Finalization...

To update all of you....wow, what a journey!!  We continue to be amazed by our boys and the fact that God loved us enough to choose us to be their mommy and daddy!!  They are army crawling now and sitting up for the most part :)

Eli says mama and dada ..okay, okay...mostly dada but every once in a while that mmmm slips out :)  He is still working hard at learning to eat and is trying new things all the time.

Gabe says mama and dada and babbles a lot!!  He is such a happy baby and has the most contagious laugh!!!  He brings us so much joy....even at 3 am!!

We were able to finish paying for Elijahs adoption in November which allowed us to finalize him December 10.  He is "officially" a Coffee...though he always has been to us.

We are working hard at getting Gabe finalized  :)  We have said we were going to keep fundraising for the last few months but put it off knowing we were supposed to get a subsidy from California that the payment would allow us to pay the adoption agency and attorney.  This has dragged on when the money from that is coming so we are going to fundraise again :)  I know so many question helping others fund an adoption so I am going to add this hear...it was posted by a friend of a friend and is so well said....

Well said!! Helping to fund an adoption..

FAR to often I hear from clueless and pitifully ignorant people (Christian people, I might add)...." If people can't afford what it costs to adopt, they shouldn't adopt." We were crushed one time by a person that was very close to us..."How come when YOU hear from God it costs ME money?" Usually I am too upset to respond with adequate words..... I
When a family seeks help in raising funds for an adoption, it's not like asking people to pitch in toward a new boat, or help pay for a vacation. What they are doing is committing to heal, with God's help, a child who has suffered the profound damage of being unwanted and unloved. They are obediently living out the command given in James 1:27 to care for the orphan, clothing the gospel of Christ's redemption in flesh and blood and now. When they ask for the body of Christ to come alongside them financially and prayerfully, they are giving us the opportunity to be a part of the miracles God works through obedience.

We need to raise a little over $6000.00 by the mid to end of Feb at the latest to keep from having to start our homestudy process over.  That would be a whole another expense.  We know God called us to adopt these precious boys and we know that He too will provide the needed funds to complete what He started.  We have a donate button at the top of our page where you can donate to help us finalize our precious Gabe.  Every little bit helps, even if you just give up a coffee for a day!!!

Last, we were asked to do a story with our local news...HOW FUN!!!  Here is the link for you to see our interview :)

http://www.wgrz.com/video/default.aspx?bctid=2009270173001

Thank you all and God Bless....we will update this every few days so people know where were are with our fundraising :)

David, Kristen, Caleb, Elijah and Gabriel :)