Just wanted to let you know that Fu Chang is going to be adopted! She has a family! Thank you for all your prayers for this girl. Every child deserves a family.
"THERE IS SURELY A FUTURE HOPE FOR YOU,
AND YOUR HOPE WILL NOT BE CUT OFF."
PROVERBS 23:18
Our beautiful family, our wonderful life.
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Our year in Pictures
A look back at the blessings in our life this past year.
Starting with of course the blessing of our little miracle baby, Lucy Joy Peak. Born at 34 weeks, She weighed 5lbs 12 oz at birth.
Spring
We received official word from China in the early spring that Amy was ours and Brent and I traveled to China late May to bring her home.
Amy was so excited to find out she had sisters!
Family favorites:
The girls have kept us busy and laughing all year long. Happy New Year!
Starting with of course the blessing of our little miracle baby, Lucy Joy Peak. Born at 34 weeks, She weighed 5lbs 12 oz at birth.
Spring
We received official word from China in the early spring that Amy was ours and Brent and I traveled to China late May to bring her home.
Amy was so excited to find out she had sisters!
Family favorites:
The girls have kept us busy and laughing all year long. Happy New Year!
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Hand-me-downs
Don't you love hand-me-downs? So many memories when you see your different children wearing the same clothes.
Angie wore this shirt too, well up until I took it out of her drawer and put it on Lucy, but I can't seem to find a picture of her in it too.
Angie wore this shirt too, well up until I took it out of her drawer and put it on Lucy, but I can't seem to find a picture of her in it too.
at play
Yesterday I took all the Christmas decorations down. The girls helped of course.
It felt good to have an open living room again, without a big tree in it. Of course to the girls it was a wide open play area and they have been playing with their new train set all day in our living room. Poor Nala, our dog she didn't know where to go without stepping on toys so she climbed up on our footstool and has been there for a while now.
It felt good to have an open living room again, without a big tree in it. Of course to the girls it was a wide open play area and they have been playing with their new train set all day in our living room. Poor Nala, our dog she didn't know where to go without stepping on toys so she climbed up on our footstool and has been there for a while now.
Young girl needs a home!
This was posted on one of my boards today. This dear girl is about to "age out" at 14 which means she is no longer eligible for adoption in China. The Orphanage fees have been waived which is almost half the cost of a CHinese adoption. The agency will probably waive their fees as well which is about another 3rd of the cost of a Chinese adoption. Please pray for her, she will be 14 in a few weeks and it will be her saddest birthday she's ever had if she doesn't find a family.
For more information you can email Love without Boundaries at: info@lwbmail.com
Put "Fu Chang - 13 years old" in the subject line and they'll forward
it to her ASAP
Karin
Forwarded from Amy Eldridge of Love Without Boundaries:
I just got a letter from a staff member at the Shantou orphanage. There is
a young girl on the shared waiting child adoption list named Fu Chang. She
will turn 14 in three weeks and still has not found a family, so her
chance
of adoption is almost over. Chang is an extremely sweet and gentle girl,
and she has watched all of her friends in the orphanage find families.
The orphanage said she is "heart struck" that no one has stepped
forward for
her to become their daughter. She wants a family so very much.
The orphanage has agreed to waive the $5000 adoption fee if a family
can be
found for her. If you know anyone who has a dossier in China who is open
to an older child adoption, please let them know that the orphanage
fee will
be waived.
Still praying for a miracle for her.
Amy
For more information you can email Love without Boundaries at: info@lwbmail.com
Put "Fu Chang - 13 years old" in the subject line and they'll forward
it to her ASAP
Karin
Forwarded from Amy Eldridge of Love Without Boundaries:
I just got a letter from a staff member at the Shantou orphanage. There is
a young girl on the shared waiting child adoption list named Fu Chang. She
will turn 14 in three weeks and still has not found a family, so her
chance
of adoption is almost over. Chang is an extremely sweet and gentle girl,
and she has watched all of her friends in the orphanage find families.
The orphanage said she is "heart struck" that no one has stepped
forward for
her to become their daughter. She wants a family so very much.
The orphanage has agreed to waive the $5000 adoption fee if a family
can be
found for her. If you know anyone who has a dossier in China who is open
to an older child adoption, please let them know that the orphanage
fee will
be waived.
Still praying for a miracle for her.
Amy
Friday, December 26, 2008
Big Girl
Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. We had a great day, I am trying to reclaim my house from the Christmas clutter. :-)
Lucy decided to take her first step yesterday on Christmas day! It was just like her other firsts, she felt like we could handle it so she showed us her new trick laughing and clapping to let us know she was completely in control. She's adorable. :-)
On Christmas Eve we took the girls to the Christmas Eve service at church. They just wanted to get to the part where they got to hold a candle and tried to wait as patiently as they could until then. When I finally gave them each a candle, I decided that was the first time Amy has been that close to a candle or fire before. She didn't have it very long before it was time to light it but she had already broke the candle stick and put it upside down in the candle holder. I lit mine and gave it to her. She tried to take it from me by grabbing the fire! I yanked it back from her and put her hand under the the cup safe from the dripping wax, even though my hand was covered by wax by then. I kept a close watch on her while we had our candles lit. When it was time to blow them out I leaned over and took a breath and opened my mouth and she said (very Loudly) "don't eat it Momma!" Kinda broke the solemness of the occasion for the others around us. :-)
Lucy decided to take her first step yesterday on Christmas day! It was just like her other firsts, she felt like we could handle it so she showed us her new trick laughing and clapping to let us know she was completely in control. She's adorable. :-)
On Christmas Eve we took the girls to the Christmas Eve service at church. They just wanted to get to the part where they got to hold a candle and tried to wait as patiently as they could until then. When I finally gave them each a candle, I decided that was the first time Amy has been that close to a candle or fire before. She didn't have it very long before it was time to light it but she had already broke the candle stick and put it upside down in the candle holder. I lit mine and gave it to her. She tried to take it from me by grabbing the fire! I yanked it back from her and put her hand under the the cup safe from the dripping wax, even though my hand was covered by wax by then. I kept a close watch on her while we had our candles lit. When it was time to blow them out I leaned over and took a breath and opened my mouth and she said (very Loudly) "don't eat it Momma!" Kinda broke the solemness of the occasion for the others around us. :-)
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Merry Christmas from the Peaks
Karianne is actually holding mistletoe but she is waving it so enthusiastically you can't see it. :-)
Monday, December 22, 2008
a Tooth!
Finally at 11 months old, Lucy has her first tooth! bottom right tooth. At this rate she is following her sister Angie who got her first tooth right before her first birthday and didn't get another one until her second birthday!
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