Last night I slept the entire night. (with the help of a little pill. ;-) I slept from 11:00 - 9:00. Lucky for Dean, he was awake for the d...

I know what you're here for, so quick scroll down to the pictures then come back to the top to read! Our first task this morning was ...

After being awake for 36 hours, sleeping maybe a total of 3 hours between us, we have arrived in Belgrade. We are in our apartment, have go...

We were supposed to fly out of Minneapolis to Newark at 4:00 pm yesterday. Unfortunately due to bad weather everything to the east coast wa...

Ok, we are all packed!!! The last of the house is picked up. Whatever hasn't gotten done at this point isn't going to. By the time ...

So this morning we finally got the email we've been waiting for; final approval from B's social center to complete our adoption!!! ...

The hardest thing about traveling for international adoption is getting the house ready for someone else to be in charge while you're g...

Oh my gosh, we're leaving in NINE days!!!! Well, we have to wait for our final approval from B's social worker, which I'm pro...

This was published on the Department of State website on March 29th, echoing what I've been posting about for months. Alert: Serbia...

Over the past couple of days I've been hearing from parents who are in the midst of or had a really difficult time with their adoptions...

Thank you, everyone, for your prayers!!! The other family has cleared and are leaving for Serbia tomorrow !  You prayed them there, and ...

Several weeks ago I started a series I never came back to. I am QUEEN of unfinished projects! It is for this reason Dean is amazed we'v...

I looked at the counter up there on the top of the blog. The one with the airplane. Do you see it? Do you see that number? Only 18 days lef...

Let me explain a bit, about Serbia's adoption system. First, there are the levels of government involved. There is the Ministry, whic...

Good morning everyone! I hope today finds you more awake than my kids were when the pulled the name of the kindle winner. LOL They were qui...

Ok, I know you're tapping your fingers waiting for this! These winners were chosen randomly by the staff at Project Hopeful. I wasn...

Later today I'll be posting the winners of the two giveaways. I need to wait for the Project Hopeful staff  to do the drawing for the ...

I had everything all figured out. Childcare, Dean's time off work, kids, and all the other things involved when the parents are leaving...

Pretty soon the feet of a little boy will be filling these shoes! B is just a little guy, but so were Axel and Asher when they came....

Both the FAMILY artwork fundraiser , and the Kindle fundraiser are open until the 15th. If it happens that we have an overage, it w...