FFF - Love

This week's Favorite Foto Friday theme is love. I decided to make mine "Love at first sight."

This is what I saw the first time I laid eyes on my Johanna. It was August 3, 2007 and it was "love at first sight."


The first time I saw Johanna in person was at the airport in Guatemala. It was "love at first sight" all over again.

One Year Ago Today

It was one year ago today that I received my referral for Johanna. I can still remember the phone call from my agency coordinator. I can still remember the moment I first saw my baby girl. I still remember the emotions I felt at the moment and the happy tears that were shed. It has been such a wonderful year since and I know there are many more wonderful years to come.

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FFF - First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

This is the very first picture I saw of Johanna. She is nine days old in this picture. I got her referral at 11 days. I cannot believe she will be 1 year old in FIVE DAYS!!!!

Need Some Good News

Wednesday morning my sister and brother-in-law had a nephew killed in Iraq. He was due to be home by the end of this month. He is survived by his wife, Amber, and two small children. He was only 30 years old.


Yesterday at 6:10 p.m., during rush hour traffic, a huge section of a bridge on I-35W collapsed in Minneapolis. Many were injured and too many were killed. Another sister and her husband cross this bridge everyday going to and from work. They had just returned over the bridge about two hours before the collapse. We are praising God for their safety but also mourning for those injured and killed.

This has just been a week of tragedy. I have had several friends make progress in their adoptions, DNA match, Pre-approvals, PGN outs, and one friend even brought her baby home yesterday. I want some good news of my own now. Please God, send me my referral.

I Want to Eat at El Zarape!!!

This is my favorite Mexican restaurant in town. I just LOVE their gorditas. I have decided that we will go out to El Zarape to celebrate when I get my referral. My 13 year old niece, Xaviera, is staying with us for the summer and she really wants to go out with us to celebrate. However, we have to leave to take Xavie home Friday, August 3. You know what that means, right? I have to have my referral before then!!
Come on Johanna Faith!!!

Awaiting Referral

I am now officially on "the list" for a referral. I can hardly wait. It seems even more real now that this is going to happen. "Come on Attorney!! Find me a baby!!" Okay, I will pray about it since I want God to find the right one just for me. MY JOHANNA FAITH.

Fellow Guatemama

This is so neat!! Today I took one of my little daycare boys to his swim lessons. There was a little boy in the same class that didn't look like his mama. I was pretty sure he was adopted so I asked his mom. And He is from GUATEMALA!!! I am so excited to meet someone from my own town with a Guatemalan child. She said they are adopting a second little boy and got a referral in March. She seemed about as excited as I was. She also knows of one other family in our town with two children adopted from Guatemala. Maybe we can all get together sometime when we both have our new babies home!!

Please Mr. Postman . . .

. . . please bring my I-171H . . . TODAY!! See my mailbox above? That is where you can put it . . . TODAY
The I-171H is what I need to get my referral. I thought I wanted to wait to get my referral as late as possible. I have since changed my mind. Reading the blogs of friends who are visiting their babies, getting out of FC, getting out of PGN and getting PINKS is making my desire for my referral even greater. Please, Mr. Postman!!!