birds of a feather....

flock together? look closely. those are ceramic frogs under our flower pot. each and every time it rains here within the last two months we get this visitor. do you see him? he is not a ceramic but a real frog. and he flocks to this very flower pot which has look-alikes holding up the pot. coincidence? could this be adoption related, hence the post. i mean, perhaps he is adopting himself to the familiarities of his ceramic friends.

we think it is pretty cool :)

smells good...

soon we will begin the paperchase of adoption. by oct. we will have sent in our official application. i have followed many, many many ETH (and other) adoption blogs for well, 8 months now. just look at our sidebar : ) of all the beautiful adoption stories. those of us adopting from ETH now know of the two trip requirement. i want to try a fundraiser to raise funds for those extra two tickets. i noticed on many other adoption blogs the ladies are doing some fundraisers as well of t-shirts, etc. i am surveying to see who would be interested in my homemade candle Tarts. i plan on beginning to make & sell them this Oct. throughout next Summer. let me know, are there some of you out there who would be interested in purchasing canlde tarts? all profit goes into our adoption fundraiser fund.

the tarts will each be in Ethiopian colors!

mail

...sending in our Information Sheet (pre-application) in two weeks to our agency !

thumbs up

We have choosen our placing agency .

no segregation; ' we are all deserving of love ' ...

change

oh how i dislike it BUT this one is a positive and by choice.
we are looking at two other placing agencies and taking the original one off our 'yes' list . there were just too many red flags regarding basic aspects that SHOULD already exist within the agency; like a adequately staffed team, ease of communication and commitment. with our focus now to complete that app. soon this change in placing agency/app. proves to be positive.

intentions and reality

per my 'children not color' post below, i must also add this post link which speaks volumes about being color-blind with good intentions yet learning to be colorful with expanded intentions...

article/transracial adoptee