Adoption Update

It has been about six months since we accepted our second adoption referral of 18 month old Sidonie.  She seemed like a perfect fit for our family and even had the exact same birthday as Micah and Luke.  We loved receiving the monthly picture updates and seeing her grow.  On the day before Thanksgiving, we received the news that we are no longer able to continue the adoption process of Sidonie.  Her case in court was taking awhile and we thought something was not quite right.  We were not able to continue the adoption process due to some decisions by the village chief and locating her birth mother.  But the great thing is that with the help of our agency, Sidonie was able to return to her birth mother.  We know that it is best for her to be raised by her birth mother and in her culture.  It is not God's plan for children to be orphans.  His plan is for all children to be with their birth family in a perfect world.  We are so excited that Sidonie is going to be able to be raised by her mother.  But the world is broken, and there are true orphans who have no family.  This is where God calls us to fill in the gap. 

We have begun the process of accepting another second referral.  Our first referral has been moving smoothly through the adoption process, which has been a blessing.  We are excited to share more details as we get farther along.  Please pray for our sweet girls as we continue through this adoption journey.

The Boys' Birthday Party

The boys picked out Thomas the Train as their theme.  Surprise, surprise!  The great thing about all of the boys' birthdays being close together is a joint party.

Isaac turned 5 and Micah turned 3!  They are getting so big

Trampoline fun with friends

We rented a bounce house and slide

 

 

I spent a lot of the party feeding little Asher

Asher's Baby Pictures

 

We got baby pictures taken of Asher 4 days after he was born.  It took some work to get all the boys to cooperate, but they did great overall.  Pictures aren't their favorite thing.  We also got a family shot and some of the big boys.

 

 

Annual Trip to the Pumpkin Farm

 

We took our annual trip to the pumpkin farm complete with a hay ride....

Run through the corn maze....

Tractor ride....

 

& pumpkins,

Corn box.

 

We had to squeeze it in this year, but we made it. 

All Our Helpers & Visitors

 

Aunt Kristin

 

We are so thankful for all the helpers and visitors this past month.  We couldn't have done it without them.  Thanks for making the transition as smooth as possible.

 

We celebrated Isaac's 5th birthday a week after Asher was born. 

Isaac loved the Thomas sheets grandma got him

Margaret with Asher

Amy is the best babysitter

Nashauna getting some Asher time

Crazy Micah

Brother love

Aunt Jan was the key to getting Asher to nurse

Micah telling me to "put that baby back in his crib and come play with me"

Grandma & Grandpa come to visit



Happy Halloween!

We went to Publix to trick-or-treat because of the rainy weather this year

 



Fire fighter Isaac

Batman Micah

 

Trying to get a group picture

Monster Asher

 

 

Micah looking over his bounty of candy