Family 2013

Family 2013
Ohana means family. Family means no one gets left behind or forgotten.

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Life with beautiful Babies :)


This is what happens when your turn your back for 1 second to grab clean towels, when you live with a water baby!!! Somehow she scaled the tub , clothes and all :) She was sitting there happy as a baby clam !!
Boo was worried for her...."Mama Baby girl do something bad !"


Late one night I am doing laundry ( seriously, is it ever done?) I open the dryer and am shocked. What the heck is that ?? Turns out Boo had decided the dryer was her OVEN!! She was baking muffins for her party :) :)

Beautiful baby girl is 30 degree weather !!!








Did you buy your plasma car yet ?? You need to ;) Baby girl zips all around on hers now with the big kids!!













This is our new "squinty face" She does it over and over and we just crack up !!






Gotta love a baby with a big flower headband :)






Boo with her pretty headband too !













Serious fun !! Baby girl runs to the dune buggy to ride in it everyday :) This baby is a dare devil !!



~What a horrible situation in Haiti !! It just breaks your heart. What have you done to help out a bit? Pray? Donate? I think it is awesome you can even text and donate just $10 !! If everyone donates just $10 ?? Wow. That adds up fast :)


~I feel so bad for all the families who are in the process of adopting from Haiti , how scary and frustrating to have your child in the middle of a natural disaster. I pray all these children in process can come home to their waiting families NOW. A family in a nearby town, flew to Haiti the day after the earthquake and managed to find their 2 children and fly home with them!! Not sure HOW they managed it ..but they are home safe in Florida :)
~Can you please help spread the word about Reece's Rainbow's kids? My last post shows some beautiful baby boys who are in desperate of families. Their are so many kids on their site who have special needs , CP, BLIND, SPINA BIFIDA, DOWNS, CLUB FEET ETC. They all will just thrive in a family :) Many have grants too that help with costs. Some are only $22,000 with travel, then minus grants .
~HAVE A WONDERFUL WEDNESDAY !!! :)

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Finding homes , Spreading the word !

ALEC :)


ZHENYA :)


DENNIS *URGENT NEED* (the blue dots are medicine)


Reece's Rainbow contact Andrea

URGENT NEED !!!!!!!
LETS ALL SPREAD THE WORD PLEASE FOR THIS SWEET LITTLE BOY!!!

DENNIS born 3/18/2006


HE HAS A $5000 GRANT !!!!

This little guy lost his family at the 11th hour and DESPERATLY needs a USCIS ready family to step forward quickly to SAVE HIM. He is struggling with rickets and a heart condition that can be treated. He has blonde hair and beautiful blue eyes. He is in a very very poor orphanage and once he turns 4....he is transferred to a very poor institution that HE CANT BE ADOPTED OUT OF. It has a VERY high mortality rate :( This babies family has to be out there somewhere...can we find them ??



zhenya BORN 1/2007

GRANT OF $1600 !!!!


This beautiful blonde baby is strong, happy and doing great. He does have an oval window and a cataract in his right eye. Remember this orphanage is very poor but they love the kids, he will thrive once he is home with the love of a mama :) :) Cant you imagine just snuggling with this little baby ??
ALL 3 OF THESE LITTLE GUYS CAN BE ADOPTED TOGETHER FOR A VERY SMALL ADDITIONAL FEE :)


Alec born June 2, 2006

GRANT $$5000 !!!!

ALEC is healthy without a heart condition. He does have rickets , which a healthy diet and lots of vitamin D and sunshine will help !! Also cryptorchidism, which may require surgery, he would have to see a doctor to be sure. He can thrive in a family. This orphanage is very poor...and the institution that children are sent to at 4, is even poorer and many children die soon after arrival :( can we help this baby find his family???


IF ONE OR MORE OF THESE CHILDREN ARE ADOPTED TOGETHER , THEIR GRANTS CAN BE COMBINED !!! ya gotta love that :) :)

Friday, January 8, 2010

Reece's Rainbow~ TIME IS RUNNING OUT


We have to stand up an advocate for this beautiful child! Look at this sweet face and those soulful eyes....he NEEDS A FAMILY!! Do you know someone who would love this child? Are you that family? No ? Thats ok, lets just help spread the word to save him from a life locked in a crib or in a room with MANY truly sick children and adults locked away forever .....until he dies. Most likely in the first 12 months after his transfer ! He may not see the age of 6. He will never know a mommy's love ;( or what it feels like to be born in a mommys heart, and cherished.


THIS CHILD LIVES IN A REGION (in russia) THAT DOES NOT ALLOW CHILDREN TO BE ADOPTED OUT OF THE INSTITUTION AFTER TRANSFER. IT IS A LIFE SENTENCE FOR THEM :(


Reece's Rainbow: "Martin is a beautiful blonde haired, blue eyed boy who was born with Tetralogy of Fallot(valve issues w/heart). He has an astigmatism and an umbilical hernia (common in children with DS). He is facing the institution next year, and he needs to get home to a family who can provide him with surgery to correct his heart condition. Please consider Martin for your son! He is described as a cheerful and playful boy!"

The simple Gift of a FAMILY

ANASTASIA :)
SANDRA :)

Oh, sweet TIMOTHY :)
$1095 GRANT TO HELP W/ADOPTION COSTS!!



I have been moved deeply by the plight of these sweet innocent children , giving up by their families for NO other reason then they were born with the gift of an extra chromosone :( People in their towns turn their backs on them. Lack of education is the simple reason why I would assume. MANY would say they are less then perfect, odd, and undeserving of love. MANY would disagree !! These children are the most innocent of all, with such a HUGE desire to just love and be loved. They have no idea why they are ignored and cast aside by families. They just ache for a mommy and daddy to hug them and tell them are beautiful. They need snuggles and kisses at night when they are all cold and lonely. Just like all sweet orphans across the globe :)


WE HAVE FOUND OUR FAMILIES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

TONYA :)





MAXSIM :) :)



What moves you ? find the thing you are passionate about and share it :)
We CAN make a difference !!
Happy friday :) :)



Thursday, January 7, 2010

Bath time cuties & Park day~




My amazing little bathing beauties :) Baby girl gets so excited when she fills up a cup or bottles then squeezes it out, like magic :)






If you dont remember my mentioning it, I will say it again...PLASMA CARS ARE A HIT!! We had 2 from last Christmas and honestly my hubby wasnt sold, but they have won many toy awards, so I held off judgement. Once the kids got on them they were a HUGE HIT! The kids can coast around the house slowly with just the friction of the steering wheel moving them or zoom down the driveway at break neck speeds!! Every.single.day. they are ridden. Now we have 3 :)











Climbing trees at the park






Oh my cheeky baby! I had fixed her hair so pretty before we left, turned my back for a second and she was face first digging in the dirt !! She had sand all in her eyelashes and curls . She thought it was great :)







My beautiful brown babies taking a break :) they are like monkey see, monkey do! Seriously baby girl loves to copy boo.
























baby girl showing off her new hair creme and her cute 12 month jeans!! Finally not slipping off :)

~we are getting ready for a move here in the next few months, know anyone with a couple acres and a 4 bedroom house to rent :) ? Love our big house but really want to have some more property, our lot is tiny.
~Praying for Trina to find her miracle...
~A few referrals went out !! CONGRATULATIONS !!
~Some of the cuties from REECES RAINBOW FOUND THEIR FAMILIES !!!! I will post some of their pictures next post. So awesome when a child finds a family :)
~It has been FREAKIN COLD HERE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love cold weather but seriously, i dont have enough warm clothes for 20-40 degrees for 2 weeks !! Baby its COLD OUTSIDE !!
Taking the big kids to dinner tonite , just the 4 of us :) should be nice.
Have a happy thursday :) :)

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Miracles..

MIRACLES. That is what is needed to save sweet Trina. A mother, a sister, a daughter, a friend. A woman who's family adores her, and can not bear to lose her. TO CANCER. AGAIN. IT. STRIKES. :(

WHY?? It can only be the devil at work. It has to be. I have never been so afraid of cancer as I have been these last few years...it is everywhere. Striking kind, innocent people. Children and Mommies and Daddys.

Please pray for Trina to find her miracle. Cancer is in her liver now. Time is running out. A MIRACLE IS NEEDED. Click here to visit her sisters blog and leave a message , let them know we care and are praying , sending thoughts their way and just thinking of them.

We would want to know folks were thinking of us, if we were in the middle of such a nightmare :)
"...Once our eyes are opened, we can't pretend we don't know what to do. God who weighs our hearts and keeps our souls knows that we know, and holds us responsible to ACT..." Proverbs 24:12

"Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world." James 1:27
"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." -(Mahatma Gandhi)