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  5. Baby Announcements 2006

    in New Arrivals

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    Yeah!!! laugh.gifYeah!!! laugh.gifYeah!!! laugh.gif Yeah!!! laugh.gifYeah!!!

    Lindsey and Jay,

    We are so incredibly excited for you!! What a special gift has been given to you - a gift that God has wonderfully (and adorably tongue.gif ) made just for your family! Isn't it the greatest feeling in the world to be a mommy and a daddy?

    Love ya,

    Tricia and Jesse

    P.S.: Give Quinton a huge kiss from "Aunt Tricia". wub.gif

  8. Hi, I am Noah.

    in The Family Room

    Posted

    Hey Noah,

    Wow! You sound like your a pro already! What advice would you give to someone who is about to become a big brother or sister?

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    Well, I'm going to teach my brother or sister how to talk, to play baseball, to play soccer, to swim, to play on my Gameboy Advance and to go fishing. It will be fun to play with the baby, to feed the baby and give it lots of hugs and kisses. wub.gif My baby may be alot of work, but it will be alot of fun too. I will try to be a very good big brother!

    Noah cool.gif

  11. Hi, I am Noah.

    in The Family Room

    Posted

    Elaine and Amy,

    Thank you so much for writing to me. I bought a bib that says "I love my big brother" with two giraffes hugging each other. I bought a Build-a-Bear bear for the baby. I picked out a green teething ring for the baby since my favorite color is green. I picked out a baby chick that has cheeks that light up. I am very, very, very, very excited! tongue.gif

    Noah cool.gif

  12. Baby Announcements 2006

    in New Arrivals

    Posted

    biggrin.gifbiggrin.gifbiggrin.gif IT'S A BOY biggrin.gifbiggrin.gifbiggrin.gif

    Congratulations, Mark and Marlene, on your new baby boy!!!! We are so happy for you. Ethan is one special little boy to have such great parents. We can't wait to see pictures!

    Lots of love (and give Ethan a big hug and kiss for us). wub.gif

    Tricia and Jesse

  13. Hi, I am Noah.

    in The Family Room

    Posted

    Hi Noah:  Wow!  You are going to be a great big brother.  I bet you are very excited.  Do you want a sister or a brother?  Jann biggrin.gif

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    I would like to have a brother OR a sister. I would REALLY like to have both! tongue.gif

    Noah cool.gif

  14. Hi, I am Noah.

    in The Family Room

    Posted · Edited by triciamom

    Hi everybody. Thanks for writing to me. I like making friends with all of you. I like every thing you said to me. Thanks for the advice. Please write back Andrew, Shayla, Riley and Bailey. tongue.gif

    Noah cool.gif

  17. Homestudy Updates

    in Looking to Adopt

    Posted

    We live just across the state line in Mississippi now, but my husband and I went to Identix in Memphis to be fingerprinted for our current home study. My prints, however, could not be read!! My hands are so dry from always washing them, that they were too light. Bummer! I'm supposed to go and try again, but if that doesn't work, I 'll be doing it the old way which could take awhile. I  too wonder why they can't just run our prints from when we adopted the first time. It's not like they've changed or anything!  tongue.gif  biggrin.gif

    Good luck to all!

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    Suebee,

    They told me to make sure we put lotion on our hands before we get the prints done....it's supposed to keep that from happening.

    Hope it works this time. smile.gif

  22. Open Adoption

    in Looking to Adopt

    Posted

    In the past few weeks, I have had the chance to talk to two close friends about adoption. Both of them adopted their children via "closed" adoption 18+ years ago. It was so weird because both of them told me how terrified they were that the birthparents would come find them and try to take their babies back. They were always looking over their shoulders - living in constant fear of a person who they'd not be able to recognize, wondering if the woman that they just saw looking at them was actually their child's birthmom.

    It really confirmed to me that this is ONE of the things that makes open adoption so incredible. You have the birthmom's "permission" to raise their child. I know Elizabeth mentioned this during the orientation, but it just really hit home when my friends were talking to me.

    My friends still have a hard time understanding why open adoption is better, but that is because closed adoption is all they know. Their birthmoms have been the scariest things in their lives and they can't understand why anyone would want them in their lives voluntarily. I say, "Why would anyone want to go through that fear for the rest of their lives?" Isn't it better to work through that fear at the beginning so that it doesn't affect you and the precious child that you're going to raise for the rest of your lives.

    They don't even realize that the fear that they've had is completely irrational. When you talk with the birthmoms, you realize that they are incredible women, making the greatest sacrifice of their lives to help someone they love so dearly. They are not monsters, nor are they scary. In most cases, they are wonderful people just trying to do the best they can in a very dificult situation.

  25. Baby Announcements 2005

    in New Arrivals

    Posted

    Cathy, Shane and Amaya,

    Congratulations on your new little one! We are so excited for you and we CAN'T wait to see pictures!

    To the New Daddy,

    Congrats! What a great story you have. Cherish every second with your new son. They are the some of the most special moments of your life - even when sleep deprived!

    God bless all the new Abrazo families.

    Tricia & Jesse smile.gif

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