Howdy!
We are loving playing future Mom and Dad! We hit up BabyGap and bought the cutest outfits know to man for our little guy. We have also gotten excitement out of envisioning names. Ethiopia traditionally names their children biblical names. Therefore, we will either keep his name or are thinking i sticking with a biblical name to keep with his heritage. Therefore, we have turned normal conversation into a name game trying to find a list we love and then finalize when we see his face and personality. We long with crazy excitement for our little man.
p.s. Howdy to my little Florida boys who found their old teacher through our baby blog! We love you guys and hope you know we are here to support you in any way we can!
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Thursday, October 29, 2009
Saturday, October 24, 2009
October 24th, 2009
Howdy!
Today was the national :Make a Difference Day" and we served with our church painting school bathrooms, and clearing property at the school, then went to the U of AZ football game and dinner. Days like today serving others and having a blast are the type of days we are thrilled to share with a little one. We constantly look at each other and talk about what this will be like next year and how different and exciting our lives will be. We are looking forward to sharing life with our Ma-Mush! The Amharic translation for baby boy is Ma-Mash, so now we constantly pray for and talk about out little Ma-Mush!
Ethiopian children are traditionally named biblical names. Therefore, we wonder what our child will be named in Ethiopia and then toss around names if we change his first name. We are leaning towards using a biblical name because it serves the purpose of continuing with typical Ethiopian heritage and can be "Westernized". Thank you to all the friends and family tossing around names with us..it is too fun to hear our dreams become real blessings! Also, thank you to our friends and family sending nursery decor, clothes and prayers. Our little man will know long before birth he is loved and provided for.
Our God is too amazing for words!
Mom and Dad Johnson
Today was the national :Make a Difference Day" and we served with our church painting school bathrooms, and clearing property at the school, then went to the U of AZ football game and dinner. Days like today serving others and having a blast are the type of days we are thrilled to share with a little one. We constantly look at each other and talk about what this will be like next year and how different and exciting our lives will be. We are looking forward to sharing life with our Ma-Mush! The Amharic translation for baby boy is Ma-Mash, so now we constantly pray for and talk about out little Ma-Mush!
Ethiopian children are traditionally named biblical names. Therefore, we wonder what our child will be named in Ethiopia and then toss around names if we change his first name. We are leaning towards using a biblical name because it serves the purpose of continuing with typical Ethiopian heritage and can be "Westernized". Thank you to all the friends and family tossing around names with us..it is too fun to hear our dreams become real blessings! Also, thank you to our friends and family sending nursery decor, clothes and prayers. Our little man will know long before birth he is loved and provided for.
Our God is too amazing for words!
Mom and Dad Johnson
Monday, October 19, 2009
October 19th, 2009
Howdy!
Tyler and I are finally home from our trip of true ecstasy! We can take a deep breath to relax after the rush of returning to the US, home study, travel and Mexico vacation! If we could disappear into the lush jungle of Cabo for a month or more I think we would! As always we fell in love with the Mexican culture, beaches and food! We each have a severe sunburn, little pot belly and huge smile to show for the amazing time we had! Before we left we had another piece of the home study completed in Phoenix. Lisa interviewed each of us and we discussed goals, fears and the next steps in the process. I handed over hundreds of pages of paperwork and documents w have been writing and gathering and I felt like I was handing over my first born. We have worked so diligently it felt bizarre to let it leave our hands. However, it felt awesome to have both a MOM and DAD represented! The home study goes to court any day now and Ty has a few last documents to prepare this week and then the big wait will begin. We talk non stop about names, clothes, discipline, college, parenting and everything of our son/sons. We are literally glowing with excitement. We also had a doctors appointment today for our last DepotLupron shot for endometriosis. Along with the injection came the typical ultrasound and blood tests(3 tries this time and 1 that wouldn't stop bleeding..yikes!) We meet with Dr. G again in a few weeks for an overall look at how well the meds worked, next steps, etc! We will keep you updated and appreciate your prayers, we feel them LITERALLY!
Tyler and I are finally home from our trip of true ecstasy! We can take a deep breath to relax after the rush of returning to the US, home study, travel and Mexico vacation! If we could disappear into the lush jungle of Cabo for a month or more I think we would! As always we fell in love with the Mexican culture, beaches and food! We each have a severe sunburn, little pot belly and huge smile to show for the amazing time we had! Before we left we had another piece of the home study completed in Phoenix. Lisa interviewed each of us and we discussed goals, fears and the next steps in the process. I handed over hundreds of pages of paperwork and documents w have been writing and gathering and I felt like I was handing over my first born. We have worked so diligently it felt bizarre to let it leave our hands. However, it felt awesome to have both a MOM and DAD represented! The home study goes to court any day now and Ty has a few last documents to prepare this week and then the big wait will begin. We talk non stop about names, clothes, discipline, college, parenting and everything of our son/sons. We are literally glowing with excitement. We also had a doctors appointment today for our last DepotLupron shot for endometriosis. Along with the injection came the typical ultrasound and blood tests(3 tries this time and 1 that wouldn't stop bleeding..yikes!) We meet with Dr. G again in a few weeks for an overall look at how well the meds worked, next steps, etc! We will keep you updated and appreciate your prayers, we feel them LITERALLY!
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
October 6th,2009
Nursery in the works....Painted all the walls and free handed the tree! Just wait for the fun leaves and decor! Yeah!Monday, October 5, 2009
October 5th,2009
Howdy!
We assumed Pop Johnson(Tyler) would be home by now, but due to the typical professionalism and organization he is stuck in limbo for over a week now, counting seconds it feels like. In turn, we have selected paint and I have begun painting like a crazy woman. The painting is not so hard, but taking down blinds and moving the nursery furniture is hard on a little lady. I have 3 hug blisters of my fingers and palms....yikes! The color is Jalapeno jelly and we are in the woks of a mural and art as well. I will post pics ASAP. We are also on a hunt for a brown cowhide rug. Hoping to see a vendor on the side of the road, and bid on one from EBAY. If you know of a better method let us know. Our "theme" is modern Nature!
Please pray for Ty's speedy return. I planned all our appointments and hearing assuming he would be home. If we miss anything, our hearing and dossier will be behind schedule, and pushed to next month. Normally that would not matter, but changes how quick we can bring our son/sons home from the orphanage. If we can help it, we do not want him/them to spend one more minute. Also, looking like if this is pushed forward we will be calling Arizona home for quite a bit longer, because we are required post placement studies.
After hours of frustration and many tears to many friends and family..we have followed our heart. We can not control, and should not try and control the situation. Gos is in control and will provide for our son/sons until we can get them home! I pray we give p everything to HIM! We struggle now reacting as protective parents rather than a couple. Pray for our baby/babies and Ty's flights back....and for no more tears!!!!
P.S. We are thinking names.......His original name, Taft, Tate, Tristan, Creighton, Prescott, Bauxley, Quinn, Jude..........we like too many to list!
We assumed Pop Johnson(Tyler) would be home by now, but due to the typical professionalism and organization he is stuck in limbo for over a week now, counting seconds it feels like. In turn, we have selected paint and I have begun painting like a crazy woman. The painting is not so hard, but taking down blinds and moving the nursery furniture is hard on a little lady. I have 3 hug blisters of my fingers and palms....yikes! The color is Jalapeno jelly and we are in the woks of a mural and art as well. I will post pics ASAP. We are also on a hunt for a brown cowhide rug. Hoping to see a vendor on the side of the road, and bid on one from EBAY. If you know of a better method let us know. Our "theme" is modern Nature!
Please pray for Ty's speedy return. I planned all our appointments and hearing assuming he would be home. If we miss anything, our hearing and dossier will be behind schedule, and pushed to next month. Normally that would not matter, but changes how quick we can bring our son/sons home from the orphanage. If we can help it, we do not want him/them to spend one more minute. Also, looking like if this is pushed forward we will be calling Arizona home for quite a bit longer, because we are required post placement studies.
After hours of frustration and many tears to many friends and family..we have followed our heart. We can not control, and should not try and control the situation. Gos is in control and will provide for our son/sons until we can get them home! I pray we give p everything to HIM! We struggle now reacting as protective parents rather than a couple. Pray for our baby/babies and Ty's flights back....and for no more tears!!!!
P.S. We are thinking names.......His original name, Taft, Tate, Tristan, Creighton, Prescott, Bauxley, Quinn, Jude..........we like too many to list!
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