Preschool!

Isaac had his first day of preschool today! He was so excited. He got a little nervous when I was about ready to leave, but when I came to pick him up he was all smiles again.

No Training Wheels

Emily thought Isaac was ready to take his training wheels off. She was right.
This is one of his first attempts.

Adoption

My good friend Melissa wrote a BEAUTIFUL post today on our adoption in Christ - her thoughts after reading the book "Adopted for Life". It's worth your time! Awesome truths!

Adoption Day!

We had Luke's adoption hearing last week! He was already legally our son, but now he can become a US citizen and his name changed from Amanuel to Luke!

Here we are with our judge. Not the greatest family picture (the boys were both very restless!), but it commemorates the event!

Faces

I have to work hard to get a good picture of these boys. They move too fast! But here are some of my recent favorites.

Running!

I told Isaac to make a mad face.

Happy Birthday Luke!

We have a one-year-old! Here are some of our birthday pictures.

We had an early party at Grandpa and Grandma's house.

Why would you want to open a present when you can stand on it??

My favorite boys! (Notice I'm holding them both back from the cake.)

Luke is way more interested in throwing the food in front of him than eating it, so this plate did not stay there long.

Back to Africa!

We are excited to announce that we are adopting again! From Uganda!

Where to begin? Shortly (within weeks) after returning from Ethiopia with Luke, we started to feel God begin to put the country of Uganda on our hearts. We started reading/hearing about it all over the place as God truly opened our eyes to the needs there. Although the timing was sooner than we anticipated, we are thrilled to begin this journey of adoption again. I think our time in Ethiopia had a big impact on this decision too. We stayed at a guest house with several other adoptive families, most of whom were bringing home sibling groups and older kids. I cannot tell you how inspiring it was. All I could think was "We can do more. We need to do more."

Many who have gone before us in Ugandan adoptions have done so without using an agency, so we have decided to do the same. We are having our home study updated, and working directly with a baby home (orphanage) and lawyer in Uganda. A little scary but I feel like we have good resources to help us figure things out as we go.

So that's our news! Please keep us in your prayers. I will try to keep the blog updated as we know more!