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December 2007 - Posts

New Pictures from Matt
We received notice that Matt went to the doctor yesterday and, as often happens, they visited the local Bethany office at the same time which means new pictures!  The doctor's report said " 12/21/07: Wt. 21.8 lbs, Ht. 75 cm, CC 45 cm (Lara) Read More...
Matt's Birthday!
Last night about 6pm Matt returned to his foster family - the transition went very smoothly although something like that is always difficult. I know it was selfish, but I smiled a little as Matt clung to me for a minute and wasn't interested in going Read More...
Day 4 Wrap-up
We have reached the end of another day and things have been pretty good. Matt wasn't feeling all that well yesterday, and did a bit better today (thanks to Pedialite and some good-old-fashioned mommy-TLC). He certainly was charming and fun to be with. Read More...
Video and the end of Day 3
Well, it's been a great day. As you should be able to see from our earlier post (updated at 7:30 CST with a few more pictures), the weather is nice and we've been hanging out outside quite a bit. Matt really seems to like the outside - his sister will Read More...
Day 3 Photos
It's hard to think about the fact that at this same point in the week when we were here visiting Erika, we were only an hour or two away from sending her back home with her foster mom - I'm glad that we still have two days with him. As you can see from Read More...
Photos from Day 2
We got a little distracted yesterday and forgot to post anything last night. Here are a few pics from yesterday's adventures. Matt seems to be doing very well and has been a real joy to be with. View the pictures directly Read More...
Erika is doing well!
And, so far, for those of you who may be wondering, Erika seems to be having a great time staying with Nana and Papa.  She is enjoying having a very long, ongoing tea party, and even gets Papa in on the fun sometimes. Here's a pic of her enjoying Read More...
Late Video
We remembered yesterday that we had received a video of Matt from the adoption agency just a few days prior to leaving to come visit but had forgotten to upload it so people could see. I figured out how to get back into my home network from here, pulled Read More...
Video for the Grandparents
I'm sitting in our hotel room reflecting on how good God has been to my family... this has been a long but truly amazing day. Julie and Matt have been asleep for an hour or more, and I plan to join them shortly after getting this post up, but I wanted Read More...
As it should be...
So, that was our case worker and we've spent the last few hours with Matt (we met him around 10:30 local time). You know, having been parents for awhile certainly makes things a bit easier... we knew which questions to ask, we were much more comfortable Read More...
Back in Guatemala
As you probably saw from Julie's post yesterday, we made it with no trouble at all yesterday. The flight left KC on time, got in a little late into Charlotte, but the outbound flight was equally delayed, so there were no problems. We are now just sitting Read More...
We made it!
Well, we made it to Guatemala without any problems at all. We're now settling into the Marriott. We appreciate all the prayers as we traveled today. We should hear in the morning what time Matt will come - we will keep you all posted as we know more. Read More...
Prayer Requests for Travel
All, Thank you again for all your prayers and support - we are very excited about traveling this week to visit Matt, and do have some specific prayer requests: - Please pray for Rob and I as we travel up to Kansas City today from Rob's parents house (about Read More...
Our "Home" in Guatemala
Well, we are on our way... the image below shows where we'll be staying and living while we are there. if you move the map around and view a little to the southwest you'll see how close we are to the airport. Due to the legal restrictions, we cannot leave Read More...
Technology Stack
Tomorrow we will head up to Kansas City to catch our flight on Sunday to Guatemala to be with Matt for a week. As you can imagine, we are going to be doing everything we can to not only enjoy the time there with Matt but also to capture and record as Read More...
Erika helping with Christmas
Erika has been quite a "help" while Julie has been getting the apartment decorated for Christmas. I've included a little video for those of you who are bored and are looking for something to watch :) Video: ErikaChristmasTree01 Read More...
Quick testing of technology
Getting ready for the visit... need to test a few things... Windows Live Spaces Read More...
Time to Travel
No, not *that* travel, but close. God has answered prayer and we have been given a "special dispensation" to allow us to fly to Guatemala to visit Matt. You may remember that due to some general unrest in country, Bethany is not allowing families Read More...