Adoption Photo Blog

We pursued our first adoption with a passion. We worked hard and we planned and dreamed, waited and longed for a child. We felt pain when we experienced our failed placements in Dec and June. We rejoiced at God’s faithfulness when Norah became a part of our family.
This situation feels completely […]

Charlotte Marie was born Sunday October 5 at 8:02PM. She was 5 pounds 10 ounces and 18.5 inches long. She came home to us this afternoon at 3:30PM. Here’s some pictures of her homecoming!
(Many thanks to our friend Steph for joining us to photograph our family as we met our daughter.)
When Charlotte […]

If you haven’t visited this blog in a few days, you’re going to want to click here to get caught up before you read this post. 
I want to give you the amazing update on our fundraising progress. I asked for your help on Tuesday night at 9:30PM. Our total as of 5:00PM today […]

We need $12,000 in 48 hours…
because Norah is going to be a big sister.
And because her birthmother has just asked us to adopt the baby – Norah’s full biological sibling.
And he or she could be born any day!
We would have liked to have come up with a clever fundraiser, but to be honest, we don’t […]

One of my favorite things we did last fall was go to the pumpkin patch. I hope you check out those pictures because it makes my heart melt to see Norah’s little round baby face and wispy hair.
Anyway, Walden Farm is right here in Smyrna and is one of the best pumpkin patches I […]

Of course, I know it’s not officially here yet, but one afternoon of mild weather and I want to pull out my sweaters and sprinkle leaves on my fireplace mantle!
We played outside after Norah got up from her nap yesterday, because I don’t know who could resist that fresh air - it felt GREAT!
Brad got […]

I can’t believe in all my years working for the Boys & Girls Club that I never ever went to the Discovery Center. I mean, I knew it was wonderful and heard LOTS of great feedback about it every time we sent the kids there on a trip - I just never happened to […]

Norah started running a slight fever on Sunday night after small group. We chalked it up to teething, gave her some tylenol and went about our business. Monday and Tuesday she laid around and slept a lot, but she had moments of happiness and playtime, so I was really torn about whether or […]

Cousin Hank celebrated his birthday in style today with a Pirate Birthday Party. Shai worked so hard to pull together all these awesome details to make Hank’s day as cool as he is.
Pirate banner and decor from PBK
Cool pirate cupcakes by Joy Conklin
And awesome Pirate Shirt by Maggie Moo’s Mom, Alison Harris
I could post […]

Seems as if there’s dueling artists in our home now. I’m stalking everyone with my camera, and you never know when you’re being filmed now that someone has a video camera.
Here’s a few of his latest creations. (If you’re reading in bloglines, click on the post so you can watch too!
“MTSU Game”

MTSU vs […]