ONE MONTH HOME!!!!!

We love this precious girl and are so very Thankful for your little life!! Here's a few photos from the last month, as a family of five! :)

Averi is ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy Birthday to our sweet girl! What a blessing she is to our family already, we are so thankful for her and thank the Lord that she was home in time for us to celebrate this special day with her. We love you so much Averi!!!!!!

Hey everyone,

First of all, to those of you waiting for an update of some sort last week......I apologize. I had tried to upload a few photos while we were in Korea but for some reason it wouldn't let me so I did my updating on my Facebook profile. Now that we're home I keep telling myself I need to update my blog but can't seem to find the time. We are still recovering from jet lag and are so very exhausted on top of having a precious but grieving new baby. I'm just going to post a few pictures for now(because I know that's what you all want to see anyways) and then I'll write an update soon........hopefully!!! :) We are doing well though, had an AMAZING time in Korea and are very happy to be home, finally a family of five. Averi is doing well, she's still grieving pretty hard for her Foster mom but we expected this and are compforting her the best we know how. We're just loving on her, kissing her and telling her how much we love her and that she is now with her forever family. More details to come........thank you all so so much for all your comments, messages and prayers. We appreciate them very much!!

Date night with the kids the night before we left

View from our window

First meeting with Averi....she didn't like us so much. :)

2nd meeting.....still didn't like us very much.

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Goodbye Ceremony.....very emotional!

Meeting her brother and sister for the first time, finally all together!!

I tried to get one of the three kids but this is about the best that I could get, I'll keep trying. :)

SHE'S COMING HOME!!!!!!!!!!

Praise the Lord!! We have waited a VERY long time for this day to come and we could not be more thrilled and overjoyed!! We FINALLY get to meet our baby. Wow!! I still can't believe the time has come.

We received our Travel Call on Tuesday morning. We just purchased our tickets yesterday and we'll be leaving SF on Tuesday the 28th and will be returning on Monday, August 3rd. There's so much to do: packing, cleaning, getting the kids ready, spending time with the kids, making phone calls, making appointments. I think I'll get it all done even though I'm running in circles. My brain isn't working properly at the moment. :)

We'll will try and update everyone while we are there, whether it be by blog, email or Facebook, I'm not to sure. I think we'll have access to a computer while we are there. We are staying at Eastern Social Welfare Society which is the agency on South Korea. So all of our meetings with Averi will be in the same building.....Oh, our meeting with Averi. We will meet her for the first time on Thursday at 10am!!!!! So, in less than a week we will have our baby in our arms.......Yipee!!!! Somebody pintch me!! :)

Our prayer was that we would meet her before her first birthday, well.....she'll be 1 on August 14th. Thank you Jesus!!!

Praise God!!

Thank you all again for your support and prayers. Please, if you have any questions feel free to ask or send me an email. I promise I will try to update soon.

NEW PICTURES!!!!!!

Oh we just love this precious little girl. I cannot believe how big she's getting and how much she's changed. We think she is adorable!!!! :)



The Director of our agency was in Korea again this month and came back with a few new pictures and a video. We were so excited to receive that package in the mail, we have watched it many many times.



We also got a little bit of information on her as well. They say she sits well, crawls quickly, tries to pull herself up, babbles and says "omma and appa." She loves music and plays well with toys. She weighs 8.9kg which I think is around 19lbs and is 67cm tall. They also told us the foster mom loves her very much and cries everyday when she thinks about her leaving her.....this just breaks my heart. She is also very close to the foster daughter who is in high school.



We were hoping to travel in June but unfortunately it'll probably now be in July. :( We just found out that her paperwork in just now being processed in Korea which could take a month to get approved and then she still has to get her visa and passport. :( I'm bummed and very sad but I know there is nothing we can do but continue to wait for her. I know she'll be home in God's perfect timing but waiting is still VERY difficult. I had been told that this part was the hardest but didn't realize just how hard until now. It's in God's hands...not mine and that is so comforting. He knows exactly when she'll be home. I'm just getting alittle anxious and stir crazy, well.......ALOT anxious and stir crazy! Haha!! :) I need to post this verse all over my house and give everything over to Him.

"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God." Philippians 4:6

Please pray with us that she comes home quickly!! Thank you again for your support and prayers.

9 MONTHS OLD!!!!!

Today our sweet baby is 9 months old.

Hurry home precious girl so we can hug and kiss on you. My arms are starting to ache for her, but I am so thankful that she is being loved on by her wonderful Foster mom.

No updates but we're still praying that we'll travel in June!

My baby girl is 4 years old!!!!!!!!!

Olivia turned 4 years old on the 9th. WOW!!! Time goes by so fast. What a sweet, precious girl she is. She is such a joy to be around with and infectious personality. We are so blessed and thankful to have her in our lives. We cherish every moment.
Here's an update in pictures with some of the things we've done in the last week or so. Enjoy!! :)