Today, meet two little girls who have amazed me with their progress since being home! I started following their family's journey when they committed to two babies in the orphanage I visited. Shortly before traveling they found out that one of their babies, sweet Marlena, went to be with Jesus during her open heart surgery. And the other, John Mark wasn't available anymore. I'm glad I didn't stop reading their blog though after that, because they brought home instead two very beautiful little girls - Elena and Juliana!
My excuse for not blogging on Friday and Saturday was our latest craft sale!! I was having a hard time getting myself in "craft sale mode" until after we set up on Friday afternoon. Luckily we had enough stuff left from our last sale at the Farmers Market to fill up our 6ft table without me having to work my behind off. :) Here are some pictures!!!
Our booth!
Hehe, I like watermarks! (It says 'Property of What It Mans to Love') And no, I don't think anybody will try and steal these pictures, but I like how fancy they look with a watermark! :)
Jaclyn's bows and tutu's! :) Thank you again dear friend for donating your time and talent to help Logan come home! I know his family REALLY appreciates it! By the way, if anybody wants any of these bows of tutu's let me know! We didn't sell very many! I'll also be updating the Love for Logan page at the top soon! :)
Rachel and I! It was a little weird selling things in the room we normally meet for youth group in... and sitting at the same table. A little different atmosphere! :) We did know how to stack those silly chairs though!
We did really well, considering last year we only made $27 at this same sale. :) My sweet Logan is now $50 closer to coming home to his forever family, and Lilly love is now $60 (including $45 in orders!) closer to finding her forever family!!! Thank Jesus!!! And thank you, thank you, thank you to each one of you who came out and supported us!!!!!!! Lilly and Logan say thank you too!!!
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And Lyla says thank you to 9 yo Patience Duval, soon to be big sister to Mr. Judah Ray for being her newest advocate!!! Love yours and your family's heart girl!!! :) I say thank you too!!!
Ohh, sorry I said the next post would be about my weekend, didn't I? Well, that will be the next post!
Remember when I posted about the nose warmer I made for Matt? Well, he finally sent me a pic! :) He did indeed wear it, and said it worked pretty well, I just might want to think about adding a flap so the wearer can blow their nose... I told him the idea was that you put it on right away so your nose doesn't freeze and start running. He said he didn't need the extra insulation on the mile, almost all uphill, walk to his stand. :)
Epic blogger fail!! I start a 30-day bloggy challenge and I fail on day 2! :) I blame it on the hetic past two days, but more about that in the next post! Here are days 2-4!!
Day 2
December 2nd... One year ago today, my parents met Elijah for the first time. Oh, so much has happened since then!! It seems like soo much longer than a year ago, yet I remember it like it was yesterday. Not to mention the amazing transformation in Elijah! Just check out the difference with the photos on my mom's post! You can read her one year ago today post here - http://mygodislord.blogspot.com/2011/12/one-year-ago-today-we-met-elijah.html
Day 3
A tidbit very important thing to note about Elijah is he a Signing Time addict!!! Whether it's reg Signing Time, Baby Signing Time, or his new fav that just came out - Potty Time!!
This song from reg ST is a favorite, and has really helped them start to learn their colors. ("Hopkins" aka me (that's another one of the nicknames I forgot in my ABC's of my life post!), is also good at signing this song!!)
"Signing Time Rachel" signing I love you!
Day 4
So I'm caught up, but I'm also out of ideas! LOL Why did I decide to do this anyways?? Ok, I'll tell you mr. Elijah LOVES his "Auntie Crackers"!! Auntie Deb, who she is more commonly known as, always has crackers for Elijah, hence she has become known as Auntie Crackers!!
Elijah always asks for crackers when he sees her, but not just any crackers! He is very picky about his crackers and prefers goldfish. He doesn't like wheatthins though. He practically lived on crackers the two weekends we stayed at their house when my parents were traveling to adopt Jonathan. :)
