I woke up this morning to complete silence (very unusual) Jeff must have let me sleep in and taken the kids to church !! what a guy!! So, I have a quiet moment to get some thoughts down...I was thinking about what an amazing year it has been from March 08-March 09. I start in March because March 11th was the date we found Tess on the "Waiting Children" list from CWA. That was the day I opened my email and pulled up the pictures of all those beautiful kids that did not have a family to love them...dozens and dozens of sweet smiling faces...we knew we wanted a little girl/no siblings...Tess was the youngest girl on the list with no siblings-and that is how she became ours...kind of strange...And yet so meant to be
...and so the paperwork began to get Tess home...In May...Christine graduated from High School..Jeff's dad passed away....In June we got court approval to adopt Tess and she was then moved from Awassa to Addis Ababa ...Bennett graduated from 8th grade ...We traveled to Africa in July...returned home August 1st...Tess spoke no english!!!...Christine left for college 2 weeks later...In September Bennett started high School...Tess and Cameron started at a new school (1st and 4th grades)...Jeff's mom passes away suddenly in October...a devastating loss for us...and next thing I know it's March 09. It all feels like a blurr...so much has happened-so many very serious life changes...and yet...
Tess speaks english! and has the greatest smile and kicks a mean soccer ball- Cameron is the sweetest big brother ever and smart as a whip- Bennett has a darling girlfriend, great grades and is loving Lacrosse and football-Christine is done with her first year of college! and will be home May 13th!!-is a Delta Gamma and loves Dallas!
...Jeff and I are in awe...exhausted, in love and so proud of our family...we have never been so close and talked so much as there is always a lot on our plate...
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