real life.
Monday, July 26, 2010
junk posse giveaway for a sweet family!!
ok y'all, i've got another awesome giveaway to tell you about. it's a fundraiser for a fellow blogging friend who is also adopting from ethiopia and it's totally worth checking out!!
i'm BACK!
ok, i'm back in town but still out of sorts! how can it be that i get home, get settled in for a week and then am off again? not really great planning on my behalf, that's how!
Thursday, July 22, 2010
waiting...
i don't have much time to update but i just wanted to write a quick note. we received an email from our agency today that they are possibly expecting a group of referrals to come in within the next 2-3 weeks. God willing, our child will be in that group!!! we can't wait to "meet" our hope-to-be son or daughter :) {ryan is hoping son, i'm hoping for either...or both. ha!} anyways, when i read the update, i was giddy with excitement so i had to share the news! my only fear is that i will possibly be out of the country when our referral comes in, and i was really hoping to share that special moment with ryan. however, whatever happens, happens and i'm okay with it. i know that God has a plan for my trip and for our adoption, so if the two happen to collide, that's alright with me. another sweet family, the monks, from our agency got a referral a few weeks ago and were just given tentative travel dates in october for their first trip to meet their boys. we are praying that we can travel with them or sometime closely after if possible. we don't want to waste any time getting our kiddo home and we'd love to share in the joy of expanding our families with them!
anyways, that's really all i've got the energy for now. we're actually planning to head out tomorrow afternoon instead of saturday as originally planned. we've got some family matters to tend to in tennessee as my grandfather's prognosis for his cancer is not looking good. we're going to stop and spend some extra time loving on him and my grandma rather than driving straight home on saturday...
i'll try to update more on our trip, the home visit with our boys' social worker last week, adoption fundraising, etc. soon.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
sorry for the blog static. my family is in the boondocks of northeast georgia this week so i have had only limited access to the internet and phone. however, i have much to post about and much to get caught up on in my google reader!! we are having a great time but are very hot! no AC + hot georgia summer = one angry lesli. i do not like heat...
anyway, we've been staying busy so far this week and the boys are having a great time. i can't wait to post and get caught back up upon returning! thanks for still checking in on me. i haven't given up on the blog - just taking a short hiatus.
hope you're having a great week and are staying cooler than we are :)
ps - in my blogging absence i think you should read this post. it totally convicted me and i hope that the Lord can give me the strength to one day see R and P's mom the way He sees her...human, imperfect, but deeply loved.
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
home visits today
we have 2 home visits today for R & P - one with the boys' social worker and one with our social worker. i have to say that i'm probably more nervous about today's visit with the boys' worker than i've ever been for a home visit before, and i can't really explain it. i'm not sure if it's just me being overly fearful and anxious, or if the Lord is trying to prepare my heart for some bad news...
Monday, July 12, 2010
drum roll please...
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
the winners have been selected!
hey y'all. the winners of our giveaway have been selected and i'm in the process of notifying everyone and letting them choose their prizes. hopefully by tomorrow, everyone will have been notified so i can post the winners and their new swag :)
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
sorry for the delay!
we've had a crazy last 24 hours so i haven't been able to get things together for the giveaway yet. in fact, I'm posting this from my phone as I wait to pick someone up from the airport for a conference. This week is showing no signs of slowing down but I have vowed to myself to work on the giveaway by tomorrow at the latest. I hope it's worth the wait for you winners!!
In other news, a lot of craziness is going on with the situation surrounding the boys' mom. Please join us in praying for God to allow the truth of the situation to be revealed to all parties involved. I don't know how much detail to give but I will say that the boys' mom most likely isn't doing as great as we all thought. Please pray! These boys deserve to be safe and loved and we're trying to discern our role in giving them what they need.
Sunday, July 4, 2010
thankful for my freedom
Saturday, July 3, 2010
last day to enter
hey y'all!
i hope you are enjoying all the 4th of july festivities with your family and friends! this is just a quick reminder that tomorrow is the last day to enter our adoption fundraising giveaway. i think i said before that i'd be drawing winners on the 4th but i changed my mind when i saw our busy holiday schedule :) please forgive me but i'll be drawing on monday instead, so be on the lookout for a possible email from me if you win!!
also, in case you are new to the blog, here's a quick synopsis of what's up for grabs and how to help our adoption/enter to win:
prize #5} $25 gift certificate to for His glory designs' shop~
thanks for your help and thanks for following along with our adoption journey!!