Hair Bows and Blue Jeans: Adoption

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Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Adoption Party

After the dedication and lunch at Cracker Barrel we came home and finished last minute preparations for our Adoption Party later that evening. It was an amazing afternoon of celebrating our new family.
We had a little over 60 of our family and friends come celebrate with us! We felt so honored and humbled!

Here are some of the decorations:

And a few snapshots (I'll try to post some more in a bit):

Hannah-lu Attitude

Fun in the backyard

Amelia, Anna and Hannah

Mabry had some serious fun in the backyard!

Great Aunt Marcy who also adopted her (now grown) son.

Me and my sweet friends who have supported me on this journey!

Anya and Naya with Me and Katie Grace

Me and my Bestie, Mandy

There's no time like the presents.

Adoption Necklace
Chosen * Loved * Adopted

Daddies Girl

Hannah felt so celebrated all day!

A jewelry box from Grammy

Her first Bible from Nana and Papa

Grammy and Katie Grace

Children's Dedication

Our church does an amazing Baby Dedication Ceremony. They do it every 3 months and this time it happened to fall the month of our adoption. We signed up immediately and couldn't wait to get to ask God's blessing on our family and dedicate our daughters to Him and His Kingdom.

I will have a DVD of the dedication in a few weeks and will post it as soon as possible.

For now, here's a few pics:

After church we went to Cracker Barrel with our family:

This is what happens when you get to eat in between Grammy and Uncle John!

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Adoption Day

This day was a miracle. We had waited 7 years for it to get here. Our journey toward growing our family took us down the path of Foster Care and eventually to adoption. The journey was long and tiresome, but looking back I see God's Hand all over it. He has given us a beautiful family. I wouldn't change a thing!