tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36912464342452843192024-03-05T03:47:27.225-08:00Team Chase: 4 and CountingJenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07932543836593939566noreply@blogger.comBlogger455125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3691246434245284319.post-80690128052738776882012-08-07T16:01:00.002-07:002012-08-07T16:02:51.692-07:00The Last Post<div style="text-align: center;">
Well, we are no longer a family of four, so we're switching up the ol' blog. If you don't want to miss out on these cheesy grins...</div>
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hop on over to the new blog, <a href="http://www.ourblessedteam.blogspot.com/">Team Chase: 5 and Counting {our blessings}</a> and follow us as our journey continues!</div>
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Special thanks to my friend Lisa for our cool new blog name and my friend <a href="http://isewdoyou.blogspot.com/">Amanda </a>for my cool new blog design!</div>
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<br />Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07932543836593939566noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3691246434245284319.post-24525157558721706332012-07-27T06:43:00.000-07:002012-07-27T06:43:13.015-07:00Gotcha!<div style="text-align: center;">
One month ago today, we had our official "gotcha" day. We went to the House of Hope at around 9:00 a.m. and immediately saw our little boy. When he saw us, there seemed to be no recognition from three months prior. He was terrified, timid, and sad. </div>
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Today, our son is doing so amazingly well!! He is happy, fun, and is attaching to us so well. He is extremely comfortable with the four of us and looks to us to meet his needs and for comfort. He has a big personality, so it is easy to tell when he is overwhelmed and it's been so fulfilling to learn and understand his cues.</div>
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We are amazed that he is doing as well as he is and that this has been such a smooth transition. We are so thankful to God that we got to do this...growing our family through adoption has been a gigantic blessing, bigger than we would ever have imagined. </div>
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Thank you so much for your continued prayers...we are feeling the love today!! :)</div>
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<br /></div>Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07932543836593939566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3691246434245284319.post-46656953661708583112012-07-21T11:34:00.003-07:002012-07-21T11:34:53.891-07:00You Like?<div style="text-align: center;">
So, here's a random request for you...</div>
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My dad entered a photo contest with this BEAUTIFUL picture that he took and he is in the TOP TWENTY!</div>
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Actually, he is currently in second place and the contest ends in just TWO days {July 23rd}!! Would you do me a favor and vote on his picture {and maybe even share it?!}? </div>
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All you have to do is <a href="http://www.facebook.com/groups/286455791440650/#!/photo.php?fbid=378271748893444&set=a.378271642226788.98962.114742508579704&type=1">click here</a> and "like" the picture. Just make sure you are signed in to your facebook page before you click.</div>
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I would LOVE to see him win a week vacation at this beautiful resort, wouldn't you?!</div>
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Thanks, friends!!</div>
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Like just how great our little man is adjusting.</div>
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<br />And how each day is a confirmation of the fact that he was meant for our family.</div>
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<br />How Camden and Melia are SO Bek's brother and sister...they have taken on the roles like little champs.</div>
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<br />How full this mama's heart is feeling.</div>
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<br />And how blessed we have been through our supportive community since being home.</div>
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Like how Bek LOVES kisses and high-fives and playing with legos and musical instruments.</div>
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And how he loves swimming.</div>
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<br />How he is a total charmer and smiles and blows his daddy kisses when he is getting into trouble.</div>
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<br />I'd love to go into detail about all of these things, but, for now, just saying it will have to be sufficient. Because, there is a crazy 15 month old toddler running around my house getting into everything and making a mess of everything and I don't want to miss a second of it! ;)<br />
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As my sweet baby boy naps in his tiny bed in the next room, my heart is overflowing and I'm feeling so full and contemplative. I knew this time would come...the point when I could look back over our journey and have some of our "whys" answered. There were times in the last two and a half years where the waiting {and waiting, and waiting} was so daunting, so heavy, that I truly felt like I had lost myself. Certainly, though all of it, though, I was comforted and carried by my Savior in a way that I had never realized I had needed before.<br />
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In the last two weeks since we picked up our son from the House of Hope, there have been several "ah-ha!" moments for me...where I have realized how God's timing made perfect sense. I just want to share those epiphanies here. Maybe this post is just for me...so that I can look back on this time and remember how faithful Christ was to our family. Or, maybe it will be an encouragement to you, whether you are in the process of waiting or just having a hard time seeing meaning in something you're going through. Either way, may I never forget...<br />
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It was February 2nd of 2010. We had felt the call to adopt three months earlier and, after research and praying, we were placed on a waiting list to apply to adopt through a ministry called His Hands Taiwan. It felt right at this time and I began to envision our little Taiwanese babies and to connect with other adoptive families who had been blessed through this ministry.<br />
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It wasn't too long after that when we began to feel that maybe our child was not in Taiwan after all. We were ready to be parents again, but HHT seemed like it was out of our reach. After being on the waiting list to be able to apply for {what felt like a VERY LONG} four months, we began to explore other options. We reached out to others who had adopted from other countries, though in the back of my mind, I was not ready to give up my dream of a Taiwanese adoption. <br />
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Then, July hit and there was this strange sense of urgency to change. God began to clear my mind of the Taiwan dream and through a series of events, He led us to Ethiopia. Once we were introduced to Ethiopian culture and spent a morning with a few children that had been adopted from our son's birthcountry, it took less than 24 hours for us to realize that we would adopt from Ethiopia. I was still unsure why we needed to move on from Taiwan, but the peace I felt about switching countries was truly from Christ {my own stubbornness would not have allowed for it otherwise!}. <em>What I know now is that our sweet baby boy was conceived in July of 2010...the same month that we switched countries and applied to the very agency that he would be adopted from almost two years later.</em><br />
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After we applied to CHI on July 31, 2010, the real work began. Our dossier workbook stated that it would take 3-6 months to complete the compilation of authenticated paperwork known as the dossier and, in my type A personality, I only saw the "3". I had it in my {thick} head that we would be placed on our agency's waiting list by Halloween of that year. However, since the home study and fingerprinting process took longer than I calculated, we were not officially placed on the wait list until December 23rd. <em>What I know now is that, had we been placed on the wait list back in October, another little one would have been referred to us...our sweet baby had not even been born yet.</em><br />
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Once on the waiting list, there were a couple of referrals and one was a young sibling set. At that time, my heart was set on a sibling set and these kiddos were just slightly out of our age preference {we were only allowed to adopt kids who were at least one year younger than our youngest child}. My heart longed for our little Ethiopian siblings and I dreamed what it would be like when we received our referral for our <em>kids</em> and brought them home.<br />
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Shortly after that, the first lull in referrals came and we began to wonder if we would EVER make it out of the forties (there had been only five referrals in the time we'd been on the waiting list). We felt this nudge toward changing our preference to include one child as opposed to waiting for two. Through our yahoo group, a little blog-stalking, and a "hint" from our adoption consultant, it had become pretty clear that people requesting young siblings made up the first six or so on our waiting list and that they had been there a LONG time. When I mentioned to our adoption consultant that we were leaning toward changing our preference to include one child, she warned us that we needed to be sure that was what we wanted. Once we changed our preference, it was a pretty safe bet that we would receive a referral of a single child...especially since our preference included either gender up to three years old. So, we prayed about it and felt this complete peace about changing our preference. <br />
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And, then, we braced ourselves. One of the referrals earlier in the year had been for a two year old boy and the family had only waited four weeks. We just <em>knew</em> our toddler referral was right around the corner. <em>What I know now is that, had a toddler been available, we would have gotten our referral and we would have missed out on waiting for our little guy.</em><br />
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After our preference change, the lull in referrals lifted and late March/early April brought what seemed like referral after referral. We went from #42 on the list to #25 by the end of April, yet we did not get our referral. I really questioned then...why wasn't our agency giving toddler referrals? I felt this ache in my heart. I was so happy for the families receiving referrals, but really began to wonder why my heart was so heavy. <em>What I know now is that our baby boy was born right in the midst of this rash of referrals. My heart was heavy because, on the other side of the planet, Bek's birthmother was giving birth to our son.</em><br />
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So, we continued to wait as we entered into the summer and into another lull in referrals. There were a couple of referrals here and there, and we spent most of the summer at number 16. In July, we received an E-mail about a little girl who was ready to be referred. This E-mail went out to everyone who had a little girl of her age within their preference. This was not typical practice for our agency, and we strongly considered putting our names in to be considered as her parents. We had three days to decide and it took us two...two days of longing and praying and crying out to God...two days of agonizing over why He was saying "no". Honestly, there was no reason for us not to ask for her referral, except that we were not meant to be her parents. When we found out that her family was #17, we were filled with emotion. <em>What I know now is that God spoke clearly to us because we wanted to say yes, but the baby that was meant to be our son was sitting in an orphanage waiting for us. {What I also know is that sweet baby girl is in an amazing family that is perfect for her...we're looking so forward to the day when we can meet them in person!}</em><br />
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Summer turned to Fall and we continued to wait...sometimes patiently and sometimes impatiently. And then, finally, Halloween came and, along with it, came another referral and a new number. An anxious anticipation overtook my long-lived frustration as a little girl was matched with her family, but it wasn't until one week later when a little boy was referred to a family right above us and I realized that WE WERE NEXT for a little boy. It was a long seven days of barely breathing until we received the call that changed the course of our family forever. There was a little boy in Ethiopia named Bahire and he was our son. Our long wait was over {or so we thought}. <em>What I know now is that our baby was not paperwork ready, but somehow, God allowed for us to receive our referral since it was our "turn" on the list for a boy and B was supposed to be our son.</em><br />
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The next few weeks turned into months and our expectations were left unmet over and over as we waited for a court date. What we were told would take 6-8 weeks actually took 15 weeks and we were left with many questions. Why was this taking so long? Why were some cases soaring through while others {like ours} seemed to be crawling along? We finally received our court date and traveled just under five months after receiving our referral. <em>What I know now is that there was a hitch in our case that needed to be fixed before we traveled <strong>and</strong> that God was lining us up with a group of three other families that would be such a huge blessing to us! What I also know is that being with these families gave me a glimpse into how much God perfectly orchestrates this process so that each baby/kid is matched with the PERFECT family for him/her.</em><br />
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At court, we were the only family of the group of four that did not pass. Our paperwork was not ready and we ended up waiting an additional five weeks to pass court. In the meantime, we found out about a complication with our case that delayed our court decree. Then, we were told that our agency was ready to submit us to Embassy, but when they went, they were denied submission because they needed an additional document regarding the complication of our case. We were SO upset! We had no idea how long this would take and began to question why God didn't want Bek to come home during the summer, when we actually had time to bond with him. <em>What I know now is that we were submitted one week later, which allowed us the time to enjoy one last vacation as a family of four. This week was filled with time to pour into our older kiddos and was priceless!</em><br />
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Today, our baby boy is HOME and is doing so great! After all of the frustrations and anticipation and anguish, our little man, the one we dreamt about and prayed for and shed tears over and longed for is here in our family <strong><em><u>forever</u></em></strong>. And we are forever grateful...grateful for the opportunity to be a part of something bigger than we ever imagined and grateful that God has placed the perfect child in our family. <em>What I know now is that this process has allowed us to not only gain a son, but a depth of gratitude and fullness of our Savior that we may never have known otherwise. It has awakened a thirst within me to be faithful to His call, wherever that may lead...</em><br />
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<br />Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07932543836593939566noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3691246434245284319.post-28614575321964217002012-07-05T20:32:00.002-07:002012-07-05T20:32:44.333-07:0015 Months Old<div style="text-align: center;">
Baby Bek is 15 months old today! </div>
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Some things about Bek at 15 months old:</div>
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HE'S HOME!!</div>
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He's a great kiddo with a super fun personality!</div>
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He's SUPER CUTE and right where he belongs.</div>
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Since Bek didn't get to blow out a candle or eat any cake on his birthday, we celebrated tonight with an ice cream cake, complete with a candle and the Happy Birthday song!</div>
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So it pretty much JUST occurred to me that not all of you are my facebook friends and are probably wondering how things are going.<br />
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We are HOME with our sweet little guy and couldn't be happier. Bek became a US citizen when we landed in Washington DC at approximately 8:00 a.m. yesterday, July 2nd. We had the most amazing trip and I will post pictures and my journal just as soon as I can get past the jet-lag and stay awake while he is sleeping.:) For now, suffice it to say that we are feeling so so blessed and are incredibly thankful for this journey and for how all of you have seen us through.<br />
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Here are a couple of sneak peeks of the newest Chase...<br />
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This is a hard post for me to write. Here's the deal...by nature, I am a people-pleaser. I rarely say no when someone asks a favor of me and feel guilty for weeks when I do say no! Ah! It's kind of a crazy place to live. Anyway, this post is not intended to upset anyone, but rather, to explain how our family is going to function for the next several weeks.<br />
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<strong>We will be laying low for awhile.</strong> Our number one priority is to our son and building a strong bond with him. It's so important to teach him that we are his parents and that Camden and Melia are his brother and sister. It is criticial that this bond happens before he bonds with any other family or friends. The way we will do this is by staying home for a couple of weeks {or longer} until we feel that Bek is ready to be introduced to other places. <br />
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<strong>When you do see us, it is probable that he will get overwhelmed.</strong> Please keep in mind that our son's view of the world is currently limited to two rooms...his bedroom with 5 other babies about his same age, and the "playroom," a room with mats on the floor and a couple of toys that are shared between about 10 babies. Places and people will be all new to our boy. When we do venture out, we will likely not go to places with lots of people and may not stay long. Please don't be offended if we leave early or quickly {good-byes may need to be implied :) }.<br />
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<strong>When we discipline Bek, it will look different than how we discipline our other children</strong>. We must do everything we can to build our bonds with our little guy, which includes how we discipline him. We will be employing a method called "time in," which basically means that we will hold him and calm him while we correct his misbehavior. This may look exhausting or like it is not the most straight-forward method of discipline, but this has been a proven method of effective discipline for adopted children.<br />
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<strong>We will do some things with Bek that will look more like what we would do with a baby than what we should do with a toddler</strong>. Although Bek is almost 15 months, his "family age" will begin when we pick him up from the orphanage on Wednesday. By the very nature of being in an orphanage, there are things done that are very "babyish" with him. We will not potty train as early as we did with our other kids. We will continue to feed him very much like a baby {he still takes bottles and eats cereal}, introducing new foods through baby food and working up to solid food. We will also hold him and carry him and rock him as much as he will tolerate, partly because this is essential to the bonding process and partly because he has not received that kind of care that all babies deserve in order to form and understanding long-lasting, unconditional relationships.<br />
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<strong>Trevor and I will need to meet all of Bek's needs. </strong>If he needs fed, changed, held, rocked, disciplined, or helped, we will need to do all of that for quite a while. For those of you who will come to visit, please do not try to meet any of his needs as this is, again, essential to his bonding with us.<br />
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<strong>Coming to visit us will be different than normal.</strong> We want people to come to visit, but please be aware of the previously mentioned things. For the first few weeks, if you come to our house, we ask that you please call first. We do not want more than one family here at a time so as not to overwhelm our little guy. We also ask that you plan for the visit to be quick. We will not feel comfortable asking you to leave, so please just do that on your own. If you come, feel free to bring your kids with you as Camden and Melia would love to see their buddies and cousins! :) Also, bringing a meal would be a huge blessing to us, but please do not feel obligated to do that. Trevor's sister, Lesley Cowger, has set up a meal schedule for us...if you want to do that, please contact her. Again, please do not feel obligated to bring anything with you if you come for a visit.<br />
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Our sweet Bek has been well taken care of in his transition home, but he does not know how to be a part of a family yet. It is so important for him to have lots of time and opportunity to bond with us and understand that he is a part of our family forever. Thank you for helping us through this process and for your continued prayerful support. We love you all!<br />
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Now, off to get our son...<br />
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The Embassy asked for three dates of preference for our visa interview, so we E-mailed them our dates immediately and within 45 minutes, they sent us our interview date: <em>Thursday, June 28th</em>.</div>
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We had been on vacation in Gulf Shores with our friends Josh and Katie and their kiddos for the week. We were blessed to have this time to relax and enjoy our friends and each other; our last hoorah as a family of four. </div>
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Today, we will frantically shop and pack and get ready to get on a plane tomorrow headed for Ethiopia! </div>
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In the next couple of days, I will find time to post what I want you to know about how we will assimilate Bek into our family...our version of cocooning...and what you can expect {or not expect!} from us in the coming weeks/months. Please watch for that post; it's important to us that you read it. :)</div>
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In the meantime, please pray for us and for Bek. Our worlds are about to collide {finally!} and with that will come some challenges. Please pray for his comfort and peace and that somehow he will remember us and will be comfortable with us as his forever family. Please pray for rest for us...it has been a whirlwind these days leading up to meeting him and we want to be rested and able to pour into him fully. Please pray for our meeting with B's grandmother...that she will be pleased with the family that was chosen for her little grandbaby. Please pray for Camden and Melia as they gain a new {active toddler} for a brother. And, please pray for us as a family of five. We are excited to be entering this new phase of our family life and are filled with hope at how God will continue to use us as a beacon of light to our world.</div>
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Here are four specific ways to pray for us on what could very well be the final chapter in this amazing love story that God has authored:<br />
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1. That our agency is able to get Bek's grandmother {who will be interviewed} to her appointment on time. If she misses the appointment, it could set us back another couple of weeks.<br />
2. That Bek's grandmother is able to answer all of their questions and that she is filled with peace during the interview.<br />
3. That the Embassy clears us immediately following the interview.<br />
4. That an anonymous donor pays for our plane tickets to Ethiopia. {HA! Kidding, kidding...(kind of) ;)}<br />
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Oh, friends...thank you so much. For your prayers, for your support, for your kind words, and just for reading our little blog. We have been in this process for so long that it truly feels like it's time for the next volume in this story of our lives.<br />
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P.S. Coming soon...the "Cocooning in the Chase House" post...Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07932543836593939566noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3691246434245284319.post-52012883445886550862012-06-11T12:17:00.002-07:002012-06-11T12:17:39.387-07:00A Note From the US Embassy and Outbid Me!This morning, we woke up to a note from the US Embassy letting us know that the I-600 portion of our case is complete and that they are now starting the Orphan Status Verification {the part of the process known as the I-604, Determination on Child for Adoption}. PLEASE PRAY your hearts out! Little man is SO close to being home...I can feel it! :)<br />
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In other adoption-related news, <a href="http://thejetts.blogspot.com/">my best buddy</a> who is adopting from St. Vincent is having an adoption auction for the next five days. Head on over to her blog and check it out, and while you're at it, outbid me...I dare you! ;)<br />
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his mommy and daddy and sister and brother</div>
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we celebrate our sweet little guy.</div>
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Because, although being in an orphanage for a year of your life is not an ideal situation in anyone's book, God is paving our way to our little guy.</div>
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We are thankful that next year on June 6th, we will be celebrating our son in our home, with his forever family who loves him SO MUCH!</div>
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Our sweet baby is 14 months old today.</div>
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According to our friends, <a href="http://andiamyours.blogspot.com/">the Hapners</a> {who took this precious picture}:</div>
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Bek has only two teeth</div>
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He can stand alone</div>
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He loves his nanny's cell phone</div>
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He's precious :)</div>
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Oh, how I pray there aren't too many more of these milestones before he is home! </div>
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If you read <a href="http://www.teamchase4andcounting.blogspot.com/2012/05/keep-moving-forward.html">this</a> post, you know that we were told by our agency that we would be submitted to Embassy on Thursday. Our agency DID take our case to the Embassy to be submitted, but it was turned away because of a missing document. We do not know what this document is or how long it will take to collect it. We are at a loss and are feeling very disappointed with this news.<br />
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To read more about our third day in Ethiopia, click <a href="http://www.teamchase4andcounting.blogspot.com/2012/04/ethiopia-day-3.html">here</a>.</div>
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<br />To read about our second day in Ethiopia, click <a href="http://teamchase4andcounting.blogspot.com/2012/04/ethiopia-day-2.html">here</a>.</div>
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<br /></div>Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07932543836593939566noreply@blogger.com0Joplin, MO 64804, USA36.985003092855962 -94.438476562533.766450592855961 -99.492187562499993 40.203555592855963 -89.384765562500007tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3691246434245284319.post-74946214730621561262012-05-28T21:44:00.002-07:002012-05-28T21:44:37.971-07:00Ethiopia Court Trip: Week in Pictures {Day 1}<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br /></div>Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07932543836593939566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3691246434245284319.post-16004884775831426782012-05-26T19:06:00.000-07:002012-05-26T19:06:03.879-07:00Keep Moving ForwardHave you ever seen the movie <em><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0396555/">Meet the Robinsons</a></em>? It is one of my favorite kids movies of recent years. It's a super cute movie, I LOVE the songs, and it has some pretty great themes. One of them is the phrase that is the main character's personal mantra "Keep Moving Forward."<br />
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In the movie, the phrase refers to the character's inventions and when something doesn't work or goes wrong, he reminds himself to just "keep moving forward."<br />
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This is where we are right now. We have been given the strength by God time and time again in this adoption. What a long, tedious, all-encompassing process this has been. <br />
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Has it built character? <em>Yes</em>. <br />
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Has it taught us tenacity? <em>Uh-huh</em>. <br />
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Has it been hard? <em>Absolutely</em>. <br />
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Has it been worth it? <em>Oh, my...more than I can express</em>. Because at the end of the day, my child is worth fighting for. In much the same way that Christ longs for and fights for us, {The LORD will <b>fight</b> <b>for</b> <b>you</b>; <b>you</b> need only to be still.”~<span class="keywordresultextras">Exodus 14:14} </span>we have had such an amazing opportunity to fight for <em>our</em> child. How awesome that we get to do this!<br />
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This week we received news that our case is "moving forward" and we were told that we will be submitted to embassy on Thursday, May 31st. Thank you for praying this date with us for the last couple of weeks. <br />
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Our next prayers are for the embassy representative that will review and accept or reject our case. We are praying for a softening of his or her heart towards our family and our baby and that he or she will work diligently on our behalf to approve our case and give us a quick visa interview so that we can go get Bek and bring him home.<br />
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I would also appreciate specific prayers for bonding. It is finally becoming real that we are going to have a third child at home and that our family dynamic will change significantly. Please pray that we will bond quickly and that any hesitation or wound from this wait will be replaced with unconditional love and an excitement that will sustain us through the transition.<br />
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In the meantime, I'm going to do a week in review in pictures of our Ethiopia court trip. This will be Monday through Friday. Hope you enjoy! :)<br />
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<br />Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07932543836593939566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3691246434245284319.post-21411774068569652872012-05-19T16:51:00.000-07:002012-05-19T16:51:41.107-07:00Adoption News and Pictures of BekThis week, two things happened with our adoption:<br />
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1. Our in-country staff received our new adoption decree from the judge.<br />
2. We had our home study update visit.<br />
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Both of these are good things...steps in the right direction. We still have a LOOONG ways to go, though it is impossible to pinpoint exactly how much longer it will be. The <strong>decree still has to be translated</strong> and Bek's <strong>birth certificate, passport, and visa medical exam all have to be done</strong> before we can even be <strong>submitted to embassy</strong>. Once we are submitted to embassy, one of two things could happen: either they will request a birth parent interview {which has typically been taking 2 weeks} and then <strong>give us approval to come back for our visa interview</strong> OR they could reject our case and send it to Nairobi, Kenya {to the office of the USCIS}, which would delay our case for around 3-4 weeks after our rejection.<br />
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This could all take anywhere from 5 weeks to 4 months {or longer...blah!}. <br />
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If you are praying for us, please pray specifically that the decree will be translated quickly and that the processing of the birth certificate, passport, and visa medical exam go smoothly {no spelling errors}. Our agency submits cases to the Embassy on Thursdays, so the earliest this could possibly happen would be May 31st. If you'd like to pray BOLDLY, that would be a great date to keep in your prayers!!<br />
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Now for some fun! I have been posting a picture a day of Bek on Facebook ever since we found out that he was officially ours. So far, these are all pictures that we took on our trip in early April. I just realized that I should post those here, too! So, without further ado...our darling African son:<br />
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Thank you for supporting us and loving us well...your prayers and encouragement {along with a big, heaping dose of God's grace} are making this wait bearable, even on those unbearable days!;)<br />
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I'm so blessed to be Mommy to these THREE kiddos...<br />
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Guess whose birthday was last weekend!!</div>
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Yep! It was Big Brother Camden's 5th birthday last Sunday! We had so much fun. At our house, when your birthday is on a weekend, you really get a birth-weekend full of celebrations (instead of just a day). :)</div>
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God gave him a really amazing birthday present that night...</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">{the supermoon, May 5th, 2012}</span></div>
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...and then we concluded his birthday festivities on Sunday with a gift from Sissy...<br />
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Thank you to everyone who made our newly-middled child's birthday weekend over-the-top fun!! :)<br />
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