Remembering Jivenson

Mallery and Frentz brought this over to our home to show us before they took it to Haiti. A group at our church had this made to be placed where Jivenson's ashes were buried in Haiti, next to the orphanage. What a beautiful tribute it is. It was placed there on his birthday, October 26th, when he would have turned 3.

Guerlens is 2!

Yesterday was Guerlens 2nd birthday. I could not help but remember his last birthday, his first birthday that was spent with us.

It was so precious, special and unique. It makes my heart feel a bit heavy but truly I genuinely feel grateful. I'm so grateful for all the firsts we had with him! For an International adoption, we had a very rare and wonderful experience. We've got nothing else but to look forward to all the birthdays when we will be all together.

We were able to Skype yesterday while the boys finished their dinner then got cake and Guerlens opened a present. The girls wanted to make a cake for Guerlens so they ate their cake while the boys ate theirs. It was a virtual birthday party.

Adoption wise we are at a stand still, still waiting for Presidential Dispensation, telling us we can move forward with a court date. There are so many steps left in this process that it feels discouraging sometimes. We still hold out hope and prayers that they could be home by next fall. This is how I'm praying, for fall.