BLITZ time baby!!!

Wanna win an IPOD TOUCH or IPOD SHUFFLE?? It’s BLITZ time!!! You can win by simply donating $10 or spreading the word on your blog or facebook!! OUR GOAL IS TO RAISE THE INITIAL $3000!!

For the next 7 days we are challenging you to HELP us bring Solomon home by raising awareness & spreading the word about our BLITZ event. Oh, did I mention we are GIVING away an IPOD TOUCH & an IPOD SHUFFLE?!?!

To win the IPOD TOUCH: For EVERY $10 you donate to Solomon’s adoption, you will receive one entry in the Giveway. You will be emailed a giveaway number for each $10 you donate through the Chip-in on our blog. If you want to mail a donation, please email us & we’ll give you our address.

To win the IPOD SHUFFLE:
1. Post a blog entry on your blog about our giveaway & you'll receive one entry
OR
2. Change your wall status on facebook with a link to our event
OR
3. If you do both, then you will receive TWO entries in the shuffle giveaway. IMPORTANT: You must post a comment on Solomon's Facebook group with a link to your facebook or blog entry.

***We will hold the drawing on Wednesday, February 3^rd at 10:00pm (pst). It will be done the old fashion way…we will put all the entries name/number in a jar and pull from the jar. We will video the drawing and post it on our blog.***

Oh yeah…we will give away one 8gb IPOD Touch for EVERY $2000 we receive in donations so SPREAD THE WORD and skies the limit J

A BLITZ is coming...

are you ready to watch the Lord move??? More info. in a little bit :)

One PROUD Mama and

one AWESOME big brother! I sit here with a very full heart. I put a glass jar on top of our hutch in the dining room...our Solomon jar. I walked into the room to see a wad of money in it...I went searching for my oldest and asked him if he put his money in our Solomon jar? (he's the only with money around here LOL) He said, "Yes, I want to help bring Solomon home, mom." Let me just tell you he had been saving that $52 for a while now with the hopes of buying a laptop. My heart is blessed beyond words...he LOVES his brothers and sisters so much!

He's really good at putting them to sleep, too :)

Big sister heard what he did & said, "You put ALLLL your money in there...AWESOME...I want to do that, too!" She ran as fast as she could down the hall to get her money and put it in the jar.

Oh, how I love these kids of mine!

Coming up for air....

(Buried under paperwork...our homestudy paperwork)

I can't believe we already have $350 towards our first fees. WootWoot! You guys are AMAZING!!! The total amount can seem a bit overwhelming at times but we are confident God is calling us to adopt our sweet Solomon and are super excited to watch Him move the mountains!!

Coming up for air....

I have been completely buried under paperwork for our homestudy and dossier. You'd think by our 5th adoption I could zip through this a lot quicker but I've been working my tail off and have everything collected but our medicals which will be done early next week. Why the hurry???? Because every day matters...every day that goes by without our homestudy or dossier done is another day that Solomon has to wait. It has actually been a lot of fun (except when I couldn't find P's birth certificate or our marriage license ;) This is the only part of the wait I can effect so we are just about done with the 'hurry up' phase and will be in the agonizing 'wait' phase.

Our timeline....

Prayerfully we will have PA soon...it seems like our wait to travel will be around 7-9 months. We could be back in China in July like last time...that would be so cool...especially because his 4th birthday is in July...praying for July or sooner :)

Now to the "business"

We are asking for prayer as we await PA (pre-approval) from China to adopt our sweet son whom we just sent our LOI (letter of intent) to adopt :)

He's 3.5 years old...hehehehe....he's smack dab in-between the girls...yep, our "twins" are about to become triplets...hehehehe!!

I'm not allowed to show his beautiful face until PA but I will show you his little dimple smile.

We'd love for you to join us in praying for God's perfect will, His protection for our son, & provision as we proceed through the paperchase.

We are stepping out in complete faith that God is going to provide financially for this adoption. He has given us amazing peace & guidance and we are trusting He will provide. Our fabulous agency, Nightlight Christian Adoptions, has estimated the cost of the adoption to be $25,000-$30,000. There are several phases that the fees will be due...right now, we have an immediate need of $2,500. I have added a "Chip-In" bar on the upper right on my blog. If you feel the Lord leading you to donate and be a part of bringing our son, Solomon, home, we'd be very honored! Most importantly we covet your prayers.

We would love for you guys to share our family with your family & friends...Help us spread the word about our little one.

We wait with great anticipation at all the Lord is about to do!

And the winner is.....

My beautiful, precious friend....Cheri H. Your kids are going to LOVE this book and I dare you to read it without crying :) Email me your address and I'll send it your way!!!

**Check back in a couple of hours to find out what "business" I need to share**

Giveaway drawing in a few hours...

I will be drawing the giveaway winner very soon...so hurry up and leave your comment so you can be included! I'm thinkin' a little bit sooner than "night" time because I have some other business to get to on my blog and you all are gonna want to hear about what God is doing in this household!!!

GIVEAWAY Time!

It's time to delurk...

It's time to spread the word...

It's time for a GIVEAWAY...my first-ever GIVEAWAY!!

Whatcha ya need to do....leave a comment and tell me why you read my blog, what you'd like to see on my blog, or simply say 'HI' :)

The drawing for the giveaway will be on Thursday night. The winner will receive my favorite children's story book about adoption. This is by far my favorite one (so far).

A Giveaway is coming....

A giveaway is a comin' to my blog...

keep checking back...

could be tonight...

could be tomorrow :)

~Hehehehehe~

(sorry...they are NOT the giveaway :)

Today...

Today...

I'm not going to limit God...

I'm going to trust Him completely...

I'm going to step out fully in faith...

I'm going to trust the promise that His plans are perfect for me...

I'm going to trust that He has placed 'these' desires & passions deeply in my heart for a purpose...

I'm going to trust that He will provide EVERYTHING needed...

I'm going to believe that He is 100% in control and doesn't need my help...

I'm going to live whole-heartily for His calling and purpose for my life...

I'm going pray more specifically and more boldly...

I'm going to wait in great anticipation of what He is going to do...

Today, tomorrow, and forever...I AM NOT GOING TO LIMIT MY GOD!!