We are waiting for that call.... it's time to come and get your Daughter!! We are already packed and we already have our plane tickets. A friend of ours called the day after we got PGN approval.. not knowing this yet.. and ask us to take the 2 buddy passes of hers that were ready to expire!! BIZARRE!! WOW! What another Miracle that is! OH!....Almost forgetting another call that we got back in December, from my beloved mother. She informed us that she had a gift for us....she wanted to pay for our plane tickets. For God is so amazing....we are so unworthy of his greatness!!! On a repenting note.. retail therapy has to come to a close or better yet HALT!!! It has been so much fun and a real band aide! But I don't want to continue to feel the sense of no control almost....you know once you start something or give into it. It had it's time and place, and for all things there is a season....it's been fun and a real joy. But self control and a proper balance is God's delight! Which is always my desire and my delight!!
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Friday, February 1, 2008
With Great Anticipation.....
Proverbs 11:1 A FALSE BALANCE is an abomination to the Lord: but a JUST WEIGHT is his DELIGHT!! I give it over now for proper balance to prevail in you oh Lord, my Lord!
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Outdoor Fun.....
Our Dear Sweet Hope! Life wouldn't be life without her...she is the highlight of our day all day long. She is so much fun! Her personality is really peaking now. She is a jokster. It doesn't help when I am trying to dress her or get her to stand still. She always used to work with me before, when I told her to help me.."what is mommy doing",..hold still,..help me. She always did great! Now everything is funny to her. On the flip side of that, I was warned about a possible "Latino" temper from another adoptive mom. I also get to see that side once in a while. THe little boy that I take care of during the day has brought out even more of that SIN nature in Hope...if she thinks that "Will" is violating her space...I have seen her make a face and then grab his arm for a pinch and squeeze. The first time I saw that, I was thinking, "who taught my angel that?!" At this point all kinds of new things are surfacing. We are having the time of lives, to say the least!!!!!!!
THese are just a few random photos. We have many more that we will put on the family blog link above. We got some great Zoo pictures this year....
March 14th UPDATE
We have arrived in Guatemala safely. We will be in the lobby at 8 AM to pick up our sweet baby Hope. I am not sure if I will get back to post tomorrow or not so I wanted to let you know that we arrived safely. It is a beautiful Hotel "Beautiful",
and very clean. Everyone is very very nice here. I was told that on the 9th floor there is free food and bottled water for those who are adopting...that is where we are right now. The guy who drove us from the airport to the Grand Tikal, our hotel, told us that it's owner is Jewish... oddly enough he has put the whole Torah..the first 5 books of the bible in hebrew and english up here in this adoption lounge. That is a very unexpected find needless to say.
We met a lady on our flight who lives here and gave us her phone number if we were to need anything at all. She owns a business here in Guatemala, only a few minutes from our Hotel. She gave us alot of information regarding things to see and places to shop.
Well stay tuned..it won't be long and you will find some pictures. Lots of love and good night... wish you were here MOM !!! XXXXOOOOO
We have arrived in Guatemala safely. We will be in the lobby at 8 AM to pick up our sweet baby Hope. I am not sure if I will get back to post tomorrow or not so I wanted to let you know that we arrived safely. It is a beautiful Hotel "Beautiful",
and very clean. Everyone is very very nice here. I was told that on the 9th floor there is free food and bottled water for those who are adopting...that is where we are right now. The guy who drove us from the airport to the Grand Tikal, our hotel, told us that it's owner is Jewish... oddly enough he has put the whole Torah..the first 5 books of the bible in hebrew and english up here in this adoption lounge. That is a very unexpected find needless to say.
We met a lady on our flight who lives here and gave us her phone number if we were to need anything at all. She owns a business here in Guatemala, only a few minutes from our Hotel. She gave us alot of information regarding things to see and places to shop.
Well stay tuned..it won't be long and you will find some pictures. Lots of love and good night... wish you were here MOM !!! XXXXOOOOO
November 2007 ..On An Old blog/ Hope was 46 days old here....
Today's Date: Jan. 25, 2009.....
I was checking my traffic widget below and saw that someone came onto my blog thru a site called: "Guatadoptbabyhope" and for a minute I thought: who has highjacked my blog or something...I checked it and it was an old blog that I had used for our fundraiser information. At the time, I kept Hope's current picture on there while we were doing the fundraisers. After that I started a timeline blog and did not go back to delete that blog...so it caught me by surprise...I HAD FORGOT ABOUT THAT BLOG!!!! But it is so cute and brings back those memories...so I want to post the link HERE so I can go back and view it. It is really perfect timing though because:
Hope's first "GOTCHA DAY" celebration is just around the corner....MARCH 15th...We are so excited! I can't believe that she has already been home for almost a year! Time has flown and so many things have happened that continue to FILL US UP with JOY over flowing! We love you our SWEET HOPE!
"Friends thru Guatemalan Adoption"/ Cinti. Ohio based Organization
CONGRADS TO MY COUSIN AND HER FAMILY
ON THEIR........ ADOPTION NEWS!
****Gabriel Benjamin Xiangjun****
Born 9/12/2005 in Qinzhou, Guangxi, China
Love and prayers Gabriel from your extended Family.
1 comment:
Hi Rachel,
Your baby girl is beautiful. I hope we both get to bring our babies home soon. I too have a blog at www.johannafaith.blogspot.com
Gail
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