Tomorrow, November 21st, we celebrate the anniversary of Faith joining our family. This year went by quickly. I can hardly imagine our family without her! She's just a natural part of our family.
Here are some pictures from a year ago:
One of my college roommates has adopted through the foster care system! It's been so fun to reconnect with Tracy with adoption! Recently her family was on the local news as a way to celebrate adoption for Adoption Awareness Month!! Go check out the video here.
Read more...Isn't it ironic that November is National Adoption Month as well as the month with Thanksgiving? I'm more than thankful for my adoption into God's family. I'm thankful that our two adoptions are complete and our two kiddos are no longer orphans. Yes, it's true, adoption and thankfulness go hand in hand. :)
I watched this video tonight and my heart was stirred. It's still astounding to me that there are so many children without parents. I wish I could do more. I wish I could adopt them all. And yet, there are days when I know I couldn't handle more than two. I'm thankful that God is bigger than me.
Freed to Visit Orphans from Together for Adoption on Vimeo.
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:
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