One Dollar for Kiril

From Christine:

I’m holding a $1 challenge over at www.findingkirilsfamily.blogspot.com, on the countdown to Christmas. Kiril is a little boy with significant special needs who has been waiting on Reece’s Rainbow for a long time, and has been bedridden in an institution for over 6 months now. My goal is to get as many people as possible to donate just ONE dollar to Kiril’s RR grant.

I’ve contacted many people about this already, in the hopes that they will SPREAD THE WORD, EVEN IF THEY CAN’T DONATE. To date, there’s been an amazing response, but Kiril’s path home is still far from sure. I know it is usually against the unwritten ‘rules’ to ask an adopting family for anything – and I can see why. But if you are part of a loving, supportive community, which might be inclined to help in spreading this message and saving this little boy's life, I humbly ask that you let them know about this fundraiser. I have great faith that together, we can give Kiril hope and a future THIS Christmas. Thank you.

Waiting and a Generous Donation

Look! I received this very generous shoe donation from the Pedi-Ped shoe company! All I did was email them and they sent me this large box of shoes to take with us to Ukraine! There are 60 pairs of shoes in the box...I am so grateful to be able to donate these beautiful shoes to the baby house! I have also been in touch with a clothing company and may be taking some nice, warm clothes to donate also!

It looks like we'll be submitting our Dossier in February, and travel should be shortly after. I just cannot wait to meet our son! I was a bit depressed about all of the delays we have been experiencing, and not having Tanner here with us for Christmas...but I have decided to let the Lord have it, and we know this will be done in His time, not ours.

I Hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday! I will be giving thanks to God for showing us the way to our son!

REECE'S RAINBOW ANGEL TREE

I would ask that if you're looking to make a donation to an organization that does wonderful things like helping give children LIFE, then take a look at the Reece's Rainbow Angel Tree Project.

Click Here and just take a look at all the beautiful faces that are in need of a loving home. Donate to any of these children's grant funds and help get them home! Don't forget, Reese's Rainbow is where we found our precious Tanner...maybe you can find a precious one there too.
www.reesesrainbow.org

What About Now?

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Pageant Mother!

I have to vent here...

As I was watching the TLC show, "Toddlers and Tiaras" this evening one of the moms (Christi Jarrett) was describing the way her daughter looked at birth. As she went on to say the baby had jaundice and was yellow and her face or eyes looked funny (I didn't hear EXACTLY what she said, as hubby was running his mouth as usual), she went on to say..."ew, she looked like she had Down syndrome". I could not believe she actually said that, and that she said in on TLC, the very same network that will be airing a show featuring families who have children with disabilities, including Down syndrome!!!!!!!

I am very troubled by her comment, but more so with the fact that the comment was not edited out of the episode. I would think this network would be more aware of the content they put out there?! I don't know that I'll be watching shows on that network any longer...

Geez!

There should be a chip in here...it has vanished. I have tried to re-post it....anyone know why it is not showing up?

Fingerprint Appointment

So, we have a fingerprint appointment. It is to take place on October 15th. That is not enough time to get us approved to adopt from Tanner's country before November, when they will stop accepting new dossiers...until February. So, there it is. The earliest we can hope to be asked to travel to get our Tanner will likely be February or March of 2010! That will be ONE YEAR after we comitted to him. It was not supposed to take this long....