(she may have already helped us pick out a name : )
Who is baby Beckett?.... "Our brother."
Why isn't he here yet?... "Because we don't have our fingerprints or our van."
Where is he coming from?... "Ethiopia? I don't know."
Why are we adopting?... "Because Rykin is mean sometimes..." (whispers in my ear, "he hits.")
Follow up... We are adopting because we already made two great kids, and now we want to give someone a chance who needs a mom and dad, and a family who can take care of him.
What is adoption?... "To adopt someone that no one else can have when they're born. And we're getting him from a different place now, so we're going to have him be with us if they don't have a place to be taked cared of. And they will let us have the baby, and when they do that we can help him, and take care of him. And when they know who we are we will show him all the toys we have and let him have all the food he wants. And when he grows up he can tell us what he wants. And we can tell him what time it is... bedtime, or daytime, or lunch time. And we can still have him. And if toys get broken we can fix it for him. And he can have new friends, and when he has that many friends he can play with all of them. And when he is born he can be adopted to be with anyone he likes."
...sometimes she talks more in five minutes than any of you have heard in one year
What are you excited about?... "To sing a song for him. What about we make up a song for him?"
Is there anything you are worried about?... "I'm worried about if he doesn't stay healthy."
What do you think he will look like?... "Kind of like baby Micah."
Who's baby is he going to be?... "Ours. He's going to be our baby."
What kind of stuff do we need for a baby?... "A diaper, and a bottle, and a ....um wipes, and we need him to come here faster."
What would he like to eat?... "Uh spaghetti."
Is there anything else you want to say about it?... "I want to get baby Beckett to know who is going to have him so he doesn't get afraid of anyone." To Rykin... "Rykin when baby Beckett gets here can you not hit him or bite him when he comes? 'Cause he is going to be a baby." Rykin, "Uh ok, I won't!" Aydin, "Write that I am going to take care of him...A-Y-D-I-N. I want him not to get afraid in the van, and feel like everyone is going to take care of him. That's all I needed to have said, that's too many things for me to say."
P.S. on the fundraising front our time table has moved up a bit. We were thinking we had 3 years or so to raise our funds...easy! Now we are looking at 12 months or less. Still have no doubt that God will provide, but God has never promised that I can just sit on my hands and watch everything fall into place. We have heard amazing success stories about adoption garage sales, and I can't think of a better way to involve our community in this process and ministry. Soooo, while you are spring cleaning keep this in mind. We are going to need your help. We will start collecting donations for our first adoption fundraising garage sale soon. We are excited to see how God can work in this. More about this soon.
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