tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91812738782401724422024-03-12T23:04:06.438-07:00Crazy for the Lord: Our Adoption Journey!Crazy for the Lord- Our Adoption Journey! http://www.blogger.com/profile/14167691039758873561noreply@blogger.comBlogger102125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9181273878240172442.post-55786154764640261822016-11-10T06:56:00.002-08:002016-11-10T06:56:47.618-08:00UpdateI know it has been a while since I updated but honestly we have just been waiting and waiting. On Monday November 7th, we got word that we finally got our official letter of Approval. We got the actual copy in the mail yesterday along with all of our papers to mail to uscis to get approval to bring Sarah Jane to the U.S. The i800a asks for approval to bring a child and the 1800 asks for approval to bring a specific child. We hurried and got all of that in the mail to Fed Ex to arrive today. Approval is usually around 2 weeks but we have several holidays approaching. If we stay on track, it looks like we could meet Sarah Jane on JaN.16th. If not, it will be Feb due to Chinese New Year. Please pray that the process will finish smoothly, for us as we prepare our home, our children's hearts as we wait, and for us to raise the remainder of the funds we need. We are so close!
Thanks for following us on our journey!
Brandi
Crazy for the Lord- Our Adoption Journey! http://www.blogger.com/profile/14167691039758873561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9181273878240172442.post-31680858976150024892016-05-11T16:46:00.002-07:002016-05-11T16:46:39.653-07:00It has been a long time!! Adoption update!!It has been a long time since I last blogged.
I decided to blog again to keep people informed about our adoption. We are adopting a little girl who we are naming Sarah Jane, who has down syndrome, from China. She was 3 in Feb. She is spunky, beautiful and just wonderful!!! Can't wait for everyone to see her. Our homestudy should be proofed and approved in the next few days!!! YAY!! After that we mail off our 1800A to get approval from the U.S. to bring Sarah here from China. That process is taking two months, right now.
Our house is on the market. Lots of big decisions to be made as far as what area we will be moving in for school. We want a very good special needs program.
Please keep our family in your prayers. I will try to keep this updated!!
<b>Brandi</b>
Crazy for the Lord- Our Adoption Journey! http://www.blogger.com/profile/14167691039758873561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9181273878240172442.post-19976591682370336902014-09-13T20:14:00.001-07:002014-09-13T20:14:22.123-07:00Update!!:)Well.. its been a while since I have written. The last post I believe we were just denied.
A lot has happened. We were called about a situation of a newborn in May, the same day that we heard we were denied from Peru to adopt. The baby was due in a month. We said yes a few days later, after praying about it. Found out very soon after, that it was a boy. The baby was born 3 weeks later. He is doing great!! He was born on August 10th. He is so sweet!!:) Our kids LOVE him!!
We are going to try to get some pics with all of the kids tomorrow and in their sibling shirts so hopefully I will have a pic to post soon!!:)
We are still sad about Star but I believe that God has big plans for her. We learned recently that she is very sick and was in the hospital. She was moved to Lima to get better care. She is now listed on Reece's Rainbow, so I am hoping her family fines her soon!! Please pray with us, that they see her soon!!! Crazy for the Lord- Our Adoption Journey! http://www.blogger.com/profile/14167691039758873561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9181273878240172442.post-39205466584600947332014-08-03T15:00:00.003-07:002014-08-03T15:00:26.367-07:00Well here is our adoption timeline to Estrella. This is house it started and ended.
8/14/13 Saw "Little" One on a waiting child page
8/15/13 Called Villa Hope to talk them about their Peru program
9/3/13 Mailed Application to Villa Hope
9/3/13-10/20/13 Gathering information for homestudy
9/13/13 First homestudy visit
10/20/13 Second homestudy visit
10/31//12 Homestudy Approved
11/1/13 Started gathering dossier documents
12/2/13 Mailed I800-A to USCIS
12/9/13 Lockbox Date
1/7/14 Biometric Fingerprint apts in Birmingham
1/8/14 Ben and I psychological evalution
1/10/14 Ben and I psychological testing
1/10/14 Ben and I labowork and chest xrays to check for diseases
1/17/14 Kids labwork and chest xrays to check for diseases
1/17/14 Kids psychological Evaluation
1/20/14Ben and I check ups
1/21/14 Kids Check up visits
2/14/14 I800-A approval
3/1/14 Psychiatrist appointment
3/7/14 Everything mailed off to Montgomery to be apostilled except Psyciatrist report that we are waiting on and will need to go to Nashville to be apostilled.
3/12/14 Got back everything from Montgomery that was Apostilled. Still waiting on reports to send to Nashville!
3/15/14 We got our reports we were waiting on from the psyciatrist in TN..
3/17/14 Took report from psychiatrist to Memphis to have the notary signature certified
3/17/14 Took reports to Nashville to be apostilled.
3/18/14 Went to pick up the kids corrected medicals. They had a mistake.Will pick up corrected ones later this week. We took everything else to Birmingham. Our agency is looking over everything to make sure there are no mistakes and waiting on the kids medicals before they send the whole dossier. They scanned and emailed a copy to Maria Elena (our lawyer)in Peru so they can start translations.
3/19//14 Went to pick up the kids medicals, Ben's chest xray results, and new birth certifcates for Anna and Nate. I think they are all correct and ok. Learned that Anna's and Noah's birth certificates are older than one year. Peru will not take them that old. I went to the Health Dept today to get them new ones. They still have to be taken to Montgomery to be apostilled. Also learned that Ben's medicals did not include his chest xray results, so I had to go go pick that up as well.
3/21/14Took Anna and Noah's new birth certificates to Montgomery to the Secretary of State to be apostilled.
3/21/14Took chest xray results, Anna and Noah's birth certificates and the kids medicals to Birmingham. Our agency agreed that they thought everything looked good. Our agency sent our dossier via Fedex to Peru. Scheduled to arrive 3/25/14
3/24/14 Our dossier is on tract to arrive to tomorrow in Peru. It is in Columbia right now.
3/25/14 Dossier arrived in Lima, Peru
4/13/14 dossier turned into the DGA of Peru.
5/15/14 Got the horrible call from our agency that Peru had denied us and we had 14 days to appeal.
5/15/14 to 5/22/14 work to get appeal together
5/28/14 Appeal turned in to the DGA. Now we wait. AGAIN!
6/25/14 We heard that we were denied again. Now the appeal goes to the Vice Minister.
7/21/14 Our adoption journey to Estrella ends here! We were denied again. Nothing else we can do. Please pray that she gets a Mommy and Daddy again soon.
Thankful that God knew what he was doing and although we are very, very sad about this, he was working in our hearts and was preparing us for the answer I truly believe. Most of you know the story of how God put a situation of a newborn boy in our lives around the same time we were denied. I truly believe that was all part of God's perfect plan as well!
I guess this page will not be our family blog and I will blog as I have time. I will not be able to post pics of the baby right away. We will have to wait until we are at home before we can post pics.
Brandi Crazy for the Lord- Our Adoption Journey! http://www.blogger.com/profile/14167691039758873561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9181273878240172442.post-43025250986975847422014-03-25T10:20:00.002-07:002014-03-25T10:20:03.478-07:00Update: our dossier is in Peru!!! So excited!!!! OK carry on- that is all!!:)
Please pray that everything will go smoothly from here on out!:)
.BrandiCrazy for the Lord- Our Adoption Journey! http://www.blogger.com/profile/14167691039758873561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9181273878240172442.post-47861920622959654452014-03-20T13:02:00.001-07:002014-03-20T13:02:06.457-07:00UPDATE!!!Hey guys! Ok!! A lot has happened this week for sure!! So here goes!!!
On Sunday night we drove to Memphis so we would be there when the courthouses opened at 8am. We got there at 8 am, got what we needed and head to Pulaski TN at 810 am, we arrived there around 1230 and got what we needed, grabbed a bite to eat and drove to Nashville TN by 230!! Our Psyciatrist in in Pulaski TN. He works in Memphis at a hospital several days a week so he had stuff notarized in both Memphis and Pulaski. The state of Tennessee requires you to go to get a certified letter stating that the notary is true and valid and the signature is real. On Tuesday we took all of our documents to Birmingham. We found out that Ben's medicals didn't have a copy of his chest x-ray and the kids medicals needed to be rewrote with the kids full names, and Anna and Nate's birth certificate was more than a year old. On Wednesday, I went to pick up a copy of Ben's chest xray results, got Anna and Noah new birth certificates at the health dept. and picked up the kids medicals. Tonight, we will drive to Montgomery to spend the night so we will be in Montgomery when they open. We will be at the Secretary of State office to have Anna and Noah's birth certificates apostilled and then we will take everything to Birmingham to give to our agency. Our agency has received our FBI clearances back from the Secretary of State. At that point, God's will, everything should be ready to be mailed to Peru!! WHEW!! I need a nap!!:)
When our dossier arrives in Peru, which should be on Monday, our lawyer there and some other folks will start pushing our dossier to be translated! My medicals expire on April 10th! If they expire before then, they will have to repeated which will mean at least two more weeks and more money. We are praying that it will be translated and turned in to the director by then!!:)
God Bless,
BrandiCrazy for the Lord- Our Adoption Journey! http://www.blogger.com/profile/14167691039758873561noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9181273878240172442.post-74135998019524077632014-02-19T19:26:00.001-08:002014-02-19T19:26:15.374-08:00UpdateAdoption update:
Well.. It has been a while since I updated last. I Am so bad at this! I have added our adoption timeline to the right side of the page. If you look at back post, we were first hoping to travel in Feb or March, then April. Obviously that is not going to happen since our dossier will not be to Peru until March. So it is looking like mid to late summer. At least we hope and pray that is the case. I have to say that adoption is the craziest, scariest, hardest, most amazing thing ever!!
<b>BRANDI</b>Crazy for the Lord- Our Adoption Journey! http://www.blogger.com/profile/14167691039758873561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9181273878240172442.post-23200158651845675392013-10-30T08:08:00.001-07:002013-10-30T08:11:07.862-07:00Adoption Update! We have completed our homestudy with our social worker. Laura is wonderful!! She is so nice to work with! She has turned it over to Villa Hope now. We are waiting on them to approve it, which should be any day. We have been working on our I800a forms to send off when our homestudy is done. You have to send a copy of the homestudy with the I800a forms. When our homestudy is complete, we can also start working on our dossier. We already have much of the information needed for the dossier as well. So that is it.. nothing major. We are just waiting! I will admit- I do not do well with waiting! I am learning though! I find myself thinking about "her" all through the day, wondering what she is doing! A few days lately I have been down in the dumps thinking, how in the world are we going to come up with that much money is so little time!! We know that God lead us to her so he will provide. In his time, of course!!
Galatians 6:9
9 Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
We have many fundraisers going on!
1. We are doing mini sessions with Mary.
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2. We have Aggie's Arts for sale!
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3. We have Compelled Designs for sale!
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4.We are going to start doing a fundraiser with Amy in November selling Thirty-one!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/213620522061331/?ref=br_tf
5.We are doing a book fundraiser! The lady who is doing our fundraiser I have never met! She has offered to give us 100% of what she makes!!:)
https://w3657.myubam.com/
6.We are doing a Origami Owl Fundraiser too. A lady contacted us wanting to help us out!!:)
https://www.facebook.com/lindseyboyerorigamiowl
7.If you just feel lead to make a donation, you can do so on paypal. Just go to https://www.paypal.com/. My email is frogger200017@gmail.com
So there we go! I think that is it!
We have lots of fundraisers going on! Christmas is coming up. Please consider buying from us for your gifts!!:)
Thank you all so much for praying with us and following our journey!!:)
I can not wait to hold that precious girl and for her to meet all of you, after all, you guys are helping get her here!!:)
Brandi
Crazy for the Lord- Our Adoption Journey! http://www.blogger.com/profile/14167691039758873561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9181273878240172442.post-90533633519850374872013-10-14T13:26:00.002-07:002013-10-14T13:26:23.460-07:00UpdateWe had our yardsale on Saturday. We made $825.95 to go towards getting our sweet baby! Emma and her friend Kara Beth and Kara Beth's little sister did an awesome job with the lemonade and treat stand! They made at least $60 by themselves. The McClures let us use their yard since the Hamtpon Cove community sale was that day. They helped us set up and tear down. The Bongs came to help us with the yardsale too. Angela was a big help with Nate. My Mom kept Anna and Noah which was a big help too!
We had our homecheck on Sunday afternoon. Since we have had a homestudy for fostercare adoption, she expects this homestudy to be done in three weeks or less.
After our homestudy is approved we file our I800a. The I800a is what allows us to bring a child from another country into the U.S. This process can take a while. We also will start working on our dossier when the homestudy is approved. We already have most of what we need for that.
We are still selling Aggie's Art and Compelled Designs. I have marked down the prices some on those too!
Please continue to pray for us! Please also pray for the health of "Little One"!
God Bless,
Brandi CantrellCrazy for the Lord- Our Adoption Journey! http://www.blogger.com/profile/14167691039758873561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9181273878240172442.post-29006012214058026002013-10-02T10:37:00.001-07:002013-10-02T10:37:44.965-07:00<b><span style="font-size: small;">Just wanted to do a quick update: </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: small;">We are in the process of doing our international homestudy. That should be done in just a few weeks.<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> When that is done, we have to file our USCIS forms, when our homestudy is complete we start working on our dossier. When we get approval from the U.S. saying we can bring a child from Peru here, we can mail our dossier to Peru. It has to be translated. Once Peru receives our dossier, they put her officially on hold for us. They only place children in Peru, once a month so we will have to wait on that as well. We orginally had planned to travel around Feb or March, we had to wait on some stuff to be done so now it is looking like April. Emma's birthday is in April so we are planning to celebrate her birthday in March. </span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">In April when we go, it will be Fall time there. They are on the same time as we are as well. That is be really nice. I was nervous about the kids adjusting but they are on the same time as us. We have been looking at apartments to stay at. We plan to get a two or three bedroom so we have bedrooms, more than one bathroom, a kitchen and washer and dryer. </span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">We have a lot of fundraisers going on. Right now we are selling Compelled Jewerly and Aggie's Art jewerly. Both are very beautiful and make great gifts!! </span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Oct 12 we are having a yardsale. We have had lots of donations. We are overwhelmed by the love that has been shown to us!!! . Our sweet friends are letting us use their yard in Hampton Cove. The day of the 12th, Hampton Cove is having their community yardsale day. </span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">October 17th at 6 pm at Southside Baptist we are having a painting party fundraiser. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">November 16 from 9-3 we are doing a photography fundraiser at Chase Railroad Museum. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">So this is just a little of what is going on! The biggest way that you can help is joining us in prayer!! </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">We are so excited for this journey and can hardly wait to bring our little girl home. I can not wait to meet her and for her to meet all of you!!:)</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Brandi</span></span><b> </b></span>Crazy for the Lord- Our Adoption Journey! http://www.blogger.com/profile/14167691039758873561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9181273878240172442.post-41678769397419743762013-09-06T08:32:00.001-07:002013-09-06T08:32:22.398-07:00<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Hey guys! I am horrible at updating. So sorry! I will try to do better. </b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>I got an email from an adoption agency that I had never heard of. In the email it asked me to join their private Facebook face that they post pictures of kids on the waiting children's list. I requested to join the page. Their are only 40 something people on the page. That same day I joined they posted a picture of a little girl from Peru that I totally fell in love with. I can't explain what happened but I felt this overwhelming feeling in my heart that I needed to inquire about her. I wish I could share her name and her medical condition but for now I can't. She will be 3 in November. I can say this, the sooner she gets to the U.S for medical care the better.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>So here we are.. we are trying to raise enough money to go to Peru to get her in Febuary. We need to be there 3-5 weeks. Yes, we are crazy! I do know that if God leads you to it, he will bring you to it though. </b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>We just finished up with a tshirt sell and raised almost $400 in a week. I am about to start selling beads for Visiting Orphans. They are beautiful. In October we are planning to do a yard sale. If anyone has anything they would like to donate, please let me know. Then in November I am planning to do an Aggie's Art fundraiser. They have some amazing jewerly and would be great Christmas gifts. So those are our plans. Obviously the biggest help right now for us is prayer. Lots of prayer. Would you please join us in prayer as we pray our little girl home!!:)</b></span></span><br />
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Crazy for the Lord- Our Adoption Journey! http://www.blogger.com/profile/14167691039758873561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9181273878240172442.post-33586323818580478542013-07-08T13:08:00.004-07:002013-07-08T13:08:29.208-07:00Update!<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: blue; font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The last few weeks we have been working away on our adoption stuff. </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We have done our finger prints. We did them about two weeks ago. We have to wait on those. They can be completed fast or it could take a few months. </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We completed our last adoption training. Our house is ready. We have scheduled our cpr/first aid class. We have completed all of our paper work, profiles, and letters to birthparents and child. We still have to do a scrapbook. I plan to do that this week.We have to do our medical forms.(we are waiting to the last min.-they are only good for 6 months). Our last meeting we have with our social worker we will turn in our last paper work, letters, scrapbook, sign a few forms, and have our home check. When that is complete, our social worker will write our homestudy. When that is complete we will register with the state of Alabama and start searching for kids. </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"> So worst case is three months before it is complete. </span> </span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">We are also trying to get my CDIB card.(certified degree of Indian blood) In order to adopt a native american child, the family must be able to prove native heritage by one parent. The parent has to have a cdib card or be a member of a federally recognized tribe. I always knew that I had some indian blood but did not realize I had as much as I do. I also found out, I am a member of a tribe. Who knew??!! lol. I am trying to contact them to get more information.</span></span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">The babies have birthdays this week. It is bittersweet. Anna turns 1 and Nate turns 2. We are planning a day trip to celebrate on Saturday!:)</span></span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;">Hi everyone! Several of you have asked for updates. I haven't been updating as things happen so I will try to update everything!:)</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;">We have had two more Deciding Together classes at Lifeline in Birmingham. We have met with our social worker at our house for our first homestudy meeting. We have been working like crazy on our Deciding Together homework and all of our paperwork for our homestudy. We have sent off our CAN papers( child abuse and neglect). We are going this week to have our finger prints done( this can take a while to get back). We are meeting with our social worker on Friday for separate interviews at the Lifeline office here in Huntsville. We have been working the last few days on our autobiographies. I never realized that writing about your life could be so hard, lol!:)</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;">We have another Deciding Together class scheduled for early July. That will be our last class. We have been working on getting our house ready for our safety tour. After Fridays meeting with our social worker, we will set up another meeting at our house for our home check up tour. <span style="background-color: white;">After we have completed all of this stuff, which hopefully will be mid July, we will do our medical forms and lab work with our doctors. </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;">So I would say we are looking at the end of July to early August when our homestudy is complete. After that is completed we send our profile to places that handle Safe Haven babies and look for babies that are available on adoption waiting list through Foster Care. Then we wait!! That is the hard part! I know God has the right child or children already picked out for us. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;">The child we will be getting will be a child whose parent's rights have already been terminated, so there is not a chance that the child can be taken back. We have both agreed maybe later we will be lead to do foster care but right now we do not think our hearts could handle it.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;">Hope everyone has a blessed week!!:)</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tommorrow Ben and I go for our 2nd meeting for our Deciding Together Classes. Most people do not know about these type classes. I did a lot of research and calling to get to be able to do these:) The typical classes are once a week for 3 hours a night for 10 weeks. The Deciding Together Classes you do alone with a counselor. We have some homework and can meet on our own schedule. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;">I am converting <span style="font-size: small;">my blog that I never po<span style="font-size: small;">st on anymore into our adoption journe<span style="font-size: small;">y blog!:)</span></span></span></span><br />
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has been something that I have thought about for years. I always knew
that I wanted to adopt. After we had Noah, we started talking about
adoption and never did anything with it. Soon I got pregnant with Nate
so we stopped talking about it. After Nate was born, we started talking
about it again. Once again, I got pregnant so we stopped talking about
it. After I had Anna, I was convicted! I knew in my heart that it was
time to stop running even if it seemed like a crazy idea. Ben and I
started talking about it again and soon realized we were both on the
same page. After much, much research. We decided that we wanted to do a
foster care adoption or a safe haven baby adoption. We really do not
care what the sex or race of the baby is. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;">We are very excited and anxious to see where our journey takes us!!:) </span>Crazy for the Lord- Our Adoption Journey! http://www.blogger.com/profile/14167691039758873561noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9181273878240172442.post-55893687022918725442011-10-26T08:44:00.001-07:002011-10-26T08:44:39.073-07:00Wordless Wednesday!!:)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy3D4GzmDeG6t8hE_9tCfo2L0WNuTvlt4PMbDCfviEPkTmQnNeD8a8OZc-f5rHmbD8jytFpFAbCcQBEMtdRJ5S2ETwI8xA6IPUVLbwmbb9mJZdK97CcRhbl7p4IGOeM0sufv2A-96mGjU/s1600/kids" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy3D4GzmDeG6t8hE_9tCfo2L0WNuTvlt4PMbDCfviEPkTmQnNeD8a8OZc-f5rHmbD8jytFpFAbCcQBEMtdRJ5S2ETwI8xA6IPUVLbwmbb9mJZdK97CcRhbl7p4IGOeM0sufv2A-96mGjU/s320/kids" width="320" /></a></div>Crazy for the Lord- Our Adoption Journey! http://www.blogger.com/profile/14167691039758873561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9181273878240172442.post-71272666087126776302011-10-10T10:49:00.000-07:002011-10-10T10:49:10.859-07:00Menu Monday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVdl8eGkNF8goG9aY92zxQpr58QXNVhI-vKKLcKSpubnazfxD7ie8jTVDeF-lLy-VLNHiAEdGIJLCAVbIppJ__BNbY1JKX-W1Gfqvsb78Ystj-FCQlXVlcal0T2FN-SWRh2SQw-Kxc1yo/s1600/mpm-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVdl8eGkNF8goG9aY92zxQpr58QXNVhI-vKKLcKSpubnazfxD7ie8jTVDeF-lLy-VLNHiAEdGIJLCAVbIppJ__BNbY1JKX-W1Gfqvsb78Ystj-FCQlXVlcal0T2FN-SWRh2SQw-Kxc1yo/s1600/mpm-1.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Monday- Homemade chicken pot pie, fruit salad</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Tuesday- Homemade hamburger mac, green beans, bread</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Wednesday- Church meal</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Thursday- Chicken tacos, rice, fruit</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Friday-Italian soup, crackers, fruit</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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Here is here and he is PERFECT!! I could not imagine our lives without him. I can not believe that he is 3 weeks months today.Where has the time gone? Noah is doing great with him!!:) I will try my hardest to update more often now!!:) We shall see lol!!:) Maybe I will start trying to do Menu Mondays again. <br />
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<span>How Far Along: 35 weeks tomorrow </span></b> </span></div><div style="background-color: magenta; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span> </span><br />
<span>Size of baby:</span></b> <b>Weeks 33-36 (Month 8): Honeydew<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Average size: 17.2-18.7 in, 4.2-5.8 lb</span></span></b></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span></span><span> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span>Maternity Clothes:</span>YES<br />
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<span>Gender: Its a BOY- Nathanael William</span></b> <b><br />
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<span>Movement:LOTS!! </span></b><b><br />
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<span>Sleep: I can't sleep. I can't get comfortable and I just have insomnia.</span></b> </span> </div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br />
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<span>Symptoms: hip pain</span> and mild contractions</b></span></div><div style="background-color: magenta; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br />
<span>Total Weight Gain/Loss: gained 22 pds</span></b> </span></div><div style="background-color: magenta; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>It has been a while since I blogged. Things have been crazy busy lately and I am sure will stay that way for a while!! I hope everyone is having a blessed Summer!! I will try to update soon especially after the baby gets here!!:) </b></span></div><div style="background-color: magenta; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"></div><div style="background-color: magenta; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>God Bless!!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-size: x-large;">Brandi Cantrell</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">How Far Along: Almost 26 weeks</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Size of baby:around the size of an egglpant</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Total Weight Gain/Loss: Gained 11 pds gained</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Gender: Its a BOY!!! Nathanael William"Nate"</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Sleep: I can't sleep. I can't get comfortable and I just have insomnia.</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">What I miss:Nothing much!! </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Cravings:Nothing really I just eat a lot </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Symptoms: hip pain</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">How Far Along: 20 Weeks</span> tomorrow<br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Size of baby:around 11 0z or the size of a cantaloupe. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Total Weight Gain/Loss: Gained 7 pds</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Maternity Clothes:sometimes yes not always</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Gender: Its a BOY!!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Movement:yes mostly at night!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Sleep: I can't sleep. I can't get comfortable and I just have insomnia.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">What I miss:Nothing much!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Cravings:Nothing really I just eat a lot </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Symptoms: hip pain</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Got to see the baby again today!! Everything looked GREAT!!:) </span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Emma is doing so well with school!! She is doing very well in reading and spelling which were here weakest subject. She continues to whiz through everthing else.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Noah is learning a lot too. He knows his ABC's, how to count to twenty, a few shapes and colors and lots more stuff!!:)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ben is out of town in Tucson. We miss him a lot. We will be glad when he is home with us again!! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span><span style="background-color: magenta;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-color: magenta;">Brandi</span></span></span></span></span></b></div>Crazy for the Lord- Our Adoption Journey! http://www.blogger.com/profile/14167691039758873561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9181273878240172442.post-50978515147065511562011-02-23T10:26:00.000-08:002011-02-23T10:26:17.679-08:0018 weeks!!:)<div style="text-align: center;">Hi everyone!! Hope you are all having a great week!!:) </div><div style="text-align: center;">God Bless</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: magenta; font-size: x-large;"><b>Brandi </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Pregnancy Highlights:</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
How Far Along: 18 Weeks( tomorrow)<br />
Size of baby:about the size of a cantaloupe<b><span style="font-size: xx-small;"></span></b><br />
Total Weight Gain/Loss: Gained 3 lbs<br />
Maternity Clothes:I have bought some but haven't worn the pants yet. I have worn a few of the tops but only because I needed some new winter clothes anyways from losing so much weight last year. <br />
GenderHopefully we will find out Monday!!:)<br />
Movement:maybe? <br />
Sleep: I'm sleeping pretty good just can't get enough!! <br />
What I miss: Energy!! <br />
Cravings:carrots, cucumbers, cheese, crackers and fruits!!:)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Symptoms: Still tired some but much better!!:) </div>Crazy for the Lord- Our Adoption Journey! http://www.blogger.com/profile/14167691039758873561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9181273878240172442.post-34097636522019000382011-02-10T08:00:00.000-08:002011-02-10T08:00:02.241-08:0016 weeks<div style="text-align: center;">I'm 16 weeks! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Pregnancy Highlights:</div><div style="text-align: center;">How Far Along: 16 Weeks</div><div style="text-align: center;">Size of baby:about the size of an <b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Avocado</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">Total Weight Gain/Loss: Gained 2 lbs<br />
Maternity Clothes:I have bought some but haven't worn the pants yet. I have worn a few of the tops but only because I needed some new winter clothes anyways from losing so much weight last year. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Gender:Don't know until March</div><div style="text-align: center;">Movement:maybe? </div><div style="text-align: center;">Sleep: I'm sleeping pretty good just can't get enough!! </div><div style="text-align: center;">What I miss: Energy!! </div><div style="text-align: center;">Cravings:oranges I could eat them all of the time.. kind of funny the baby is the size of an orange this week. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Symptoms: Still tired and nauseated but I think its getting better!!<br />
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</div>Crazy for the Lord- Our Adoption Journey! http://www.blogger.com/profile/14167691039758873561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9181273878240172442.post-49613940851227205832011-02-03T13:14:00.000-08:002011-02-03T13:14:45.129-08:0015 weeksHello! Hope everyone is doing well!! We are ok. We are kind of all feeling a little cruddy right now. Noah is home from MDO out today. Emma has her first loose tooth.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">I'm 15 weeks! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Pregnancy Highlights:</div><div style="text-align: center;">How Far Along: 15 Weeks</div><div style="text-align: center;">Size of baby:about the size of naval orange</div><div style="text-align: center;">Total Weight Gain/Loss: Gained 2 lbs<br />
Maternity Clothes:I have bought some but haven't worn the pants yet. I have worn a few of the tops but only because I needed some new winter clothes anyways from losing so much weight last year. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Gender:Don't know until March</div><div style="text-align: center;">Movement:Not yet</div><div style="text-align: center;">Sleep: I'm sleeping pretty good just can't get enough!! </div><div style="text-align: center;">What I miss: Energy!! </div><div style="text-align: center;">Cravings:oranges I could eat them all of the time.. kind of funny the baby is the size of an orange this week. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Symptoms: Still tired and nauseated but I think its getting better!!<br />
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