Our Adoption Story

Welcome to our adoption story, which officially begins when we jet off to the Ukraine to meet our daughter, Elizabeth Marie, on Oct. 15th 2005. We hope to keep our family and friends up to date with our daily activities through this blog (stands for web log). We are very blessed to have wonderful support systems...our loving family, friends, and our church family. We want to thank everyone for their prayers and concerns since we began this process in August, 2004 and as we continue our journey.

Tuesday, May 30, 2006

Elizabeth in her cute night-gown

Mackenzie Hays (daughter of Chad and Kim Hays) came over to play for a little while on Monday.

Elizabeth loves to say "Big Truck" when she sees them on the road, and on Monday she got to get in Uncle Gary's Crete truck! She thought that horn was awful loud, but she wasn't too scared to get up there with Uncle Gary and Aunt Karen.

In the driver's seat of Uncle Gary's Big Truck

Elizabeth and Aaliyah help cousin Wendy blow out candles for her 16th birthday

Daddy, Elizabeth, and Charlie (the cat) decorating the sidewalk

Her first car ride....with her baby :-)

Uh Oh....her first accident...can you see her peeking from inside the car? Silly girl :-)

Ryan and Katrina help Elizabeth get a drink from the water fountain

Chris liked swinging with his little sister, while Katrina and Kayla watched

Hugs good-bye to Chris

Chris and Kayla 'walked' Elizabeth back to the shelter house. Actually her feet never touched the ground, lol!

After we enjoyed our picnic supper, the girls loved playing. Katrina insisted on pushing Elizabeth on the swings.

Last Tuesday we went to a park in Lousiana to enjoy a picnic with the family. Katrina and Elizabeth LOVED the slide!!

Elizabeth and Lucille enjoying some jelly beans :-)

Elizabeth with the cup from her great, great Aunt Lucille

Opening her gift from her Great Great Aunt Lucille, a silver cup engraved with "Elizabeth" and her birthday on it. The handle is made out of a duck's head. It is very precious, just like Lucille :-)

My first Mother's Day with my Daughter wearing the coursage she (and her Daddy) got for me :-)

Saturday, May 13, 2006

A doctor visit

Elizabeth was having chronic ear infections and we had to go see an ear, nose and throat doctor, but the great news is, after weeks and weeks of antibiotics her ears are finally getting better and she does not have to get tubes....Praise God!!! She was very good for the doctor while he examined her.