Archives for May 2009

Just wanted to remind everyone of our HUGE yard sales and bake sales next Friday and Saturday, May 29th and 30th 8am-4pm.  We are still doing pick ups all week long, so if you have anything you would like to donate just shoot me an email or give me a call and we would be glad to come and pick your donations up.  Also we will be having a bake sale as well so if you would like to donate baked goods that would great also.  And rumor has it that Uncle Chris, McKinley and Harper will be having a lemonade stand as well.  What a GREAT family we have.  I hope everyone can come out and shop.  When I say we have TONS of stuff, that is by no means an exaggeration.  My mom’s is literally spilling over and my dad’s is starting to get full as well.  We have lots of good stuff: small appliances, furniture, kids toys, lots of clothes (baby and adult) antiques, exercise equipment, vintage items (t-shirts, records, Pepsi Cola) electronics, you name it and we have it.  We are so excited to see what God has in store for these sales..whether a $100 or $1000 we will give Him praise.  And for all of you who didn’t know our court date is June 8th, so please join us in prayer for this special day.  If all goes as planned and we pass court we will be traveling to pick up little man July 23rd.  Wow, that’s not far off at all.  We really do covet your prayers for June 8th and that we will find favor in the eyes of the judge.  Thanks everyone…this is getting exciting.

Cloth blocks have been the item to order recently.  Check out some of the ones going out this week and let me know if you need one.

And here are a few more items:

A small 8×8 Taggie Blanket (Thank you Angie so much)

This 8×10 Names of Jesus was made for an end-of-the-year teacher gift (Thanks Rebecca-love you)

And lastly a letter C shirt for a 1-year-old Cooper’s birthday (Thank you Courtney-as always)

Hope everyone has a great day!

FORGOT TO PUBLISH THIS LAST WEEK…SORRY!

It has officially been one week since we received “the call” about our new little baby boy and what a SUPER crazy week it has been.  I have so much to post so bare with me.  First my sister-in-law Jen ordered Africa tees for Cooper, Campbell and herself.  I think they totally rock and I especially LOVE Campbell’s.  Coop joked about them all wearing them on the same day, but I informed him if they do I want them to take a picture so I can post it on my site and one day show our little man.  I love when family jumps on the bandwagon of support.  Thanks so much Jen.

My friend Ashley had been working hard at putting together a 5K walk/run to raise money for a type of cancer called Sarcoma.  Ashley’s boyfriend Frank was diagnosed with Sarcoma and passed away just 18 months later.  Every year Ashley raises money to help support cancer research and this year I volunteered to make shirts for us all to wear and sell.  Shirts are $15 and all of the money goes straight to cancer research.  Check them out.  Love you Ashley.

This next order was placed by Miranda for her new little niece Madeline who is on her way.  Miranda’s sister loves seahorses and Miranda loves mermaids so she had an easy choice there.  Miranda also wanted this a sweet little m for this adorable white waffle blanket.  Thanks Miranda (and Jake) for  your business and support.

On Sunday morning my new little nephew Van was born.  If you know me then you know I am all about some nieces and nephews.  I have been at everyone of their births and pride myself on not missing it.  My only close call was Jack because Josh was out of town and Kim went from like 4 to 10 in literally like 15 minutes (maybe not quite 15 minutes, but you get the point).  Harper and I were pulling into Summit Medical when he arrived.  I still count that as being there.  Anyways here’s the new little man Van.  Pretty cute if I do say so myself.

And lastly for an adoption update:  Our agency has our papers and they are now currently working on scheduling our court date.  We have also been getting a package ready to send to our little guy.  Everything we send has to fit into a gallon ziplock bag.  We wanted to make sure this was something special and meaningful.  So we ended up getting together a cute long sleeved onesie, Mr Kelley got us an Apple romper to send, a blanket that I sewed little guy’s Ethiopian name initial on, a Who Loves Baby? book with our pictures, a giraffe toy that both Harper and Hud have loved and the book Whoever You Are.  About the book–I discovered this book my freshman year of college when I did an author study about Mem Fox.  She is an incredible children’s author and this book is amazing.  We have the book, but wanted to send him his own copy.  If you don’t have this book it is A MUST HAVE FOR EVERY CHILD.  I can barely read it without breaking into tears.  Side note: Target has the paperback for just $3.99.  So thanks for sticking with me and I will have more posts soon for more orders.

Wow, how crazy was that to even write. Today we received OUR CALL and we have officially been matched with a sweet little 3-month-old baby boy. This entire adoption process has been nothing short of God’s hand. We are floored and in total awe. We actually got all of our “Welcome Papers” papers right before Thanksgiving, got our homestudy and dossier done in record time, our immigration paper that is suppose to take 60-90 days in 21 and now have been on the waiting list a grand total of 50 days…that’s a month and a half people. All I can say is WOW! We are crazy with excitement and cannot, seriously cannot wait to get our hands on this little guy and bring him home. Harper is already proclaiming, “I got 2 baby bruders” and tonight informed me that new baby brother needed an orange blankie…we’ll see about that one. So what are we doing now, other than picking our jaws off the floor and me wiping a flood of tears from my eyes (and I am not usually a big cryer) Well now we are getting ready for a HUGE yard sale May 29th and 30th. If you have items you would like to donate we will be glad to come and pick them up. We are also hoping to sell some baked goods, so calling all cooks if you can lend a hand and maybe some rice krispies. It’s crunch time. Summer is coming soon and we are Ethiopia bound. Wow!