New Africa Family of the Week

Good Morning everyone, and Happy Monday! Well, it's that time again, a fresh new week with a fresh new family. The Ponich family is adopting a sweet little toddler girl to add to the mix of boys. They'll be traveling this summer to bring her home for good! Could you help them out by making a tiny donation? Just a tiny little dollar? I can tell you now that Elissa advocates for every stranger that she 'meets' here on Mondays. Will you do the same for her? Thanks so much. Let's pound that donate button!

***So far, the Ponich family has brought in $722 towards their adoption. Let's highjack Facebook, shall we?***

Haiti By Hand

Hey all! If you need a little motivation to clean out this weekend, check out the site Haiti by Hand. They are collecting all your quilt scraps, as well as general donations to head over to Haiti. Some of those include chewable vitamins, towels, shoes, wooden beads, and lots of other stuff that you might have hanging around. Just head on over and look at the yellow box on the sidebar. Then just send your donations to:

Haiti by Hand
3333 Benton Road
Cedar Hill TN  37032

It's a good way to get rid of those old fabric scraps to make room for some new prints, too! You guys have a good weekend!

*on a totally unrelated note we're getting a facelift this week with a whole new look and a bunch of new bloggers (you probably already know them)! So if you're popping over this weekend and the site is acting funny it's probably because we're doing some crazy behind the scenes stuff. You'll love it next week! I do! 

New Asia Family of the Week

Hey guys! I am dying for you to meet today's family, the Boutins, who are adopting from The Phillipines. This video is awesome and you'll be moved when you get to 'meet' their son, Aaron, at the end. There is such a need for parents for older children, especially boys. Not everyone is in a position to do it, but if you are, please consider, and have a look.




And remember to share this post. Not only does it generate more donations to help get Aaron home, but it will help spread the word and advocate for the older boys out there. Donate here.

***So far the Boutin family has received $3500 towards their adoption!!!***

Another Wonderful Update!

Remember the Johnson family, with the super adorable, make you laugh and cry at the same time, video?

Well, they've had a lot going on, and a lot to celebrate, since their Give1 week in February. I asked Mama Johnson (Danae) for a little update, and here's what she wrote:

Give1Save1 Family –

I am so happy that I get to update you on our family’s progress!  When we were the featured family back in February, we had just accepted the referral of our son.  We were filled with excitement and a little overwhelmed at the idea of becoming parents.  Now, we are almost ready to go pick him up (we’ll be doing that at the end of June)…it is so hard to believe that we are almost to the finish line of this adoption process.  And next?  We get to work on being a family!  And you know what?  We couldn’t have done it without you…every one of you.

When I was asked to write this update, all I could think about was how much I wanted you guys to know what you are doing MATTERS.  You all are actively helping unite families.  Every week.  Sometimes it may not seem like your dollar matters, or that it isn’t that much.  But, I can assure you it does matter.  Your dollar, your friend’s dollar, their friend’s dollar…it all adds up…and it adds up to making families whole.  What better way could you possibly spend a dollar?  I can’t think of one.

So, from the very bottom of my heart: thank you.  Thank you for your support of all of these families who are working hard to bring home their kiddos.  Thank you for your loving words of encouragement when the process gets tough.  And thank you for being a part of a journey that will be remembered by our family, by all of these families…forever.

Our first family photo…that you helped make possible:

The Johnsons

Please say a prayer for the Johnsons as they await final approval to bring this little heartbreaker home. And help unite another family by giving your dollars this week.

Be a Giver

Click to buy a copy of this print. $17.

New Africa Family of the Week

Good morning everyone and Happy Memorial Day! I hope you have a BBQ and a pool to head to! Well, it's that time again. Time for a new family. You guys killed it last week bringing in over $3,000 for the Braniff family and this weeks Asia family, the Belotes (scroll back a few posts if you haven't seen their video yet, it's to die for), are right about there too. Let's show a little love to the Gentry family. They are adopting another little lady to hang with these sweet girlies. They are about to turn in their dossier, and that check is a doozy, so let's see if we can help out, shall we? You can donate right here.

***So far the Gentry family has received $634 to go towards their adoption***

The Wait - Day 6 (Don't Laugh)

Some people have a short wait and some people have a long wait. It all just depends on  who you’re adopting (and a million other teeny bits of information). But I can tell you from experience that each day we go on with life and each day half of your brain is willing that phone call. I’m wondering if my foreign born child is born yet. Still with parents? Already in the transition home? Paperwork on my family coordinator’s desk? Maybe she’s just out to lunch and then she’ll call me when she gets back. Maybe. Or maybe he’s not born yet.

Well, here I am almost one week into The Wait. Our agency won’t keep a public list of “who’s next in line” so our Yahoo group has attempted to take on the task. Only problem is that it’s totally inaccurate and there’s just nothing that anybody can do about it. Some people aren’t on the Yahoo group so they don’t get put on The List. Some are, but maybe don’t mention that they are open to special needs, so that skews it. Every week everyone goes and checks The List to see if anyone has moved over to the Received Referral party, therefor bumping us all up one spot. But remember it’s totally inaccurate so you never really know where your spot is. So actually the whole thing might just make you loco. And even if it were accurate and we were number one in line it still wouldn’t mean jack because it all comes together like it’s going to anyway. Only God knows what day is our Referral Day, but still I wake up every morning and think maybe today. Probably not. But one of these days it will be today. I actually hope it’s not today today because my kitchen is sort of smelling funky and we have this plan to throw and impromptu party on Referral Day. And I don’t think I’m up to it today. Maybe tomorrow. Probably not though.