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this blog is for those who would like to learn more about what is going on with our family - and in particular - the growth of our family through the process of international & domestic adoption…

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Episode 16 – Our trip home

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Well it took a little while to get together but here it is… episode 16, our trip home… enjoy

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Episode 15 – Part 1 & 2

Thursday, September 18th, 2008

Here is Episode 15… this is just a two part video blog from our last day in Ethiopia… just covering some of the stories and specifics of our stay… it’s two parts… enjoy… (Episode 16 is probably going to be our trip home and Deacon meeting Beck and Drew, so stay tuned)… part 1 part […]

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Episode 14

Thursday, September 18th, 2008

Episode 14 is here… this is just has some video and pictures of our last couple of days in addis… Episode 15 is on it’s way… enjoy…

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Episode 13 – The First Couple Days

Sunday, September 14th, 2008

Here is a quick video of our first couple of days with Deacon in Addis… while we are waiting for our embassy appointment… enjoy…

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We’re home!

Sunday, September 14th, 2008

We are home safe and sound and Beck & Drew have had a chance to meet and hang out with their brother. They love him and he loves them – they hit it off from the very beginning, what an answer to prayer…. here’s a picture of them just a little while after they met […]

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Episode 12 – The foster home

Thursday, September 11th, 2008

As we mentioned in Episode 11, there were no cameras allowed at the foster home when we went to pick up Dagim (by the way, we are changing his name to Deacon and Dagim will be one of his middle names – so I’ll probably start referring to him as Deacon)… So, since there were […]

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Episode 11 – He’s here!

Monday, September 8th, 2008

Well, there is so much to share but so little computer time or bandwidth… so, here is just a little taste of us picking up our son today…

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Going to get Dagim

Monday, September 8th, 2008

We are waiting in the lobby for our driver… getting ready to go get Dagim…. Please pray that he bonds with us relatively easily and soon… Thanks again for all your prayers and support… We love you all…

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We are here!

Sunday, September 7th, 2008

Well, we made it to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.  We arrived safe and sound and are at our great hotel.  The hotel is great all except for one thing – it was advertised with in-room, wireless internet access… but it ends up being a couple of PCs down in the lobby with limited access to the […]

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We’re on our way!

Saturday, September 6th, 2008

We have made our first leg of the trip and we are in Washington DC.  We met a really nice woman from Ethiopia that works at a restaurant here and she was helping us with our Amharic (Ethiopian) pronunciations.  We had to battle tropical storm hannah a bit on our landing, but it’s clear skies […]

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