Our Miracle...

Ok so with alot of prayer and discussion we have made the decision on who we are going to adopt. He is very close to my heart but not location. The little guy whom we well be anouncing once the ball is officially rolling will be named Elijah Daniel. Elijah a name we love means, the "Lord" is my God. Daniel for his Daddy means God is my judge. He is currently in an orphanage in Eastern Europe and that is all we can say about his location. He is 4 1/2 years old, and was blessed with an extra chromosone. He is a beautiful miracle with Down syndrome.
With God's guidance Dan an I feel this is the child that has meant to be ours all along we just were not listening to HIM. Through HIM doors will open and we well bring home our miracle boy.
Merry Christmas to All,God Bless

HE found a family :)

This is Vadim.. HE is a beautiful 4 year old who I absolutely LOVE who currently lives in a orphanage in Eastern Europe. He has a family. The Dull family had previously commited to little boy named Joel from the same country as Vadim,however Joel was adopted by a family from that country, that left the Dull family missing a little boy and one VERY special little boy with out a family. BUT not anymore. Hopefully they will all be together by the end of the year. Vadim will have a Mommy, Daddy, a big sister Josie, a little brother Josiah and a baby sister Jordan... Congratulations to all!!

Congratulations Nalle family

Today Aaron Vanya Nalle is no longer an ophan he has his parents, Julia and Rob Nalle and two older brothers Ben and Elijah Congratulations.

Just over a year ago..

It was just over a year ago I discovered a wonderful "place" called Reeces Rainbow(RR), it is a listing and advocating organization set up by a wonderful woman Andrea Roberts. It was in honor of her son Reece who is now 8 but was born chromosonally enhanced with an extra 21 chromosone. Officially he was born with Down syndrome and to honor him she now advocates for children with Down syndrome and other special needs around the world.
Started 4 years ago Reeses Rainbow has brought over 350 children to their forever families. RR isnt an adoption agency they truely do this out of love, It is a totally volunteer group of women who work with family adopting through an adoption agency or independantly with the help of foreign facilitators.
Upon finding RR I found a little boy who had just turned 3, AND was in need of a forever family. We commited to be his family, and well things didnt work out and had to let him go, so now fast forward on year, he is now 4 and I still look at his pictures daily and pray for him to come home to his forever family whether that be here to us or another family that will love him as much. I have his picture on a collage with other RR kiddos on my bedroom mirror, fridge.
Daniel has said if the Lord opens the doors for us to financially commit to him again he will be on board. So I pray GODS will, will be done but hope His will is for the little guy to be part of our family.
PLEASE PRAY with us for all the angels On RR and for us if it is Gods plan for this little guy to be part of our family..

Time flys

Well havent I been bad the last month about not posting. I didnt realize it had been a month since my last post, but we've been busy as a family. We went on a vacation to Virginia over the 4th of July. When we came home Lauren who was scheduled to have her gallbladder out the 29th of july but she had an attack and ended up having it out 2 weeks early, Shanna had band camp at the high school for 2 weeks and so now it is the 1st week of August. Ethan starts school next Monday the 9th and the girls start the 23rd. Lauren will be a senior, Ehtan a junior, Shanna a freshman and ALina will be in 4th grade.
WOW where has the time gone!
Daniel and I are doing well, just busy with the kids, I cant help but wonder what it will be like to have another little on in the house with all the ongoings of the older kids, but I have no doubt that God has a desire for us to adopt again, just gotta wait... Patience is not something I am known to have. But as time has gone so quickly as it has the year that Daniel wants will be over and we will be in the process ... GOD willing.

And so we will wait.. and SPENCERS NEW BUTTON

After much discussion and tears, Dan and I have decided to wait 1 year to move forward with adoption. He finally admitted he wasnt totally ready yet. I ask him to give me an idea of how long he wanted, he said 1 year...

So for the next year I will advocate for my sweeties.. first is Spencer his birthday is next week he will be 4, he really needs a mommy and a daddy... PLease consider him.

advocating and patiently waiting.

Confused about Gods WILL

Have you ever felt so drawn to do something that when things dont work out you get more frustated and question our LORD. And then you get and AHA moment and realize that maybe you were not hearing what HE was REALLY trying to tell you just what you wanted to hear...
Well I am at that point for the last 10 months I knew or at least I thought I knew what we(my family and I) were supposed to do, who my GOD was leading me to. That he would come home and we would begin life with "Shawn" as our son, brother. Now I sit and wonder if as I look at another's photos with such and intense feeling and wonder...
There is a boy who has CEREBRAL PALSY same as my daughter Alina, he has my daughters begging my husband to say yes to him.. And there is a little boy with Down syndrome that I keep looking at and wondering why am I so drawn to him, what about Shawn, what do I do? My mothering instincts say bring them all home, But the voice of reason MY HUSBAND DAN, will only agree to one..
And then I am reminded by a song by christian artist Twila Paris..

This is no time to fear
This is a time of faith and determination
Don't lose the vision here, carried away by the motion
Hold on to all that you hide in your heart
There is one thing that has always been true
It holds the world together

God is in control
We believe that His children will not be forsaken
God is in control
We will choose to remember and never be shaken
There is no power above or beside HIM, we know
OH, God is in control, Oh God is in control

No matter how the deception may fly
There is one thing that has always been true
And it will be true foreverGod is in control
We believe that His children will not be forsaken
God is in control
We will choose to remember and never be shaken
There is no power above or beside HIM, we know
OH, God is in control, Oh God is in control

Oh He has never let you down
Why start to worry now? Why start to worry now?
He is still the Lord of all we see
He is still the loving Father wathching over you and me
Watching over you, watching over me
Watching over everything
Watching over you, watching over me
Every little sparrow, every little key, every little key

God is in control
We believe that His children will not be forsaken
God is in control
We will choose to remember and never be shaken
There is no power above or beside HIM, we know
OH, God is in control, Oh God is in control



This is the song that has to keep me moving forward and when my LORD shows me that it is the time to commit to which boy is to be my son, then I will be until then I must remember.. GOD is in CONTROL