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Month: January 2020

Posted on January 12, 2020February 2, 2020

Welcome, 2020

Maybe I misinterpreted, but as the end of the year posts began filtering into my feed it seemed like most people were as eager to say goodbye to 2019 as we were, looking forward to this new year with renewed hope and anticipation of things to come. We've had some time to think about it, …

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Adoption update after this, but first: If you want to know my secret for getting good smiles, I shout random “five year old boy humor” things at them. I’m not going to say I’m proud I yelled out “pizza poop”, but I’m also not going to say I’m not proud. I extend my apologies now to their future kindergarten teachers...or college professors. We are still holding onto hope and praying that AJ’s adoption will be limited to just one trip. Currently, the rule IS that we would need to quarantine, separately, for two weeks in country on arrival, plus one week together, and then on the fourth week we will meet our daughter. The thought of needing to do that, or a similar itinerary, for potentially eight weeks (two separate trips of four weeks each) away from the boys is unsettling and scary. I won’t sugarcoat that. But we know that adoption IS hard, and scary, and uncomfortable. We know that AJ is worth every inch of this scenic route we’re traveling on. We know that the adoption travel is only just the beginning, and the real work begins once we officially are home as a family of five. And, we know that we are never alone, that God is with us, with the boys, and even now with AJ. We hope you’ll join us in prayers and support for the adoption process to continue to move, for a court date and ruling we are not required to be physically present for, and for us to be able and allowed to bring AJ home soon. Right now, these seem like huge mountains to climb, but we know we will look back and down over them, and see God’s hand in all of it. Thanks, friends! #adoptionrocks #abigailjade #jetandjude #taiwanadoption #family #movingmountains #scenicroute #matchingclothesforever #staywildmoonchild #alwaysbeachin #lifesanadventure
It’s May 30 in China which means— Four years plus forever. Happy Forever Family Day, Jordan Ezekiel. #chinaadoption #foreverfamilyday #adoptionrocks #wetotallylookthesame #atleastwelookmoreconfident #jordanezekiel
Today, we were supposed to have an ice cream social for the boys and a school program where they both walked across the bridge to kindergarten. Instead, we picked up school binders filled with two years’ worth of progress and kept an appropriate social distance (sort of) and wore masks that hid smiles meant for their teachers. Walking the tiny kindergarten bridge wasn’t going to be a Monumental Milestone Moment, such as a high school or college graduation, but we knew how important it was to them ever since last year’s end of the school year program. It was the first thing one of them said at the beginning of this school year: “I can’t wait to walk across the kindergarten bridge!” I don’t think it matters how old you are to feel this sense of being robbed of the should have beens. I know how disappointed two (okay, really just the one) boys are to not have their names announced as they walk over the tiny bridge. We don’t get do overs in life, but we can use this to look ahead. Just because it wasn’t our should have been plan doesn’t mean it wasn’t God’s. Hopefully, because we stayed at home instead of going on field trips and having recess and circle time and walking across a bridge to kindergarten, in 13 years we will watch them walk across an auditorium stage or football field for their own MMMs. #jetandjude #prekgraduation #classof2033 #jeremiah29eleven
I put the longest update ever in our IG stories about the status of our adoption—and I KNOW how long it is. Trust me. Public speaking is not in my career future. We do ask that you listen to all of it as we try to explain without interruptions of where we are at. We shipped out AJ’s birthday box today (which hopefully arrives before her birthday in June), and also, our peonies bloomed overnight! Two very exciting things. Our Skype date is still on for May 26 at 11:30pm, and we are looking forward to it very much (especially since boys will—hopefully—be asleep). Thank you everyone for your prayers and support thus far. We know we’ve asked a lot over the last few years, but your encouragement is what’s kept us going even when we have felt like giving up. Thank you. 💜 #hopeisonthehorizon #abigailjade #taiwanadoption

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