Friday, September 11, 2009

Our Precious New Girl!!!!! 10 months old!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So.......drumroll please...........our next child is a girl- that's right 10 months old, and very beautiful- of course!!!!

OK so for those who are saying wait a minute you aren't even officially on the waitlist yet for AGCI (although we are almost finished). Yep, well our hearts found a child on the waiting list. We have been praying A LOT!!!!!! Seeking HIS WISDOM!!!!!! Praying some more.....talking, praying some more......talking, praying.....- did I mention that we prayed a lot!!!

So she is 10 months old adorable....appoximately 26" long/tall, about 15.5 lbs. Her birthday written down (which is always a guess when they are from Ethiopia) is November 10th....of course it is all of our family's birthdays/adoption days, anniversary are all within 6 months of the year. With our little one- this makes 3 birthdays in November!!!!

We will be naming her Naomi Caroline Wright!!!!! We couldn't be happier and more over the moon with finding our child that God has brought to us!

Of course we did say she was on the waiting child list. Not sure about giving too much away but she does need HEALING!!!! Now the best part is that WE KNOW A FATHER WHO HEALS!!!!!! So we are depending on lots of HEALING, praying, and doctors will be involved in this, but we feel at ease that this child belongs to God- not us. We know that God picked this child to be in our arms & our HEARTS, and we know that God loves her more than anything!

So we rest in that and know that our wonderful Blog friends will be with us on this journey to laugh and cry with us and to pray alongside us as well- THANK YOU IN ADVANCE!!!!!!!

Now....updates.....Jason is still really out of it...in some pain......but healing from his surgery (for kidney stones).

We had our Orientation Call this past Tuesday!!! We of course sent everything in (after Jason's surgery) on Wednesday....

We have our Dossier Call this upcoming Wednesday, and somewhere in there too we will have our official Referral Call to go over our referral.

WOW!!!!! Seem crazy to anyone else? It is!!!!!

Other than doing the wonderful book- Eyes Wide Open, the only other things we have to do are CPS checks from Iowa (which is new from last time), and get that one sheet state notary checked. Not sure what the technical term is, but for those of you in the process you may know. I think it is state certified.

We feel very lucky that our State Farm agent is a notary and is thrilled that we are adopting- again, and does our notarizing for free- Thank You Brenda!!!! What a great Neighbor!!!!

Well, I think my brain is about to explode- from JOY & LOVE for our Naomi, and of course EXCITEMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Celebrating God's Wonderful Gift of Adoption!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

29 comments:

  1. Wow, how exciting!! I found your blog from the AGCI list serve. We used AGCI for the adoption of our oldes two sons from Guatemala. But I love reading about other big families that have grown through adoption!

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  2. Such wonderful news! So happy for all 10 of you!!

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  3. So Happy for your entire family!!!! Happy New Year Indeed! We are praying for you all...and daddy with his kidney stone surgery. (I've been there done that...urrggghhh)

    Jumping up and down for you in Illinois-The Hensley Family

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  4. This is such wonderful news! I am so happy for you guys. I will keep Naomi in our prayers and you all too while you finish up the paperwork. I almost screamed when I read it, but stopped when I realized I finally had 5 kids in bed! ;) You are a joy...

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  5. So excited for you! I love the name Naomi!

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  6. Oh my you are after my heart ! I have been praying for this little one wishing we were in a place to bring her home. My sister works for a dr and I asked her some questions...if you want to email me I can share with you privately :) SOOOOOOO happy for you and Naomi !!
    octpumpkin@msn.com Maria (hugs)

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  7. congratulations!!! we will be praying for little naomi! very exciting to hear that you were matched with a baby girl!!! Yay :)

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  8. So exciting!!!! Congratulations!

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  9. Praising God with you!!! This is wonderful!

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  10. I SOOOO needed good news!!!!!!! A girl!!! What a sweet name! Not to mention her last name is perfect too, just "Wright!" I will be praying for this little one and you keep us posted!

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  11. WoooHoooo!!! You are right....we will all be going before our Father and praying for healing for sweet Naomi!!! I am so excited for your family!!!! AWESOME!!!

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  12. Congratulations!! I hope you're flying to Ethiopia soon!

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  13. FANTASTIC! I am so happy for you. I will be praying.

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  14. Whoo Hoo! Thrilled for your family! Praying for healing for your precious baby girl and a swift court and travel process!

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  15. So,so, so happy for all of you! Can't wait to follow you on the journey to bring home sweet Naomi.

    Love in Jesus,
    Amy

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  16. Oh wow! So excited for you - I couldn't believe my eyes this morning when I saw your post! God is so good, His ways are so perfect, and we will definitely be praying for you and little Naomi.

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  17. YEAH!!!!!!!! Coongratulations! SO EXCITED for you!!! Amy

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  18. Congratulations! That is so exciting! We'll be praying for you and for little Naomi!!

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  19. WOOO HOOOO SO very exciting!!!! Praise God for your willingness to follow His will. Prayers for healing indeed!

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  20. I know I just commented back to you on the listserv, but I had to get on here and read your post!! SO SO happy for you and all your kiddos!!! I wonder if we will be traveling together??? It would be wonderful to meet you & your new little Naomi!!! We'll be praying!!!!!!

    Melissa

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  21. Congratulations! I am so excited for you all. I will be praying for her health and a speedy adoption!

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  22. YAY! OK...I'm praying! And let's pray BELIEVING in God's power to HEAL! I'm adding sweet baby to my prayers now...and can't WAIT to see pictures!!!

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  23. Congratulations! I've been looking at her photo lately wondering where her family was. I'm so happy it's you!

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  24. I am so so so so happy for you guys! I am pretty sure I know the girl that you are speaking about and she is ADORABLE! There were 2 little girls with special needs added to the waiting list this month and I fell in love with both of them. I can't wait to watch her journey unfold with your family. She will certainly be in our prayers, but there is NO doubt in my mind that she will bless the socks off of your family! I work with special needs children and adults and they are perfect just as they are. It is wonderful to see progress and medical concerns be healed, but if they cannot then that is God's way of saying that they are already made in his perfect image. So know that we are here for you and will always offer prayer and encouragement to your beautiful family! *HUG!*

    Theresa

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  25. Just saw your blog for the first time and it's wonderful. I'll be praying!!

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  26. YAY!!!!!!!!!!! A big CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! I'm so excited for you!

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  27. I found your blog through "I'm Ghana Adopt"'s blog. Congratulations!!!! We brought our son home from Ethiopia in February. Ethiopia expedited his adoption because of his medical needs. Our social worker in Ethioia went to court for us to plead our case, and our finalization date was moved up by 1 1/2 months, and then after that they automatically expedited out travel date. Just thought you should know. It's a true joy to bring home a child with medial needs! Much more so than I even expected! Our sone has CP and is missing the left hemisphere of his brain, with a huge arachnoid cyst occupying the space. We wer told by the referral that he didn't recognize anyone, basically stared at a wall all day. I don't know who they were writing about, but it was certainly not my son! Since he came home, he has begun to sit, commando crawl, babble, and very obviously knows us and his sisters, even just by voice. We will be praying for you little one as you both wait to be united here on earth!!!!

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