We did it !!!

Timothy's family found him!!!!!!!!!
One more sweet orphan will be an orphan NO MORE!!!
He will know the love of a family, the tenderness of a mommy, and the joy of being a daddy's boy :):) 
THANK YOU EVERYONE WHO HELPED SPREAD THE WORD.
Timothy is going home to Mel DelLanos and her family. Mel and I went to high school together then lost touch and recently she "friended" me on face book. Right at the time I was advocating for Timothy. Coincidence? NO. GOD-INCIDENCE ;)

She fell in love with him and prayed and prayed. They have never adopted before, let alone a child with a special need. Finally GOD gave them the courage to put their fears aside. This isn't about them after all, it is GOD's plan for this little child ! Oh how they will be rewarded !!

One year anniversary ! (and what the heck is w/ blogger ?)

The very last time we stood outside the famous gates :) We loved our time in Ethiopia, the people the sights and sounds were awesome.

Baby girl with  favorite special mother. Watching the tender goodbye, was heartbreaking :( I could see how much see loved my baby girl, and I ached for her having to let her go. The love they show the children is just so unselfish and amazing.

~Ok. this is so freakin maddening!  Blogger changed their format and I cant get my pictures to move or let me add text in between :(  what the heck???
~anywhoo, the next picture was baby girl seeing the doctor at Hannahs Hope before we left, if you remember she came home with that awful rattling. Doctor was super nice.

~Next picture was saying goodbye to our favorite guy at agci :) he loved baby girl and would hold her every chance he got.
~Almaz who is such an amazing lady !
~Meeting her siblings for the first time ! Yup, it was love at first site for all of them :)

~hmm, I had pictures of my son and hubby but they are gone. frustrating....

So happy to see so many families going back to Ethiopia again for another amazing child!!!! I wonder what GOD has planned for our family.........hmmmmmm.......

Our Winners & some cuteness

Bug doing the honors :) Yes baby girl is on the table watching. Sorry 4th kiddos get away with ALOT !

We have 2 winners !! I know surprise :) :) Gwen from 147 million orphans sent me a couple t-shirts too so I threw one into this give away !!!

LINDY ~A mama who is dreaming of adoption :):)

ALEX~A mama with a heart for orphans and children :)

Lindy & Alex thank you so much for your donations!!

Lindy Send me an email and I will forward your info to Kelly and she will let you pick your size t-shirt from her AWESOME ORGANIZATION !! I have to buy me one of her cool t-shirts :) I want one too lol!

Alex send me a email with your address and I will send you out your awesome

t shirt from Gwen's organization !!! How cool, ya' ll helped a little guy and won cool t-shirts :) thank you to all who donated !!!!!

Now for some cuteness :) In our new rental house we dont have a tub :( 3 bathrooms and no tub, go figure, so Baby Girl gets a little sink bath !! She loves it! (cookie was just hanging making sure it went ok)

Strikin a pose :) she is so cheeky!!

This is how Baby girl goes to bed now , LAYERED to prevent a NAKED BABY in the morning !!

Showing off her little hair pretty :) She LOVES her hair bows, if they slip off she will bring it to me and tell me (without words :) to put it back in ! Too cute :)

This is the situation I woke to a couple weeks ago :) a disgruntled baby girl with no clothes or diaper. AH!! That could HAVE been ugly ;) so now we layer so she cant get the zippers and snaps open, so far so good.





~We all woke this morning with colds. AGAIN. Starting to dream of warmer weather ! Never thought I would say that LOL! Too much cold this year :)

~Have a wonderful Thursday :) :)

We have a winner

yup. we have a winner. Bug and Baby girl drew the lucky winner.

huge thank you to all who donated including the 2 folks who chose to remain nameless :)

Winner will be announced tomorrow ..we have been under the weather a bit here. Gotta find my camera cord :)

Dirt and donations ~

This is the "dont you warn me not to eat dirt look"

I will eat whatever I want ! (clearly)

Smiling with joy at being cheeky and eating it anyway !!

Then going in for some more tasty , crunchy driveway dirt !

Baby girl is being naughty. Yes naughty. Everytime we are outside , she has to be watched closely because she will play with ANTS and EAT DIRT. Yes dirt:( I am not talking about your normal toddler "tasting the sand " in the sandbox eating. I mean picking up a small handful and putting it in her mouth to the best of her ability , then licking the rest off her hand ! Then going back for another big handful ..ick ! It is kinda odd considering she hardly eats ANY real food, but dirt ..yum. Any ideas?

Boo comes to her rescue to save her from herself and takes her for a ride on the plasma car :)

~HUGE THANK YOU FOR DONATIONS TO TIMOTHY~

LINDY :)

TISHA :)

TERRY :)

ALEX :)

Thank you guys so much ! honestly every $$ truly helps to bring him home!!

Tomorrow is our drawing for the beautiful T-shirt from Kellys organization ORDINARY HERO !!! Go check out the amazing things she is doing as an

"ordinary person" just like you and me :)

All it takes is $10 for a chance :) to be a HERO to a child. Timmy.

PLEASE ?? Can you help ?

******HUGE CONGRATULATIONS GO OUT TO THE GOSSETT FAMILY :) *****

Beautiful Isla was born to her amazingly strong, mommy Autumn very healthy !!

Sisters :) , thank you's, changes, Families needed!

Kelly , Kristi's sister has been kind enough to donate a tshirt from her organization , ORDINARY HERO , like the one Kristi is modeling :) . for every $10 donation you make to Timothy's grant fund using the chip in, you will get ONE chance to win. leave a comment with the $ amount and you will be entered for a chance to win :) YOU HAVE TO LEAVE ME A COMMENT, because ALL the personal info goes straight to Reece's rainbow, so I only see the amount go up, not who donates :) on the 16th Tuesday, at 9pm I will have my kids pull a name out of a bowl with each $10 donation in it for a chance :) $20 is 2 chances, etc. We will be doing another fun giveaway after that one...stay tuned !!
How cool would it be to win one of these awesome shirts and help a WONDERFUL LITTLE BOY!!!! COME ON GUYS :) DON'T FAIL ME NOW :) Its only $10.....teeny tiny amount in the course of a day :)

Is there anything sweeter then seeing your kids love each other ? Baby girl and Boo are so sweet together. Bug is a wonderful big sis. I have to get a video of Baby Girl kissing on Boo, it is the sweetest thing :)

We hit the local fair last week and it was FREEZING ! Only about 47 but with the wind....chiiiiilllly :) I like the fairs but some of those carni folks, are a

bit creepy :(

~BIG CONGRATULATIONS TO MICHELLE AND MICHAEL FOR THE REFERRAL OF THEIR NEW BABY BOY :) :)

Ok BIG THANK YOU'S for donations to Timothy's grant fund

GO OUT TO~

Marilyn

~ Gaby

~Kristi J

~Leslie B

~anonymous X 2

your magnets will be on there way soon. I have to get them out of a box , so bear with me ;)

I know we can get to $350 !! You guys are awesome. If everyone who has a heart for orphans, donates just $10....well , that's alot of money LOL!! PLEASE spread the word and remember every little bit DOES HELP :) :)

~Ethiopia has big changes in store. I guess a lot still has to be ironed out, but it looks like they are requiring families to make 2 trips :( this has its ups and downs,, it will be more expensive (flights to Ethiopia ain't cheap :) and leaving your baby/child behind IS VERY HARD. we learned that while adopting Boo from Guatemala. It hurts. But the good, is you will get a chance to spend time with your child that you would have missed out on. And meeting an older child , it will give you some time to get to know them just a bit. I am still unclear on the WHY of it all. Anyone have any ideas?

finding families one child at a time :)

This is sweet Lucy. She is waiting for her forever family in Mexico. They take very good care of the kids there. She has down syndrome :)


MAX & LERA :)

Ok how stinkin cute are these TWINS !!! Oh I want them :) lol. They are 18 months old and developing on target :) They are loving and sweet.
How cute??? They are in Eastern Europe and total costs with travel are under $24,000. Oh these beautiful babies need a mama and a daddy !! They DONOT have down syndrome. But sadly they are both HIV + ok dont turn away. HIV is so treatable now. These babies have a long life ahead of them with treatment HERE in the states. Visit project hopeful.org to learn more about raising kiddos with HIV. They are on the Reeces Rainbow site under "OTHER ANGELS" SIBLINGS :) GO take a peek and donate or pray over them. Hiv makes them special needs, so they need our help:)
HIV ,It is not the scary condition it used to be.




ok, thats it for now. bye:)

Leave your name :) ALL girls & GOODIES COMING

sweet taya lost her family :( i know they are heartbroken. I love this child. I so wish she didnt have to wait a minute longer. Where is her mama?? She is 3 now, talking and doing wonderful.healthy!!!

ok. cordelia !! I love her too!! She is 2 walking , talking and a favorite!! She is very high functioning , possible mosiac ds, how awesome !!! She needs a mama!!

and my other true favorite, anastasia :) what a beauty she is ! How can no one step out and make her their daughter ???? She is beautiful, kind , talking and walking :)

you guys are awesome !!!!!!!!! 5 donations already :) but, I dont know from who ! AH ! all info is going to RR. so, if you would love your magnets sent out, leave me a comment or send me an email and i will mail it off to you !!

oK, WE HAVE TSHIRTS COMING !! Kelly, Kristi's awesome sister was kind enough to donate a t shirt from her org, for our fundraiser for Timothy :) and ...

147 million.com Gwen and suzanne were kind enough to also send me some goodies for a lucky winner or two :) i will get this up and going soon!!

We can find these babies homes !!!
Have a great weekend !!