June | 2012 | Addicted to Adoption

Baby Steps Moving Forward on our wait for Ethiopia!

Posted on June 25, 2012 at 5:59 PM.

Written by Liza

Picture from America World’s Website (our adoption agency handling our Ethiopia & Haiti adoptions) There is an “unofficial” list of families adopting from Ethiopia within America World who are “in-line” and waiting for their children. When Jeff and I officially … Continued

Haiti Updates

Posted on June 16, 2012 at 5:38 PM.

Written by Liza

Photo from Crossing Borders Project Jeff and I decided to adopt a child from Haiti last fall. We had completed our homestudy and most of our dossier for Ethiopia and we knew that we wanted to adopt not just one … Continued

Save 50% on Empowered to Connect Conferences (ends 6/16)

Posted on June 13, 2012 at 11:53 AM.

Written by Liza

As you all know, my husband and I are in the midst of adopting. One of the organizations we have applied for an adoption grant from is Show Hope. Every year they hold conferences to help adoptive and foster parents, … Continued

Thanks Bekah & Your CCHS Class!

Posted on June 9, 2012 at 3:12 PM.

Written by Jeff

The picture above is a wonderful example of people we don’t even know stepping up to help us adopt. One of our friends, Bekah, teaches at Calvary Christian High School and explained to her students what we were doing. In … Continued

Addicted to Adoption

Dealing with Disappointment July 12, 2012
A little over two months ago, our lives were rocked. We were told that a birth mother had chosen us to adopt her baby girl that was due August 13th. We had only looked into domestic adoption for about 7 … Continued […]
Liza
Garage Sale Success July 9, 2012
I am sitting here in my parents’ St. Louis suburban home watching my little nephew flop and roll around on the floor, happy as a clam, content to put whatever is near him in his mouth. It won’t be long … Continued […]
Jeff
Baby Steps Moving Forward on our wait for Ethiopia! June 25, 2012
Picture from America World’s Website (our adoption agency handling our Ethiopia & Haiti adoptions) There is an “unofficial” list of families adopting from Ethiopia within America World who are “in-line” and waiting for their children. When Jeff and I officially … Continued […]
Liza
Haiti Updates June 16, 2012
Photo from Crossing Borders Project Jeff and I decided to adopt a child from Haiti last fall. We had completed our homestudy and most of our dossier for Ethiopia and we knew that we wanted to adopt not just one … Continued […]
Liza
Save 50% on Empowered to Connect Conferences (ends 6/16) June 13, 2012
As you all know, my husband and I are in the midst of adopting. One of the organizations we have applied for an adoption grant from is Show Hope. Every year they hold conferences to help adoptive and foster parents, … Continued […]
Liza
Thanks Bekah & Your CCHS Class! June 9, 2012
The picture above is a wonderful example of people we don’t even know stepping up to help us adopt. One of our friends, Bekah, teaches at Calvary Christian High School and explained to her students what we were doing. In … Continued […]
Jeff
Ultrasound Revelations May 31, 2012
One of the tremendous blessings of going through the adoptive process is that we are beginning to see how insensitive we are to other people. Not because we’re intentionally mean or vindictive or anything; if you know us at all, … Continued […]
Jeff
Nervous First Meetings May 24, 2012
This past Friday, May 18th, Jeff and I were able to do something we never dreamed we would be doing. We met our future baby girl’s birth mom. With International adoptions, we will most likely never know our child’s parents. … Continued […]
Liza
My “Guest Blog” Post on AddictedtoSaving.com May 23, 2012
**NOTE** This originally appeared on AddictedtoSaving.com, but many have asked it be posted here as a reference point since blog posts are updated so frequently there and tend to get “lost.” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I’m excited that Liza is letting me “guest … Continued […]
Jeff
Unexpected Curveballs – It’s a Girl May 14, 2012
It has been a few weeks since I’ve written on our adoption blog. Let me tell you, the past couple of weeks have been an emotional roller coaster. I know Jeff wrote about the roller coaster we have been on. … Continued […]
Liza

Monthly Archives: June 2012