Mommy's Knights in Shining Armor

Nathaniel's 3rd Birthday

I have been lax in keeping up with family happenings this fall, so I'm going to do a little catch up this long weekend!  On October 2, Nathaniel celebrated his third birthday.  "Poe", his babysitter, joined us for gifts, cake, and ice cream.  Following our some photos from that evening.  We love our little Nathaniel!

Ohh...what does he see?

Balloons and gifts...what fun!

I think the balloons were the best part!

This was a great thrift store find that Nathaniel has gotten a lot of good play use out of!

Christmas Card Photo

This morning I tried to get all four of my boys to lie on the floor in a certain order on the floor wearing Santa hats...how hard could that be?  I was attempting to get an "aerial" shot of their heads with the hats for our Christmas card.  Well...the three year old wouldn't lie still; the five year old wouldn't give me a toothy smile; the thirteen year old wouldn't smile at all (par for the course!); and, lo and behold, the fifteen-almost-sixteen year old totally cooperated!  I never cease to be amazed!  As for the photo...you'll just have to wait and see!

Dossier Update

I'm happy to post that our dossier was mailed last week to our agency, and hopefully is on its way to its final certification here in the U.S. before being mailed to Taiwan!  Now we focus on our last monetary need of $7000 for our travel expenses.  God is able!

Two Thousand Three Hundred Dollars

...is all that stands between our dossier leaving our house and arriving in Taiwan. Two thousand three hundred dollars. It's not a lot of money in the grand scheme of things, but it's more than we have sitting un-earmarked in our bank account. Could you please pray with us this week that God will show us His will regarding this last bit of money that we need? We could use credit, but we committed at the beginning of our adoption process to not do that if at all possible. We have decided to wait and pray until next Monday, November 1, before making any decisions. Thanks!

Finally!

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Still Here...

It's been a crazy few weeks at our house.  Lots of downs and very few ups, but we're hanging on to the Lord and His perfect plan for us and our children.  I do have some photos of Nathaniel's 3rd birthday to post, and Sabastian turned 13 this week.  (He will be having a party next month, so the photos will be delayed for him!)  I thank God for my children, but must say that parenting is not for the weak of heart!  I'm very thankful for a long holiday weekend, and the relaxing Saturday we are enjoying right now.  Someday I'll be back to my regular postings, but life needs to settle down a bit, first!