Home Study

We have the BEST social worker in the world.  She is such a trooper and is trying so incredibly hard to get just the right template for our home study.  God has truly blessed us with her!!  I am hopeful that we can get our home visit out of the way next week and start all the paper chasing so we can go get our little man.  Thank you Ashley for all you are doing to get our home study going and going right!

INTRODUCING: Our SON..

It is with great pleasure that we introduce our little Eastern European Prince, "AJ".

The top picture if the most current picture of "AJ" and the bottom is when he was 10 weeks old.  "AJ" is not the name he will come home with.  It is just his RR screen name until we pick his forever name.  "AJ" was born in 2008.  He is the most beautiful and perfect baby!  "AJ" has Down syndrome and a minor heart murmur.  Our family cannot wait to bring this little guy home so he can run around our place and enjoy all that life has to offer.  We will be working VERY hard to raise the needed travel funds so we can go get "AJ" as soon as all the necessary paperwork is completed.  If  you feel led to help bring our baby home, please visit our Family Sponsorship Page HERE.  All donations are tax deductible.


We are coming baby boy...

Sweet Chrissie rest in peace

One of our online RR/CHD friends has gone to be with Jesus!  Sweet Chrissie had a severe congenital heart defect and had it repaired just over one month ago.  She fought hard and touched many lives while in the PICU for 31 days.  She was born in Serbia and adopted through Reece's Rainbow by a loving, Godly family just 7 months ago.  Chrissie got to know the unconditional love of a forever family.  Today, she plays at the feet of Jesus!

Sleep tight my precious wee-one

It is 2:40pm my time and 10:40pm your time.   I pray someone fed you a warm bottle and bathed you before bed.  I pray someone kissed your sweet face good night.   I pray you drifted off to sleep feeling safe in a comfy bed.  I pray you feel your mommy's love from around the world.  Good night darling boy of mine.

Horseback riding for orphans

Rescuing an orphan is incredibly expensive.  For my part, I am once again offering horseback riding lessons to local homeschoolers.  All the proceeds will go to our adoption of our EE wee-one.  So far we have had a great response with over 15 kiddo's taking weekly lessons and about as many interested but not yet on the schedule.   We are so blessed to have the opportunity and resources to offer these lessons to the kids and kids-at-heart.

Good morning my little prince

It's 12:15am my time and 8:15 in EE.  I pray they fed you a warm breakfast this morning.  I pray they changed your diaper and gave you fresh bedding.  I pray you can see the sunshine outside, breathe in fresh air and feel my love from around the world!  You are in my thoughts all day, every day.


Good morning my little one...

My heart sank...

...today when I went to RR, as I do every day, to look at our  precious EE baby and he WAS NOT THERE...anywhere!!  I then went to the RR Yahoo group to see what was going on and found that someone had posted that our little man was on the "My Family Found Me" page.  Again, my heart SANK!  Did we not get our commitment papers in on time and another family found him first??  I'm still shaking.  I'm hoping that Andrea has been working on the website and has yet to email me about moving his picture over to the new page.  I did find him on the "Found" page as well but our names are not there beside him.  Hopefully, we will have our FSP up very soon and all will be okay.


Ultimately, if we did not get our paperwork in first and our precious little one goes to another family, hard as it would be for us, at least he is getting out of the orphanage.  Bottom line is to get these guys into loving homes and out of there.   I'm praying he is ours and I'll be able to SHOUT out his name and declare him as one of my own!


God knows!  He has this!   I'll just rest in that!

TODAY...

was slow...again! 


Technically, I should have titled this "Yesterday" because it is way after midnight but I doubt the correct-day police will read this anyway! 


Anywho, we still have one more commitment document to fax in but our fax machine BROKE!  So, off to Kinko's to fax it in tomorrow.  After this last document we are done with all the commitment stuff!!!  I cannot wait to get the official go-ahead to tell the world which little EE angel we are adopting!!


I am trying to be more organized with our paperwork and planning.  I bought a 3-ring binder and some pocket dividers and will be able to keep everything in one place and write down what we need to be doing each day.  Hopefully, this will help keep us on tract.  Sometimes I feel so lost in this process that I do no know what to do next.  I'm thinking things will pick up after Andrea gets all my commitment documents, makes our FSP and we receive the downloadable information packet.


Well, off to bed again.  It's late here...1:45am and 9:45am there.  I hope our little is able to eat a warm breakfast today and is not hungry.  Throwing my love through the wind to you little one...

SW preliminary contact form ~APPROVED~

Today our social worker approved our adoption on the preliminary contact form and faxed it in!  Yeah!!  We filled out the Family disclosure form,  got it notarized and will fax it in tomorrow.  We will mail our 'other form', cannot remember the name off hand, in along with our initial fees tomorrow as per Andrea's instructions.  Once Andrea receives all these documents, we will officially be committed to our little man! 


I am going to have to figure out a better, faster way to do all this paperwork because at this rate our little man will be 42 before we get to bring him home.  But, for tonight I am done.  It's late and I'm off to bed. 

Application for Adoption Grant Eligibility and Family Sponsorship Program ~SENT~

Today we sent in our Adoption Grant Eligibility and Family Sponsorship Program document via email to Andrea at Reece's Rainbow.  Well, actually it was technically yesterday since it was sent just before midnight!  Anyway, that was our very first document of MANY towards getting our little man home.  We cannot disclose exactly who we are adopting until we get a few more documents sent in and the initial fees paid. BUT, I can say he is a precious, baby boy from Eastern Europe who deserves a loving home with lots of fresh air to breathe, green grass to run barefoot through and a family who loves him unconditionally!


Tomorrow we will work on the Adoptive Family Disclosure form and take it to be notarized.   Hopefully, our social worker will get her Preliminary Contact form faxed in soon and we will OFFICIALLY be committed to our little man.  Then we can tell the world who he is!  I can't wait!!!