ginny’s first year in pictures

Enjoy this slide show.  I had fun putting it together.  This year has been an amazing journey.
Adoption match, meeting and loving Ginny’s birth parents, birth by C-section, trip home from Kansas, overwhelming baby shower from our church, constant care from friends and family, the month of RSV treatments, first tooth, first solid foods, first words, [...]

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really first day of school

okay.  Thursday should have been titled “School orientation” not first day of school.
I discovered the difference today.
Thursday I got to go in with Ginny and play on the floor.
Thursday was only for an hour and I got to stay with Ginny.
Thursday we got to follow her around her classroom with a camera like paparazzi (or [...]

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Photos from the party

As promised -here are photos of Ginny’s Birthday Party.

And for those who don’t do the youtube thing.  Here are a few single pictures from the event.
We played this fun game where one person has to guard the treasure chest full of party favors and other people have to try to steal [...]

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three steps forward

I don’t have photos of it, cause I was too busy watching it happen, but
Ginny took three unsupported steps on Saturday.
She stood up in the middle of her nursery, balanced, then took three slow, controlled, steps toward her toy cabinet. Then she stopped,  stood still for a moment, and sat down.  I was very surprised [...]

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what to say

Missy has asked for people to help her know what to say to an infertile couple.
This is hard.  I was one.  I was once one of those walking bundles of pain and anguish who wants to hold a child so badly that it colors everything.
I have friends who say that “the infertile woman inside your [...]

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11 months

Time for the monthly update.
Ginny is 11 months old (actually she will be one on Aug 29th, but whose counting?) and so far I have managed to do a photo post for each month.
Ginny is walking by holding on to objects and using one hand to hold on to an adult.  She is starting to [...]

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never orphaned

Just about everyone who reads my blog knows by now that my favorite Bible study leader is Beth Moore.
As I read her blog more and more I am finding that I really enjoy the insights and posts from her daughters as well.
This one in particular from Melissa (who lives here in Atlanta by the way) [...]

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a different way to celebrate the fourth of july

Last year, Fourth of July weekend was a bit of a bummer.  We were dealing with a broken adoption match and the heartbreak was intense.
This year was much different.
We now have Ginny.  Our sweet, loving, adorable girl who has changed our lives.  You would think we would be big into the fireworks and freedom celebrations.  [...]

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Boulder photos

This is a pretty good depiction of what we looked and felt like after that 12 hour airport ordeal.  Bleary eyed and happy to finally be barefoot and at the cabin.  Ginny’s bottle was being heated up and we were only about 20 minutes from bed at this point.  ah….heaven.
This is the grand-kids wall.  There [...]

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9 months and counting

Ginny turned nine months old this weekend.
She is keeping us very busy.  But she has already developed a bad habit: she keeps getting me to skip church.  See her nap time is normally 9:30 or 10:00 to about noon.
Which means that if we go to church with her, we end up with a very cranky [...]

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