New Word

Steven is learning so much right now, but the new word he says now makes me laugh. Bib. When he wakes up in the morning, he points to his bibs on a hook in his closet and says bib. When I am doing laundry, he steals them out of my basket and tries to put them on.

Why the fascination with bibs? Because in his mind, if you're wearing a bib, you will get food. Can you tell my son loves to eat??

13 Days until the Big Day (aka Shameless Begging)!!

Yep, that's right. Abigail is scheduled to arrive in 13 days! (Dec. 21 for those who are math challenged.) We have one final thing to do before our homestudy is complete, and that appointment is scheduled for tomorrow night. We do not know how long that will take, and we do not know how much it will cost. (Last year we paid a reduced rate of $400.) This expense is not counted in the cost of our adoption :(

I've been researching grants, and there are several we are going to apply for. However, we cannot apply for grants before our homestudy is complete or after placement. You can see the time crunch we are in!

In the meantime we are continuing our magazine fundraiser. (Brace yourself, shameless begging to follow!) So far, we have raised $77.60, which is wonderful! That is from three people's orders. I know that many of you read magazines, and I promise you, the prices are very good. You don't pay more to support our cause. In fact, my dad found his Time magazine renewal was only $25 instead of the $40 "offer" Time was offering!

So, please buy one! They offer everything from Parents to Newsweek to People to the ever popular gun magazines. I know that you'll find something for you or all the people on your Christmas list!

So what are you waiting for?? Order a magazine today!

P.S. I'll still love you and let you read my blog even if you don't :)

P.P.S. Don't miss the picture posts I added earlier today!

Please Pray!

Please pray for this adoptive family as they deal with the murder of this beautiful 5-year old girl and her foster parents in Guatemala. Josi would have been coming home to her new parents this month. I can't imagine how devastated her family (both here and in Guatemala) must be. Please pray for them.

http://azhderianfamily.blogspot.com/

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One Year Ago Today. . .

We learned of Steven's existence.
I started scrambling to get our portfolio ready.
We tried not to get our hopes up.
We asked a very select group of people to pray.

One year ago today, our life changed in an unexpected but wonderful way!

Going Down the Step

This is an old video, and the quality isn't too great since it was on Mark's camera phone, but it's pretty funny watching him go down the step at my parents' house. He's an old pro at it now, but not quite there yet when this was taken :)

Cake and Cheese!

I love the facial expressions in all of these pictures! You can definitely tell what he was thinking :)

Umm, not too sure about the fire.

Everyone's singing to me!

Yay, Mommy!

Cake is definitely overrated.

Yeah, no doubt about it. . .why did you put this in my mouth??

No, Grandma, isn't not just the sprinkles. I just don't like this stuff.

I don't even want to touch it!

Wait, I can have cheese instead?? Yay!!

So delicious!

Worn out.

Decided to touch it after all. . .it's fun to smash and put in my hair!

Still won't put it in my mouth, though. Time for a bath!

Party Time!!

I have to say, we had a great time, and we only spent $15, including presents! (Well, including our presents, not my family's.) Nothing beats garage sales, mom-to-mom sales, and the dollar store!