Pirate Burping Benjamin!

Ben has a YouTube account!

An Adoption Video

This goes with my previous post. Ive posted this song before, but it seems appropriate to do it again. I dont know this girl, but she made a good video to a great song. Makes me cry every time.

You would want help too..

My cousin, Julia and her husband, Brett, are trying to adopt. They've been waiting for this blessing for many, many years. My family and many of my friends are no stranger to adoption and the waiting and heartache that is part of the package. We as a family are reaching out to help them and perhaps to touch a heart....thanks to my other cousin, Audra, and my mother for most of the wording from their blogs....Audra and her husband have adopted 4 kids and my parents have adopted 5.

As previously stated, all 5 of my siblings are adopted....some were private adoptions through our church...two were foster children we adopted through the state of Texas....all came to our home because someone loved them enough to want something better for them. Right around Mother's Day I always spend time thinking about my siblings' birth mothers....how hard that day must be for them....how hard that day is for those that yearn to have a child in their arms....now that i am a mother, I understand how hard it must be for either side.

Julia and Brett need someone to want more for their child. They are reaching out to all of their family to find that special girl who can help them realize their dream.

This is their child preference:
Age: Newborn - 1 year old

Gender: Either

Ethnicity: Any Child, Open to discussion

Special Needs: Open to discussion, Drug exposed (occasional), Mild or medically correctable, Alcohol exposed (occasional), Smoking exposed, Emotional/mental disorders in family, Premature birth, Multiple birth, Diabetes in family, Conceived through rape, Nothing known about father, Nothing known about mother

Basically, they are open to any child out there in need of a loving home and two AWESOME parents! I know there child is out there... they just have to find the mother who is led and prompted to place her child with them! That is the miracle of adoption! The spirit touches 2 mothers and fathers and brings them together because of a mutual love for a beautiful child!
So, in order to get the word out, they are wanting to share their profiles with as many people as possible!
Here are their links and blogs to find out more about them.
http://www.parentprofiles.com/profiles/db24166.html
Provident Living:http://www.providentliving.org/ses/birthmother/viewsingleprofile/0,12272,2133-1-10088,00.html
It's About Love:https://beta.itsaboutlove.org/ial/profiles/21629485/ourMessage.jsf
And here is their personal blog if you want to learn more about them!juliaandbrett.blogspot.com

This may seem like a long shot, but really, it is not! It could be a sister of a friend of a cousin of a friend of a friend of mine that knows of a situation that may have come up that they feel like would be a wonderful placement for this family! You never know until you get the word out! This could be the key to them finding a placement.

Maybe nothing will come of this, but there is a good chance that something wonderful will come of this!!! And the more info they get out there, the better!

I feel very sure that my siblings found their way to our family the way God intended. I love and appreciate the tender-hearted women that brought them into the world and gave them to our family.
Good Luck Julia and Brett! We shall be praying for your child's birthmom to find you!

If you have a blog and feel so led... please feel free to copy and paste this information in your blog, your facebook, anywhere that may get the word out to honest people about their desire to adopt!

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My baby and his daddy

Arent they so cute? I love the way that David takes care of Ben, takes care of me taking care of Ben, and plays with the both of us. He is so patient with Ben crying, me sleeping, Ben pooping, me making David change all the poopy-ness that is Ben, and my own personal crazy. Every single day I notice more and more of Davids amazing capabilities, patience, adorable-ness, and love. I love him and glad that I chose well and got lucky.

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