Hippotherapy

Bennett has recently started hippotherapy (fancy word for horse therapy) for physical therapy. He has completed 2 weeks of it. I knew he would like it eventually, but I didn't think he would love it immediately. Boy was I wrong. Bennett LOVES it! Bennett has a strong hatred/ fear of cows (random) and I thought that would effect his feelings about horses but nope. It's a nice middle of the week treat for him to go to horse therapy now. He gets to ride for about 30mins a week.




















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Big News

I'm not very good at keeping secrets from "social media", but I'm pretty proud of myself this time. I have kept this one since March of this year! We have told some family and a few friends so far. I think now is as good a time as any to announce we are adopting again! Yep, you read it right. We are adopting again! We have felt God's call for us to adopt again ever since going to Ethiopia the first time to bring home Bennett. In fact we had already told our agency we wanted to start again when we found out we were pregnant with Brayden. We took that as a sign that we should wait to adopt. We had just began discussing adoption again when I surprisingly found out we were expecting Bristol! Now we know God was wanting us to wait until now to adopt again.

We are adopting from Ethiopia again. We love Ethiopia. We love the people. We love the culture. We have seen the faces of children that need families there. We know God has called us back to Ethiopia.

We are adopting a Baby Girl this time. We are so excited. We are thrilled Bristol will be able to grow up with a Little sister to have as a best friend like I did.

We are also nervous! Having 4 kids will be an adjustment. Leaving our 3 at home for 2 trips to Ethiopia makes this mommy sick. I hate leaving my kids.

We are using Lifeline Children Services as our adoption agency this time. Everything in the process is different than when we did it 4 years ago for Bennett. It has been nice to have our agency be just a few miles down the road and have familiar faces in it :)

With Bennett's adoption we did not have to wait for his referral. This one we will be waiting about a year or more. Our dossier got to Ethiopia a few weeks ago and we were given our first wait list #. I am guessing it will be 18 months or more before bringing home our baby but only God really knows the timeline. I am at much more peace this time around with the unknowns!

With Bennett's adoption it only required one trip to Ethiopia for about a week. This time it will require 2 trips of that length. Both of us will travel for the first trip. The second trip Brian may stay home with the kids, we will see closer to time.

I plan on updating here on the blog more frequently about the process. Please keep us in your prayers through the process and that we will be patient and accepting of whatever timeline God has planned out. Also pray for our little girl wherever she may be and whenever she may be born, for protection, love and nutrition while she is out of our hands. Also for her birth family and whatever they may be encountering in the next few years.

I'm going to see how many people read the blog and not post the news directly on Facebook ;)
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Disney on Ice

We took the kids to see Disney on Ice the other night. On the way we stopped and ate dinner at McAlisters. While there i went to change Bristol's diaper and realized she had a total blow out all over her Cinderella outfit. I did not have a spare outfit so she had to leave in a diaper. Therefore a quick trip to Target before going to Disney on Ice. They loved it. When they first came out Bennett kept yelling "Goofy ! Goofy !" My mom and stepdad met us there to see the show. The kids danced and clapped throughout the whole show. It's so fun to watch them enjoy things like that.















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Bennett school trip to zoo

Bennett's school decided to have a family day at the zoo this year. They made matching shirts at school. We all went. Bennett had a blast hanging out with his BFF, Reese. They rode in the wagon together all day and her brother rode with us the whole day. It was fun to see all of his friends from school and get to spend time as a family together.














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