No, we haven't found out our court date yet or when exactly we'll be traveling, but I have started getting ready for the trip. On Saturday I spent some time going through "Travel Tips" from other adoptive families who have made the trek to Ethiopia. You would not believe my packing list! It is literally FOUR (4) pages long! I want to be ready because we could very well only have about a weeks notice before we board the plane...at least that's how it happens for some families!
This packing list includes 23 different types of recommended meds!! It's the type of thing that you probably won't end up needing 80% of the meds you take, but you don't know what the 20% is that you will need and you certainly wouldn't want to need it and not have it. For example: a lice kit. Sure hoping I don't need that one, but if duty calls, I want to be prepared!
Found out something interesting...a couple of parents recommended using disposable gloves when changing your child's diaper. This would have NEVER crossed my mind. But it makes a lot of sense because many of the children may have parasites or some other type of sickness that could be passed to the caregiver. So disposable gloves won't likely be necessary long term (although, looking back, disposable gloves would have come in handy more than once with Caedmon!). But until our son gets a clean bill of health from his pediatrician, it's better safe than sorry.
That's all for now!
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Monday, May 17, 2010
Oops!
Love this Bible. It's seriously the best children's Bible I've ever read. We got one for Caedmon a year or so ago and have worn ours out. The binding is coming lose and several pages have been ripped. Kinda unavoidable with a small child.
That's what makes what happened last Sunday all the more disturbing.
On Mother's Day South Bay had a baby dedication. We gave each child one of these Jesus Storybook Bible's as a gift. A great investment! Andy brought all of the Bibles over to our house the Thursday before to sign them and, you guessed it, Caedmon's Bible somehow got mixed in the stack.
Unfortunately we didn't realize that Caedmon's Bible was missing until the following week. So some poor family inherited Caedmon's Bible as their precious baby dedication gift. They probably think South Bay bought their gift at some second hand bookstore and tried to pretend like it was new!
If you are reading this post and realized that YOU inherited Caedmon's Bible, please let me know and we will gladly switch it out!
Sunday, May 16, 2010
No Church for Me...
Well, unfortunately, Caedmon & I really missed out today. Caedmon woke up with fever this morning (after I had already done my hair & make up) so we couldn't make it to South Bay today. He's doing okay but his fever is up and down, so we're just laying low and drinking a little Motrin every 6 hours.
I, on the other hand, am pretty confident that I am dumber now after watching Bob the Builder, Handy Manny, SuperWhy, and Cars. Get well soon, Buddy!
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Shaping a Warrior
On Mother's Day, Andy gave me the awesome privilege and opportunity to share a little of my heart with our church. I entitled the message, "Shaping a Warrior" and talked about the reality that if we, as parents, want to raise a warrior/warrior princess for the Kingdom of God, than we have to be warriors ourselves.
"Like arrows in the hands of a warrior
are sons born in one's youth.
Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them."
Psalm 127
In preparation for my talk, Andy, Archie, and I headed out to an Archery Range to take a lesson in the art of bow & arrows. Prior to this experience I had never actually shot a bow & arrow before. Shocking, I know. Check out this video that Archie made:
Raising a Warrior from South Bay Church on Vimeo.
I'm not going to try to recap the whole talk, but if you'd like to listen to it (and I would be so honored), you can click here. If you do listen to it, leave me a comment with your feedback!
"Like arrows in the hands of a warrior
are sons born in one's youth.
Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them."
Psalm 127
In preparation for my talk, Andy, Archie, and I headed out to an Archery Range to take a lesson in the art of bow & arrows. Prior to this experience I had never actually shot a bow & arrow before. Shocking, I know. Check out this video that Archie made:
Raising a Warrior from South Bay Church on Vimeo.
I'm not going to try to recap the whole talk, but if you'd like to listen to it (and I would be so honored), you can click here. If you do listen to it, leave me a comment with your feedback!
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Really BIG Announcement!!
Sorry I've been MIA in the blogosphere the past week and a half! I taught at South Bay this past Sunday (Mother's Day) and all of my attention and free time last week was devoted to preparation for that. I'll share some thoughts on that tomorrow, but I have to get on to our huge announcement:
We received a phone call on Friday morning telling us that we have been matched with a child. It was the best Mother's Day gift anyone could have given me this year. My heart was racing as I spoke with our family coordinator about him. Looking at his picture for the first time with Andy & Caedmon was a very moving experience. I kept thinking, "That is my son! That is my son!" Right now he looks like a stranger...just another (beautiful) little kid in a photo. But that precious little face will soon become as familiar as Caedmon's and he'll be filling our home with laughter and joy.
He is a beautiful little boy about 20 months old. He's small for his age, but overall in really good health. We already have a picture of him framed in our living room and I so wish I was allowed to share it on my blog. However, we are required to protect his confidentiality and not share his name, photo, or health info until after we pass court.
The first words out of Caedmon's mouth when he looked at his brother's picture were: "Oh, he's brown!" Andy and I laughed out loud when he said that and I thought how funny that will be in future years that those were Caedmon's very insightful first words of his brother.
We have formally accepted the referral and we're now waiting for our court date. It looks like we'll be traveling to Ethiopia sometime between 4-6 weeks from now for court. (So mid-to-late June). That is great timing because Andy had already scheduled to have vacation time during that window. If all goes smoothly and on schedule, we'll be traveling back to Ethiopia somewhere between August and October to bring him home!!
My heart is so full! "My cup runneth over."
WE RECEIVED OUR REFERRAL!!!!
We received a phone call on Friday morning telling us that we have been matched with a child. It was the best Mother's Day gift anyone could have given me this year. My heart was racing as I spoke with our family coordinator about him. Looking at his picture for the first time with Andy & Caedmon was a very moving experience. I kept thinking, "That is my son! That is my son!" Right now he looks like a stranger...just another (beautiful) little kid in a photo. But that precious little face will soon become as familiar as Caedmon's and he'll be filling our home with laughter and joy.
He is a beautiful little boy about 20 months old. He's small for his age, but overall in really good health. We already have a picture of him framed in our living room and I so wish I was allowed to share it on my blog. However, we are required to protect his confidentiality and not share his name, photo, or health info until after we pass court.
The first words out of Caedmon's mouth when he looked at his brother's picture were: "Oh, he's brown!" Andy and I laughed out loud when he said that and I thought how funny that will be in future years that those were Caedmon's very insightful first words of his brother.
We have formally accepted the referral and we're now waiting for our court date. It looks like we'll be traveling to Ethiopia sometime between 4-6 weeks from now for court. (So mid-to-late June). That is great timing because Andy had already scheduled to have vacation time during that window. If all goes smoothly and on schedule, we'll be traveling back to Ethiopia somewhere between August and October to bring him home!!
My heart is so full! "My cup runneth over."
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