Abigail is a compassionate young
lady. She loves her role as the oldest child and jumps at the chance
to play with her younger siblings. Her favorite subject is math.
Although she is 13 and in 7th grade she still loves to cuddle and have long chats with
us. She enjoys going to youth group as well and hanging out with others
and is totally comfortable being on her own. She is very mature and
has a lot of capabilities to show love to others that need someone to
listen.
Andrew
is a leader and is reliable. He is head strong but loves to lend a
helping hand to his family whenever we need it. He wants to be a
policeman when he grows up because he wants to help people. Legos and
anything
Star Wars is his favorite. He is a very smart student and enjoys
reading any book he can get his hands on. Andrew is in 5th Grade and just turned 11.
Joshua has a smile that will
steal your heart. He may seem quiet to others at first glance, but he
feels things deeply. He is protective of his family and just has that
instinct. He wants to be a firefighter when he grows up to protect
people and rescue them. He has some special connections to his younger
siblings, but loves the chance to wrestle with Andrew or Matthew too. Joshua is 10 1/2 and in 4th grade.
Matthew is 10 and is also in 4th grade. Matthew has a crazy sense of
humor that a lot of people don't understand. He can make our family
laugh in a heartbeat. He loves to take things apart to see how they
work. When he gets older he wants to be an inventor. He is more shy
than most, but has a huge heart and just doesn't like the
spotlight. He loves any superhero.
Sarah is 8 1/2 in 2nd grade and loves the spotlight. She
has a sparkling personality that shouts I love life. She loves to play
with Barbies or play board games with her siblings. She never has known
a stranger and when she sees anyone who is hurting she doesn't hesitate
to offer a hug or a smile. She is the first one to ask how you are
doing.
Elizabeth has a zest for crazy.
She has a beautiful voice and loves to sing away as she is dancing.
She and her big sister Sarah get along very well and play a lot
together. She enjoys playing dress up and anything to do with
princesses. She has just turned 7 years old and in 1st grade.
Jonathan
is 5 1/2 and tender little boy. He speaks quietly and in larger crowds likes
being close to his mommy. He can't wait to be
older like his brothers and spends time trying to be like them. He
likes to do things himself and loves proving to all of us that he is
growing up. He may be soft spoken, but he will let you know what he is
thinking. He enjoys cuddle time and helping his little sister. He has started Kindergarten and loves it.
Joanna
is almost 3 and has a personality all her own. You don't have to ask to see she is
spoiled in a good way with lots of love. She loves all her siblings in
different ways and at different times. She likes putting her hands on
her hips to dance to the music. She especially loves to have rocking
time with mommy or daddy. Now that her "twin" Michael is home we have seen her become thrilled to have her buddy to play with. She and our other children have welcomed him with open arms and love helping him learn things and do new skills.
Michael is our blessing that came to us last February and is now almost 3
years old. Some people think that because Michael is different that it
would be hard to love him. I have to admit- I thought I may have a hard
time too, but we had a definite calling to this child. God was
faithful and now I can't even imagine our lives without him. It may
show in the millions of facebook posts and online posts I write about
all of Michael's progress. It is pretty obvious that we love him more
than life and that we are so very proud of him. Every child has
different abilities, but Michael has shown us clearly that this only
means more love and not less!
I think as we have added to our children some people ask us- how do your other children feel about it when you say you are doing another adoption? My answer- ask them! Here are some of their responses- "Awesome, do they get to sleep in my room?", "Great as long as I get to hold them and help feed them too", "I will love them and help them too!", "I can't wait to meet them!"
Our kids are normal and whine and complain like any child does, but the one thing they don't complain about is having another sibling. They have attached to each new sibling and love being big brothers and sisters, and they know that mommy and daddy are still in charge, and we take care of all of them, but they still love to help when we let them.
