I'm always amazed about how God puts families together! We're coming up on a year of having Faith in our family. It's been an amazing journey. Extremely difficult and extremely rewarding. It's neat how adoptive families all have a different story of how God knit their family together!
This family's story is pretty touching:
God Story: The Howerton Family from ROCKHARBOR on Vimeo.
Read more...Last week I turned in our 9 month post placement report for Faith. It's hard to believe that she's been with us for 9 months! It's been a huge adjustment for all of us and it seems to have gone by in a blur. It's kind of nice to have to write these reports because it forces me to reflect. It's all for God's glory that she's doing so well! Developmentally she's made huge strides and it's so fun to see! She talks, she walks (forward & backward), she eats great, she's happy and healthy!!! We're so blessed by her!!
We're required to turn in 12 pictures. Here are the pictures I sent in: 
One year ago today we met Faith for the first time at the orphanage in Ethiopia. You can read my blog from that experience here. We were handed a tiny malnourished baby that we fell in love with instantly. We became a family of four that day even though we had to leave her behind for three months. Our lives haven't been the same. We've all changed for the better! We're so thankful for this sweet little girl in our lives.
Here are some pictures from that short time that we got to spend with her:
Here's what she looks like now, far from malnourshed:
I'm starting to get real sentimental....we're coming up on the anniversary of getting Faith's referral. August 11th, 2009 was when we first fell in love with our baby girl!
Here was the picture we saw first.
I couldn't believe how much I loved her the moment I saw her....it really was love at first sight. (It was that way with both kids)
Here's a favorite photo of the week of Joseph and his friend Morgan. We went to a wedding and they dressed up in their local dress. 
Don't forget to check out our family blog if you want to keep up with us!
I know it's Saturday...I'm a little behind. Here's our favorite photo this week:
I came across these videos from Ethiopia. I thought they were both good. It's a good picture of my children's birth country. :)
Ethiopia: The Whole Picture from Paul Hassell on Vimeo.
Coffee Ceremony from Paul Hassell on Vimeo.
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