tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39420227787054178662024-03-12T19:33:24.447-07:00TRUSTED WITH MUCH... Luke 12:48On July 4th, 2010 two little girls from Bulgaria joined our family. This blog shares the ups and downs of our ever growing family.Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00780602398588917246noreply@blogger.comBlogger406125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942022778705417866.post-5435797058793562542011-01-30T15:21:00.000-08:002011-01-30T15:22:24.365-08:00It's a new day, a NEW BLOG!We have moved! Come on over and join us!!!! FIND IT HERE!.....................................................Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00780602398588917246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942022778705417866.post-41421647961858515352011-01-25T14:32:00.000-08:002011-01-25T14:33:00.429-08:00Stay Tuned....I will be starting a new blog soon. For now, this one is going to be silent. :) Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00780602398588917246noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942022778705417866.post-71834738481464430522011-01-14T20:09:00.000-08:002011-01-14T21:11:06.329-08:00God Does Not Need You...That is the truth that has been laid upon my heart. It is not a depressing, lonely truth, but a freeing one!Acts 17:24-25 (New International Version, ©2010) 24 “The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by human hands. 25 And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything. Rather, he himself gives everyone life Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00780602398588917246noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942022778705417866.post-50215272719292120722011-01-07T15:37:00.000-08:002011-01-07T16:20:53.156-08:00Believing.....Meeting Yana in Jan. 2010: (please ignore ME!)I want to share something with you. The following are sentences from Yanas referral papers before we had ever met her..."Mild dilatation of the lateral ventricles", "follow up transfontanel echolgraphy was carried out: hydrocephalus interna, cystic formation in the right hemisphere, several smaller in the left, dilated brain ventricals", "The child Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00780602398588917246noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942022778705417866.post-82424411860067086112011-01-03T09:48:00.000-08:002011-01-03T10:13:51.714-08:00It's 2011!!!And the girls are doing so well! Yana has a best friend. Sure, she's of the 4 legged variety, but a friend is a friend! And Tavi is finding that being part of a family just keeps her smiling about all the time!YANA AND HER BEST FRIEND... KIZZY! And TAVI just being cute in her pigtails ...Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00780602398588917246noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942022778705417866.post-8168823423388247342010-12-27T12:00:00.001-08:002010-12-27T12:09:27.196-08:00Merry Christmas from our family to yours...and someday I WILL get a good pic of ALL my kids together! :)Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00780602398588917246noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942022778705417866.post-15501308041397127072010-11-23T19:58:00.000-08:002010-11-23T20:16:38.047-08:00SPECsifcally cute!LOOK whats new! And the biggest surprise of the week is she LIKES them! She will actually leave them on for quite awhile, and she's happy! :) \>Seriously, can she look sad or what? :) Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00780602398588917246noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942022778705417866.post-6528659693303555592010-11-15T09:06:00.000-08:002010-11-15T10:19:41.456-08:00Happy Birthday Sweet Tavi [Nov. 14th]God knew. He knew that 5 years ago when a precious baby girl was born that she would be our daughter. The gentle CARE He takes, the LOVE He puts into it, the JOY He finds in it, the SPECIFIC outcome He has designed for us ... the knitting together of a family. It's a GOD thing. Psalm 13913 For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother’s womb. 14 I will praise You, for I Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00780602398588917246noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942022778705417866.post-15237512195871612612010-11-07T07:40:00.001-08:002010-11-07T07:45:44.378-08:00Orphan Sunday/ Saturday at our churchWell, I can't say it was perfect, but I gave our "How did you first enter into adoption?" testimony on Saturday to start off our "Orphan Sunday" sermon. They even got it on video, which had I known I would have done myself up just a little bit.;) Sometimes, the most I can do is just show up.... moms you know how that is right? :) Talking in front of a group is so not my thing, I wish it was. I Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00780602398588917246noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942022778705417866.post-43196439928105368362010-11-06T21:35:00.000-07:002010-11-06T21:43:55.001-07:00Will needs a family!This year I am a Christmas Warrior through Reeces Rainbow for Will. He is a little 5 year old boy with Down syndrome. In his write up it says that he is very serious. That just makes me want to hug him and put a lasting smile on his face! The best way I know to do that is to bring him a family.He is in a country very dear to my heart ;) ..... If you are able, would you please consider Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00780602398588917246noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942022778705417866.post-91018477454245847172010-11-06T21:34:00.000-07:002010-11-06T21:35:09.784-07:00number 6...6. The adoption tax credit for 2010 is over $13,000! :)Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00780602398588917246noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942022778705417866.post-60290215434612249522010-11-05T17:56:00.000-07:002010-11-05T18:35:22.213-07:004 months home!I can hardly believe it!!It's been crazy enough that I can look back and honestly not quite believe we made it through! Each day presented and continues to present new challenges. 9 kids, diverse beginnings, and 3 of which are teens guarantees that life is neither quiet, peaceful nor boring! And yet I am at peace, my heart overflows, my mind is mush.... Life ain't perfect ;).Tavi slowly Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00780602398588917246noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942022778705417866.post-21411921384988971602010-11-05T11:47:00.000-07:002010-11-05T11:51:21.389-07:00number 5.....5. We are told again and again in the bible that God has a heart full of mercy and love for orphans, widows, the "least of these", as we are also told to "be like Christ". Can you think of a better way than through the adoption of a child to have our hearts aligned with GODS HEART AND WILL?Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00780602398588917246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942022778705417866.post-33358384713220869592010-11-04T09:29:00.000-07:002010-11-05T11:51:43.508-07:00National Adoption Month .... 30 reasons to adoptI'll play catch up since it's already the 4th!1. All children deserve a loving family.2. Adoption is beating strong in the heart of God.3. It's a beautiful option for growing your family.4. It is a living, tangible, and phenomenal way to show your children that love does not have rules and boundaries. Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00780602398588917246noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942022778705417866.post-28295423521105444152010-10-29T16:10:00.003-07:002010-10-29T16:19:35.404-07:00Just had to share!!!!Oldest to Youngest... :)Yana TaviLukeI can't help myself! I LOVE Yanas expression, and yes, this is her MAD face! :)Are these kiddos adorable, or is it that I'm biased? :)Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00780602398588917246noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942022778705417866.post-75217305951182063962010-10-29T10:20:00.000-07:002010-10-29T10:33:13.773-07:00The Small Stuff....I found this on a Christian blog, written in 2007. I thought it was worth sharing. The old adage says, “The devil is in the details” and it is so with adoption. Give me a big problem or hurdle, and shockingly, I do just fine (while holding onto God’s hand, that is!). But I do “sweat the small stuff.” Ask me to chase around little details, and then have something go wrong? That’s a recipe for Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00780602398588917246noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942022778705417866.post-6606179732744725412010-10-25T09:37:00.000-07:002010-10-25T09:59:36.623-07:00BETCHA CAN'T HELP BUT SMILE BACK!Just took these this morning. Enjoy!Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00780602398588917246noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942022778705417866.post-8452162448994935972010-10-20T13:07:00.000-07:002010-10-20T13:17:00.994-07:00It's working!So I decided believing is at least 1/2 the battle. Yana does not make letter sounds, doesn't babble, nothing but growling, spitting, throat clearing etc. Well I decided she just lost the know how and needed help getting it back. She loves music. So about a week or so ago I started singing sings with syllables only. Concentrating on the basic baby ones.... Dada, mama, lala, papa, nana or no Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00780602398588917246noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942022778705417866.post-5603322458130347372010-10-15T09:25:00.000-07:002010-10-15T11:20:44.836-07:00Sometimes 100% is the only thing that is acceptable!Luke 15:1-7This is the biblical passage that has been on my mind and my heart lately. Now I realize this story is talking about believers that have wandered away from God, and that it also is addressing the attitudes of the those still following Jesus. But it also tells me that Jesus desires 100% outcomes. That just one child suffering, one child alone and afraid, one child hungry, one child Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00780602398588917246noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942022778705417866.post-68332530998171236782010-10-13T12:22:00.000-07:002010-10-13T13:11:43.922-07:00This Little Light of Mine...When I look at Yana and see her smile, I see a smile that lights up the world. I see JOY, pure and simple. So much a part of her Creator, that I can't help but smile back. This little light of mine, in my heart she will forever shine. In the heart of her family, she will forever be a shining light. She is living her life in the arms of a mommy and daddy, and brothers and sisters, and grandmasKellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00780602398588917246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942022778705417866.post-6422295005341256632010-10-09T22:06:00.000-07:002010-10-09T22:43:59.559-07:00Ephesians 2: 10 says "For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them."[This verse] implies that we should step out in bold obedience. The good works he has prepared beforehand—we should walk in them!What are the things God has prepared for you to do? When did you last reassess God's call on your life? What are those Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00780602398588917246noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942022778705417866.post-85201066917566405122010-10-04T17:32:00.000-07:002010-10-04T18:02:40.973-07:00SIGH....Soooo tired of feeling manic! Bonding and attachment suck! I want to feel normal!Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00780602398588917246noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942022778705417866.post-66072136070591087252010-10-02T20:21:00.000-07:002010-10-02T20:49:06.866-07:00Good changes in the air....There was a time when this sweet little girl did not like the wind blowing in her face or her hair....Now 3 months home, she loves the sun on her face and the wind in her hair! ******************************And this little one was so hard to get to smile, and did not like looking into the camera or even into faces.....But she is all smiles and giggles now!************************And yes, his "BIGKellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00780602398588917246noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942022778705417866.post-75213574193211569312010-09-29T12:38:00.000-07:002010-09-29T13:42:42.955-07:00Specifically Speaking From My HeartI hear the comment all the time, "My heart has a burden for...". I used to wonder what all the hype was about. And I will admit it was thought by me to be a much overused phrase. But I come to you today telling you that "my heart is indeed heavy with a burden". There are so many, just so darned many children without a family. So many children who are "nobody to anybody". And as I look Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00780602398588917246noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942022778705417866.post-5752586013293662222010-09-22T19:23:00.000-07:002010-09-26T10:18:59.592-07:00More Than Anything....Sometimes it just overwhelms me. Sometimes it brings me to tears. Sometimes it causes my heart to hurt so much I think it will break in two. Sometimes what I want more than anything in the world is to be able to rock this little boy in my arms when he was just a baby. And tell him how much I LOVE him and that everything is going to be okay. I want him to have had an early childhood that is Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00780602398588917246noreply@blogger.com2