Category Archives: Day in the Life Whether adopting or you just have little kids–many of us stay-at-home moms with little ones find ourselves at home for much of the day. The question is–how to be HEALTHY and keep the “coo coo” out of the cocoon when you are at home with little ones! I have by NO MEANS mastered it…we’re only […]  For a year we dreamed of this sweet baby–and although we missed the first 10 months…we RELISH in every FIRST! Here are some sweet firsts from this week… “My first time wearing shoes…” (You are sitting SO well little man! And to think you couldn’t do this by yourself 4 weeks ago! We start physical […] oh andrea….i just love the pics of Isaac and of course the videos! loved his wave but loved his face in this second video even more! QUESTION: Where did you get his “worth the wait” shirt in the first video? I would really like to get that for my Isaac! :0) what fun firsts. his smile, his eyes…he is absolutely enchanting, andrea! Andrea, I can’t thank you enough for all your posts, photos, videos, & fun silliness! You are helping ease the time while we wait! Thank you for being Free Therapy! I can’t wait to be on the wait list! 🙂 Only one more document away!! God Bless, http://www.bethebodyfor1.blogspot.com So cute! Love that last pic..it says to me look here big brother….let’s go do something quick before mommy notices 🙂 he he he…. That’s what our boys do and they are all close in age- yep…. 🙂 Love, love, love to see more video of ITY! I feel like I see the toddler version of those faces everyday! The “What in the world is that?!” face. So funny… We brought E home at 10 months, too, and missed a lot of her firsts, so I know exactly how important those “firsts” are! He’s amazing!! What priceless first. Love that popsicle video. Really … I cannot get enough of Isaac! He is seriously cute… I mean seriously! ITY is so cute in the videos. I love the last picture. I can’t wait to meet ITY. Hang in there. You seem to be doing a wonderful job. We continue to pray for you and your family. Oh sweet Isaac, I make the very same face when I eat green beans, too! Love how much he’s grown! As always… another precious post from a precious family! What an inspiration you are to us! Leaving for Nashville this coming week for AGCI’s conference!!!!! Counting down the days, praying that God will do amazing things in our hearts while learning more about adoption! I would like to send a little something to Isaac, what address should I mail it to? You can just email me… jbjjbobbitt@earthlink.net! bobi bobbitt, edenton, nc  Warning…long post and lots of pics…these last 2 days have to be documented for our “blog to book” for later;) Today has been a some what uneventful day! Isaac Temesgen has been fever free ALL day–so the antibiotics are doing their thing. YAY! Just remembered I took a few pictures on my iPhone from Isaac […] Andrea…..Abby’s PASSPORT is at the orphanage! I am loving MKI….even their name, “Maximum Kingdom Impact”…they are talking my language! Turns out Craig is moving, he passed my name on to Mike and MIKE LIVES HERE IN THE CITIES! He is working on tickets as I type. One scenerio has us leaving Sat…..so I better get packing!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for the prayers! how do you manage to make me both laugh and cry in the same post, andrea?! haha! you’re cracking me up and then frank hands isaac the bottle. tear jerker. the “i’ll always be here for you”. the little “big” brother helping the little “little” brother 🙂 happy sigh. i want your photography skills so bad so I can take amazing pics like that of my isaac! Your kids are so blessed to be able to look back at these amazing pics when they are older! :0) haha!! love it! Frank has quite the personality;) Glad to see he’s getting use to baby brother. They’ll be quick friends and will be SO close. It will be quite the journey:) Love hearing the boys’ conversations!! They are so cute and funny! 🙂 So glad that Isaac is feeling better! Oh this gave me a good laugh before heading to bed! What sweet, sweet boys with a very funny mama! 🙂 Frank trying to “share” that rice krispie treat is too much!!! You are too much dear friend and I have to tell you that I absolutely love Frank’s bald head even with a boo-boo. Thanks for the commentary and glad to hear that Isaac is back to himself and enjoying brother Frank. Hahaha…love the kiddo conversation! =) So glad to see that Frank is adjusting to his role as BIG brother and that Isaac is feeling better – what an answer to prayer! been on vacation and just now catching up on blogs. love all the pics. glad to hear that isaac is feeling better now. I love waking up and seeing that you posted:) thanks for the pictures – your kids are incredible! so thankful that IT is feeling better. when we get our daughter you are going to have to make a trip to ny to take some pics for me:) Loved this narrative! Made me laugh….and I need that today! So glad Isaac is doing better. And so glad that you asked for helpwhen you needed it; I’ might have to try that sometime, too, since it worked for you 🙂 So good to know he is doing better, and those pics – too cute! I have finally tapped into a wireless network at the beach. I have been having serious blog (Isaac) withdrawals. Lovin all these precious pics and cute stories of brothers bonding! I LOVED the story!! 😀  After a couple of long nights…added on top of 3 weeks of long nights…ITY started running a 103 fever. We thought we could make it through the night…not so much. I’ll spare you all the details–but we finally went in to Children’s ER at 5am. We returned home at 11am. Long night…long morning and long […] I love this post… Hate that you went through this… We had a similar experience with E and how it’s crazy to think how his life would have been in Ethiopia without asthma treatment… amazing how God puts the kids in our lives that we need and need us… love to you guys! So glad ITY is feeling some better Seriously, how do you do it? How do you have this beautiful and busy family life, and keep up with your blog? You are AWEsome! 🙂 I just love readying your posts, and am SO blessed by them every day. Thank you for sharing your heart on a continual basis. It truly does make a difference in the lives of others! We just went through this test with T. And my Nephew has had it done before about a hundred times. As he was diagnossed with it in utero. Remember. You can NOT do the test. They push it now as it is a new protocol when boys get uti’s on the FIRST time. But they can not do anything about it until he is 3 years old. So even if they find out it is reflux (likely just not emptying bladder- which was my guys situation) they can’t do any thing for a while. My guy is 3 so they could have done something. But for the life of me I can’t figure out why they kept insisting on VCUG testing every six months.. just to see?!?!?! That said.. the hardest part is getting an IV. And getting the nurses to be able to place an IV on a little guy. Oy. Once that was in- he didn’t balk at all and I could hold him the whole time and be with him during the test. I hope you have a similar situation. Likely it is the bladder not emptying. And had they told me that was the other option- I would not have had the test- as I KNOW his bladder doesn’t empty when he “goes”. Our guys with history of severe malnutrition- it takes a good year for all the organs and muscle and connective tissue that surround the organs (including bladder) to get up to speed. Good Luck if you go through with the test. It really wasn’t a bad thing. Ours used Propofal IV sedation. It is quick down and quick up and best for Ped’s – especially with this procedure. The only thing was my guy was WIRED x 10 the whole day after. 🙂 And it hurts like H E double hockey sticks for them to pee for the rest of the day.. really bad and scary hurt. But my guy only ‘complained’ twice about it. My nephew will hold it for days knowing that its going to hurt Ok- that’s probably TMI- but seriously- not such a big deal as far as the procedure- it’s the IV and after ward that is screaming induced. my hubs and i are seriously considering adopting from ethiopia. i love your blog…it’s so helpful. this one is awesome in how u see god’s timing and his complete working it out for the good of those who love him and are called according to his purpose. i love how he took care of you guys w/ the nurses. he’s good to us like that! God is in the details is one of my favorite sayings. Sorry about little buddy, but thankful he is ok. Just love that we have such a loving, intimate, gracious Father that reveals himself in coffee, nurses and so many other details! Praise God for His faithfulness in the details!! I have had a lot of experience with kidney issues, reflux, UTIs, etc with both of my bio daughters, so if you have any questions, PLEASE feel free to ask! Praying for a speedy recovery! God IS in the details! And I just love how you give Him all the credit! Praising God that ITY is feeling better, and will pray for his continued health. AMAZING!!! So happy that God had it all along 🙂 Those pics make me smile 🙂 Our little girl had a UTI at 9mo. and was diagnosed with grade II reflux. We are supposed to do low dose antibiotics. I didn’t do it for the first year and she was tested again and still has it so I am doing it now. The test wasn’t bad for her. Just catheter insertion and at 9 mo. she was over it quick. I had our anxious 5 year old tested for similar symptoms and did nitrous oxide which worked great. So no IVs, no sedation, she just didn’t care and she forgot a lot. Praying for your babe. Andrea, we are praying for Isaac and agree with you….so glad he is there with you now, so glad God has everything planned out, so glad that Isaac has alrady overcome so much! Piece of cake, Isaac! You are a trooper and so loved by your family. They’ve got your back! And God is in the details! Prayer coming your way for tomorrow. Oh, I’m so glad he’s ok! Still praying for you guys! So THANKFUL that God brought him home with you at the perfect time and that he is getting the love and care he needs – praise God. Thank you for this praise report. We must recognized and remember that God is GOOD, and He loves us, and He is in the details! Blessings! how beautiful to see god’s care for you and for your isaac. so glad he is HOME to be cared for by you.  This weekend brought on all kinds of fun at the Young house! One of my bestfriends is getting married in Nashville in September…the very weekend that we officially “break” the cocoon;). Of course we’ll break ‘er slowly…but Isaac Temesgen will be making a short appearance in the back of the church while mommy walks down […] Okay…those dishes looked yummy…just bought a cookbook… and will probably be back for gifts!! YAY! Thank you Sallee! You are the BEST! Love my Wiphan cookbook (and t-shirt)! Love seeing pics of your beautiful baby boy! Love that we have such a wonderful “family” in AGCI! Just got my cookbook! 🙂 oh, i love my wiphan cookbook too:). and i love your boy’s smiles – cannot get enough – keep posting those pics:) So you skip church too while you are cocooning, or is it just this wk b/c of the shower. I have such mixed feelings over doing that (and this is for OUR family, not judging yours, of course…I admire you so much!)…b/c on one hand yes, I want our baby to have that attatchment period, but the other part of me wonders…will church really harm her that much? I would be “wearing” her at all times and such if we did…I just think it would be bad for us as parents not to go?!?! Anyway…would love your imput on that since I know at this point you have done far more research on the subject than I have. Love the cookbook Andrea! I bought one for myself and a bunch of extras for gifts!!! My kiddos were asking about t-shirts…will have to do that next. Hi Andrea! What a cutie pie Isaac and your other children are!!! So precious!!!! I would like to order a cookbook, how do I do that?? Thanks so much! Bobi Bobbitt |
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Love his face with the ice cream! Too cute!Thank you for your tips for cocooning and I will definitely be referring back to these posts someday:)Praying for his Isaacs night sleep:)
oh, his face is priceless with the ice cream!!! Love it!
love the post, especially the one about setting goals! I love how you keep your children in mind and where they are at growing to know what craft or thing to do! how neat! LOVE LOVE LOVE Isaac’s face while he is eating icecream! adorable!
My husband and son really enjoyed that little video too! Thanks for the tips on cocooning….I’m really nervous for that part. But I loved hearing from someone that if you are feelign crazy its okay to change the plan as needed….I tend to be an all or nothing girl so that is wonderful to here. =)
So glad you are keeping from going “coo coo” during your cocooning! Ice cream – yummy. So fun that Isaac was asking for more later! AND, I can NOT get over how much Frank looks like your dad. Goodness!!! Same facial expressions, too. He must be one proud papa!
My…how you are growing. I am proud of you for being flexible and trying to do the best for your family. Wish I could be there for you to bring you a meal and take your laundry.
Like I said…transition is HARD. Like a whole new level of hard.
Hugs…
Good advice on the cocooning stage! I don’t think I am going to do well with this! I go crazy staying in the house…we are always out and about! This will be a big adjustment, for sure! Will have to look back at these tips! 🙂
Your title cracks me up. Good tips!!! Sweet, sweet pictures.
Have been out of town and loving catching up with Isaac Temesgen ! I tried to write a couple of week ago and the computer ate up all the words…He is sooooo precious,beautiful and adorable …we continue to lift your family in prayer.
Ya- the ‘flexibility’ in those low toned bodies. I’ll never forget the first time I brought T into a conveinence store and let him walk. within 30 seconds he was squeeling and looking back and forth, front and back so fast his feet couldn’t keep up with where his eyes were headed… he started and turned and did a split right there in the middle of the store. Lesson learned by momma.
too adorable…I always got out..i guess you knew that…I never stayed home much at all..just wore LL ALL the time while out…she was happy, i was happy, my 4 littles were happy…and I’d go Coo Coo staying home every day…Staying home all day every day makes me crazy!! :)loved the video, kj