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Happy B-day Sweet Izze

Our sweet grand daughter Izze turns 1 today!!!! Sure do love that cute girl! And she is loving the b-day present from grandma and papa. Soooo happy to have her as a permanent member of our family!
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Refinement – Physical – Post #1

This is the first installment in a series that will follow over the next many months about our experience of assisting our son Jonathon and his wife Sarah adopt Izze. Hardest experience of my life, but also life-changing. I hope reading about our experience will touch you in some way and that you might gain […]
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Huge Update/Announcement Coming May 11th

For those of you who have been waiting for an update – please check back on May 11th for an exciting update/announcement. Thank you all for your prayers on our behalf and for the love and support you have extended. We love you!
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Update

Just FYI – due to pending litigation I am unable to give much in the way of details on baby Izze. We did go to court today – just a bunch of nothing once again. We do not have another hearing for a month. Not really seeing a light at the end of the tunnel, […]

adopted Happy B-day Sweet Izze Our sweet grand daughter Izze turns 1 today!!!! Sure do love that cute girl! And she is loving the b-day present from grandma and papa. Soooo happy to have her as a permanent member of our family!

adopted Refinement – Physical – Post #1 This is the first installment in a series that will follow over the next many months about our experience of assisting our son Jonathon and his wife Sarah adopt Izze. Hardest experience of my life, but also life-changing. I hope reading about our experience will touch you in some way and that you might gain […]

adopted Huge Update/Announcement Coming May 11th For those of you who have been waiting for an update – please check back on May 11th for an exciting update/announcement. Thank you all for your prayers on our behalf and for the love and support you have extended. We love you!

adopted Update Just FYI – due to pending litigation I am unable to give much in the way of details on baby Izze. We did go to court today – just a bunch of nothing once again. We do not have another hearing for a month. Not really seeing a light at the end of the tunnel, […]

adopted Izze-Our Miracle Many of you have been following our rather emotional roller coaster ride as my youngest son and his wife have been trying to adopt baby Izze – I want to share our very own little miracle that happened yesterday….In the middle of fighting to adopt baby Izze, Jonathon and Sarah have also been providing care […]

adopted Bandaids Writing feels therapeutic right now, so here are my thoughts today……I keep thinking back to when my children were young and they got an “owie”. I could scoop them up on my lap, wash their cut, put on just the right sized bandaid, and hug their hurt away. I would give anything to go back […]

adopted Baby Izze Update 5 I am not a writer and I don’t know if it is possible to put down on paper my feelings, but I must try…My heart has fractured into a million pieces. Baby Izze was placed in the birth mother’s custody today following a court hearing. Last Thursday, that same judge ruled that to place the […]

adopted Baby Izze Update 4 The kids went to court yesterday and were met with the birth mom and her attorney. Unfortunately we are going to have a fight on our hands. I cannot even begin to comprehend what is going through the birth mom’s mind and where her heart is right now. I feel an enormous amount of compassion […]

adopted Baby Izze Update 3 SAD day! Izze’s birth mom is contesting relinquishing her parental rights. We are still dealing with major GI issues due to her birth mom’s drug usage – including cocaine usage through 6-8 weeks prior to Izze’s delivery. It seems surreal to me that she would really do this – I feel like it is […]

baby Baby Izze Pic Preview Here is the first picture taken yesterday by Niki Martins Photography http://www.nikimartins.com/. Can’t wait to see the rest!!!! She was wide awake the entire time – little stink! Photographers like the newborns to be sleeping so they can position them however they like. At least she was being a happy girl! We sure do love […]

baby Baby Izze Update 2 Baby Izze was released to come home today!!!! She has spent 12 days in the hospital detoxing from the birth mother’s drugs. It is SOOOOOO nice to have her at home! She is beautiful and she is surrounded by people who love her! She is back to her birth weight of 6 1/2 pounds, is […]

baby Baby Izze Update First of all, thanks so much for all the love and support! I have amazing friends and family! We were hoping to bring Izze home today, but the doctor says she is still suffering from the effects of the methadone that her birth mom was on and they are starting her on morphine today to […]

adopted Our Little Izze! My son Jonathon and his wife Sarah have been married for two years and thus far, have been unable to conceive. This is a brief version of a very long story and how life can be wonderful and miraculous….Sunday morning, June 12, 2011, about 8:30 Izzebel entered the world in one heck of a hurry! […]

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