Big News!

Our family is growing! By God’s leading, Michael and I have decided to open our hearts and our home to a baby boy who is due to be born near the end of April. Over the holidays, a young woman who is in a crisis pregnancy (Michael’s younger ½ sister) asked if we would adopt her unborn child. While this story is filled with great complexity, we found ourselves propelled by the opportunity to provide a loving home to another child, and we thank God for the means and grace to do so. Being a domestic adoption, we are, in a sense, holding our breath until everything is finalized after the birth. We are very proud of the birthmother for making the courageous decision to carry this child and to make an adoption plan. I can’t begin to imagine the road she has ahead of her. If you can remember to do so, please keep her in your prayers. You can pray for us, too….. Two under two – yikes! Two kids in 9 months – double yikes!!

We remain confident that God will hold and sustain us in this time of transition; “that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 1:6)

Memo to Sarah

Sarah, you have been growing and changing so much lately and I've not been doing a very good job of documenting your milestones. One day your going to want to know this stuff, so here is what you have been doing lately.

You have been walking like crazy lately - especially this last week. You fall less often, are more sure-footed, and you are picking up speed. Just yesterday you figured out how to stand up from the middle of the room with nothing to hold on to. It's pretty funny to watch. You stick your rear up in the air with your hands and head on the ground and then push off. Sometimes you just fall all the way backwards, but you don't give up. Yesterday you also squatted down and picked an object off the ground and stood back up without falling over (for the first time).

You don't "say" many words - just "mama" and "da" - but, you "talk" all the time. You are very loud!! You understand many words, though. Here are just a few of the words you understand well: breakfast, lunch, dinner, eat, drink, bunny, bear, Tigger, toys, kiss, bye-bye, hair brush, teeth, nose, eyes, ears, and hello.

You know how to use baby signs to ask for "More food (or drink) please." By the way, you request food and drink ALL THE TIME! We think you might have a hollow leg to hold all the food!

You make many funny faces, such as: the "kissy" face, "show me your teeth" face, "stare down the nose and tuck the chin" face, and the "I'm so innocent and sweet" face.

You are obsessed with all things electronic. And, if you make it through childhood without being electrocuted, you just might grow up to be an electrical engineer. You even figured out how the use the remote control to get to the TIVO menu to turn on Sesame Street - which happens to be your very favorite show. You love to watch Sesame Street while sitting nicely on the couch. Very impressive for an active toddler!

Two weeks ago you made it trough your fist real illness since you have been home with us. You had a 103 degree fever for almost 48 hours. You were a very good patient. You also were in your first auto accident last week while mommy was driving you home. A lady hit our car from behind us while getting onto a highway. Our car looks really awful but we were both ok. You screamed for a while, but ended up making friends with the firemen. They gave you a balloon and then you were all smiles.

Daddy and I love you very much and we can't wait to see you grow into an even bigger girl. But, don't rush to grow up! Ok?

Happy TET!!

Our family celebrating TET (Vietnamese New Year) at the Dillon Lunar New Year Dinner

Below is a slide show of more pictures from the weekend - including Lunar New Year and Bella's (Hung and Becky's daughter) birthday party. It was a busy weekend!!



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Play Day

Today Sarah's friends, Baby Avi and Luke, came over to play. Of course, Natasha and Jamie came too. All three babies are from the same orphange in Ninh Thuan. Luke came home about a month before the girls. It was a wild time with a 19, 16, and 9 month old - and we had so much fun! I'm disappointed that the picture came out so dark, but hopefully you can see it ok.

Giving Avi Joy a kiss. Really, I think Sarah was just trying to score some of Avi Joy's lunch!

This picture if for Daniel (Luke's dad)! I'll just keep this picture for future blackmail purposes.... (Luke is holding Pistol Pete - the mascot for OSU) Daniel brought an OU hat to Vietnam to give as a gift to our agency's attorney, Thomas. So, we brought Thomas an OSU hat to replace the OU hat. So, all you Kansas and Huskers fans waiting to travel better not get any ideas!

She discovered the food stash! Really, we just thought she looked cute in her pajamas with bed head.