Baby Eli

Eli loves our appliances! lolThis is one of the signs I posted about in a post from Korea. Joy is exactly what I needed....and still need!

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I have so many things to be thankful for. Today Eli has been home for 4 weeks. He had his first Thanksgiving dinner with us...he ate everything on his plate. He seems so content with us...and for this I am thankful. Today when my step-dad blessed the food he started crying when he thanked God for Eli. I'm thankful that God has redeemed the relationship between my step-dad and I. (we had a rough start when I was a kid) I'm thankful that Eli has softened his heart and has shown him another side...
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My sweet boy is 16 months old today. My how our world has changed since his arrival. He is such a good baby. I know he is attached to me, but I waiting for the day he LOVES me. This brings me to my heart. The Lord has been constantly bringing the word love to my mind lately. Since we started the process to adopt my idea's of what love is and what it means have changed drastically. We grow up with the idea that love is some romantic feeling that is to be reciprocated. But love I have found is ...
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It will be two weeks tomorrow that my little baby came home. He is adapting well to his new home. He is calling Jeremy Da Da, and he calls me Mama, but I think he's referring to his snack. Mama is snack in Korean. He called me Eli for a while because he thought the kids were calling me that. He is cruising on furniture, he eats everything in site, he sleeps like a baby, and he is just a easygoing kid. Lily and Sam adore him. Sam has been asking questions about God creating us. And I was telli...
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I've been thinking a lot about home. What it means to be home. On the flight back home from Korea I was extremely homesick to the point I was physically sick. I missed my husband, my kids, and my house. The flight couldn't go fast enough, not to mention little boy was hysterical. Since I've been home I've been thinking about what home means to me. Home is safety, peace, rest, laughter, fun, security, and love. I have mentioned before what a spiritual battle that has in-sued since we stepped o...
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This is going to be a really long post. I'm going to try and get everything about our trip and homecoming in now while sweet baby is sleeping, daddy is bowling with big brother, and big sister is busy playing.

I'll start with the night before we left. I slept with Lily because she wanted to wake up early and go with us to the airport. The day was bitter sweet. I was thinking about how our family was going to change and what that would look like. I was thinking about Lily and Sam, wondering if...
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I won't be able to share as much as I would like. I'll share more about our experience in Korea later. (when I have time)
Before I left for this trip the Lord kept bring the scripture to my mind, "The joy of the Lord is our strength." I knew then I would need His joy as my strength. I even posted before we left that I was drinking out of my Joy cup. This experience has been like nothing else I have experienced in my life. It has been wonderful, different, peaceful, and awe inspiring. It becam...
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We had such a wonderful day today. Me, the kids, and my dad went to the Cedar Rock Falls pumpkin patch. (i forgot my camera) Then our sweet neighbor's Joe and Mrs. Gail gave us money to go out to dinner. We ate at our favorite Japanese restaurant Yamato. I'm so excited to embark on this new chapter in our lives. God is adding another patch to our family 
quilt.

Please keep the prayers coming for Lily, Sam, and Eli.


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It is really happening! I will be meeting my baby boy on Monday at 9:30am. I have a due date and time. I never thought this day would come. What will he be like? What will he feel like? Will he love me? Will he know I love him? I can't wait to hold him, smell him, love him. A 15 month old little boy will be birthed into my arms on Monday!!!!! I'm so happy!!!!
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