love grows & grows......

Wow!!! What a few exciting days here!! As you all probably know, or if you have adopted or are in the process of adopting...(or maybe not!!)than you have probably checked Waiting Children's lists daily like I do(yes, seriously!!) Well, This past Friday morning was just another normal am...eat bkfst, bathe kids, play, play some more, clean up for our last post-placement visit, Our wonderful Social Worker comes & this is when the story begins....


  We told her we would like to update our homestudy...just in case!! I told her I daily look at The waiting children's lists....she thought this was a great idea...anyhow, after she left...I checked Our Agency's Waiting Children's List Just one more time for the day...worth a try...right??? Well, it absolutely was!! That afternoon a most precious, darling little 6 year old girl was added to the list...I knew it...she was meant to be ours!! We talked it over, with & without the kiddos, prayed about our decision, wishing & hoping our Adoption Tax Return was already received:( The weekend flew by as usual, looked at her sweet face like 1,000,000 times a day on our computer...Then came Monday morning....I was fretting(yes again!!) about our Tax return taking so long, ran out to the garage, prayed in the garage, got back inside...right than Kasey called with the news that our FULL Adoption Tax Refund had been deposited into our acct like 5 min beforehand....Thank you Lord!! At that moment, I felt like it was all just sooo meant to be!! I talked to our agency, heard wonderful things of our girl, called Kasey back one more time for the "for sure" go ahead...and without surprise, He replied with an exciting, elated..."Yes, Kris...call them back right now & say Yes!!" We are beyond excited to start this journey to bring our daughter & sister home....Kate says, "mom, i don't know her yet, but I love her already!!" The kids each have an 8x10 pic of her in their rooms...they are talking about her like she's here!! And really....she is here...in our hearts & thoughts...so, just like Ageze reminds me..."Momma, Tesfa & me in your heart, Grant & Kate in your tummy, right??" Our love has once again grown, and I now have another precious child in my heart.
   Our sweet, precious daughter "A"...you are loved, not only by your sister & 3 brothers, momma & Papa...but by Our Wonderful Lord. He has great plans for your life & we are so lucky to be a part of it!! We can't wait till the day we can see you face-to-face, until then we will dream of you & speak of  what a wonderful, special girl you already are to us!! 
    So, there you have it...We are in Love...again...
                                                                       xo kristen