Monday, December 27, 2010
White Christmas 2010
Christmas this year with Hadden was so much fun; although he still hasn't really gotten it, he gets really excited about certain things. He loves our tree, he walks over to it first thing in the morning wanting us to turn it on and then smiles so big when we do. It's been such a sweet way to start my day.
We celebrated last weekend with GiGi and Pops. His Aunt Devan go him all kinds of noise makers and he loves them. This kid loves anything that has to do with music.
Christmas Eve we headed over to Nannah and Pa's house for lunch and to make our Christmas cookies for Santa. Hadden got a guitar at their house that plays music and he dances his little heart out to each of the songs.
Christmas morning was so much fun!! Hadden's eyes got so big when he saw the chair Santa brought him. I love seeing him just sitting and playing with his new toys.
Dustin and I are so blessed to have such wonderful families to share this White Christmas with!
We are praying that next Christmas we will have our second son home to celebrate with us. Although I haven't even met him yet, or even know if he has been born, I missed him and wanted him here. Praying we will see you soon sweet boy.
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Telling Our Parents!
Dustin and I have been talking about traditions we would like to start with our family this year at Christmas and thought it would be fun to let the kids have a Christmas party for their grandparents. They can make their gifts for them and do an ornament swap. This was our first year to have it so we couldn't think of a better time to tell them our exciting news. So for Hadden's gift this year we made ornaments for them. We got ribbon the colors of the Ethiopian flag and put them down in the ornament, Dustin drew the outline of Africa on them, and Hadden fingerprinted where Ethiopia is. We had such a good time making them together. This is how they turned out! I love looking at it hanging on everyone's tree. I am praying next year we will have him home to share Christmas with us.
This is a picture of everyone opening it! The pictures didn't turn out to well, I think because I was so excited I wasn't even thinking that I might need the flash. Oh well at least I took a couple and I honestly couldn't even remember if I did that.
It was such a sweet time of all of us being together and sharing in the moment. Dustin and I got to share with them a little bit of our hearts and how God is moving. I loved it and will remember that night forever.
This is a picture of everyone opening it! The pictures didn't turn out to well, I think because I was so excited I wasn't even thinking that I might need the flash. Oh well at least I took a couple and I honestly couldn't even remember if I did that.
It was such a sweet time of all of us being together and sharing in the moment. Dustin and I got to share with them a little bit of our hearts and how God is moving. I loved it and will remember that night forever.
Monday, December 20, 2010
The Finns Are Adding One More!
I bet most of you are thinking I'm pregnant right...well we're not actually pregnant but starting what is known as the paper pregnancy. Yep we have officially started our adoption process from Ethiopia!!
Dustin and I could not be more excited about where God has brought us. We always knew that we wanted to adopt a child but thought we would have all of our biological kids first and then adopt after that. Funny how we think we have a plan right. So you’re asking how did we get to this point; well we had several discussions about when we thought we may have a second child but every time it came up nothing really felt right. As we continued to pray for God's will and guidance we began to feel God move our hearts to adopt. The more and more we talked about it with each other and friends the more God was confirming the plan he had for us. We continued to pray and began researching agencies and any kind of adoption information we could get our hands on. On 12/3/10 I requested an information packet from AWAA and within a couple days it was at our door. We looked through it all and I mean all of it, we were just so excited to get it we didn't want to miss a thing. Then on 12/7/10 we sent in our application and 12/17/10 we got the call that we had been accepted!! Wow that was fast, but we have no doubt that this is God’s will for our lives and I love it.
Our next steps are going to be a home study, which I am figuring we will be doing after the holidays, and then a few months of paper work. After all the paper work in finished and turned in, we wait. I know this is going to be the hardest part of the adoption process waiting on a picture of our little 0-12 month old boy!!
1) Prayer: Pray for our family. Pray for Dustin and I as we begin to fill out the paper work, that the process will go smoothly and for wisdom and strength. For our little Hadden, that God will prepare his heart to become a big brother. For our little boy on the other side of the world that might not even be born yet. Pray that our story will influence someone else to begin this amazing journey.
2) Donations: If you are interested in donating money to help us bring our little boy home you can do this through the donate button to the right. If you are interested in a tax deduction donation just email me directly at morganl.finn@gmail.com and we will have to do this through the agency.
We will keep you posted as me move along this exciting journey.
Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow. Isaiah 1:17
Dustin and I could not be more excited about where God has brought us. We always knew that we wanted to adopt a child but thought we would have all of our biological kids first and then adopt after that. Funny how we think we have a plan right. So you’re asking how did we get to this point; well we had several discussions about when we thought we may have a second child but every time it came up nothing really felt right. As we continued to pray for God's will and guidance we began to feel God move our hearts to adopt. The more and more we talked about it with each other and friends the more God was confirming the plan he had for us. We continued to pray and began researching agencies and any kind of adoption information we could get our hands on. On 12/3/10 I requested an information packet from AWAA and within a couple days it was at our door. We looked through it all and I mean all of it, we were just so excited to get it we didn't want to miss a thing. Then on 12/7/10 we sent in our application and 12/17/10 we got the call that we had been accepted!! Wow that was fast, but we have no doubt that this is God’s will for our lives and I love it.
Our next steps are going to be a home study, which I am figuring we will be doing after the holidays, and then a few months of paper work. After all the paper work in finished and turned in, we wait. I know this is going to be the hardest part of the adoption process waiting on a picture of our little 0-12 month old boy!!
How can you help?
1) Prayer: Pray for our family. Pray for Dustin and I as we begin to fill out the paper work, that the process will go smoothly and for wisdom and strength. For our little Hadden, that God will prepare his heart to become a big brother. For our little boy on the other side of the world that might not even be born yet. Pray that our story will influence someone else to begin this amazing journey.
2) Donations: If you are interested in donating money to help us bring our little boy home you can do this through the donate button to the right. If you are interested in a tax deduction donation just email me directly at morganl.finn@gmail.com and we will have to do this through the agency.
We will keep you posted as me move along this exciting journey.
Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow. Isaiah 1:17
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