She resurfaces.......one year later!

Hello all 2 of you who still may wander to this blog occasionally to see if I've made any effort to update.  Because, really, who starts a blog and then neglects to update it for an entire year?!  ME, that's who!  Why have I not updated?  Well, mostly because I've been busy raising two delightful, high-spirited boys.  Trent is now 6 years old and just began 1st Grade.  Elias is now 5 years old and just began Kindergarten.  They both attend Clemons Lutheran School, which we all love. 


Elias - First day of Kindergarten

Trent - First day of 1st Grade




Trent lost his first tooth!

recent family photo

We have also been busy plugging away at another BIG project.  Let me take you back to November 2010 when we formally applied to Holt International Children's Services to adopt a girl from Ethiopia.  Yes, that's November 2010 - nearly 2 years ago!  A lot has happened since then.  Mostly paperwork.  But, alas, on August 24th we formally accepted referral of a beautiful 7-month-old baby girl!  Jordan Elizabeth.  This was a total surprise to us.  We were thinking that it could possibly be another year before we were matched - or, even worse, that this adoption might not happen.  However, when we applied to adopt from Ethiopia, we also applied to Ethiopia's Waiting Child Program.  (basically, that means that we were open to a child with mild to moderate special needs)  Jordan has a partial, unilateral cleft lip that will need to be surgically repaired when she gets home.  Cleft lip is something that we had specifically been open to when filling out our original paperwork.  So, basically, our profile matched perfectly with this baby girl.  God is good!
In light of this new development, I am going to make an ardent effort to keep up with my blog.  Stay tuned to see what the next step in this process will be...