Cornish Adoption Journey: Some long awaited pic's :) From Ukraine and Day 1 home

Saturday, March 08, 2008

Some long awaited pic's :) From Ukraine and Day 1 home

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MichelleMarch 8, 2008 at 2:33 PM
omg...the one of B touching Emmas head so softly....sigh...what a gift
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AnonymousMarch 8, 2008 at 3:57 PM
Oh they are all beautiful. You have a great family. They will surely all blossom into beautiful adults.
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Amy FlegeMarch 8, 2008 at 5:21 PM
wow. iam impressed that B will eat her cereal like that!! what a big girl!! mayson would have it thrown on the floor in a flash!!
thanks so much for sharing your journey with us. its been so great reading about it and seeing such a wonderful family be so blessed!
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ShelleyMarch 8, 2008 at 6:18 PM
What a beautiful family! You are so blessed...and such a blessing too! I'm thrilled for your family! I look forward to continuing to follow your journey as a mom of 4! Welcome to life post-Ukraine :)
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ShelleyMarch 8, 2008 at 6:18 PM
What a beautiful family! You are so blessed...and such a blessing too! I'm thrilled for your family! I look forward to continuing to follow your journey as a mom of 4! Welcome to life post-Ukraine :)
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ChristinaMarch 8, 2008 at 6:54 PM
Wow! Great pictures Meredith! Everyone looks so good..I bet it's great to be home...I saw the family weigh in in your other post...I didn't know you could loose 10 more lbs! LOL Can't wait till May when we can come and meet everyone!
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About our Family

Michael and I have been married for 21 years and have fifteen children. Kristopher was born in 2004, Brianna in 2006, and in 2007 we decided to add to our family through adoption. We added Emma (born in 2003) and Micah (born in 2006) to our family from Ukraine in 2008. Then in 2009 Lynae was born to us. In fall of 2010 we finalized James' adoption from US foster care and were in process for the adoption of Wesley (born in 2005) and received the 'bonus' of Aleksa (born in 2002) from Ukraine. Aleksa was the child we had originally tried to adopt when we brought home Emma and Micah in 2008! God orchestrated her homecoming with Wesley in Dec 2010! Delaina was then born to us in 2012. In 2014 we had Paul come stay with us as a respite placement, then we moved from Florida to Georgia. During that time, his first family that adopted him from Bulgaria a year prior, asked for us to adopt him and he became a Cornish in May 2015. In November 2015 we had our 4th baby girl, Harper. Then, in January 2017 we learned of a baby nearby in Georgia that needed a family. We adopted Nya in 2017. Since then we have had two more babies born to us. Silas in 2018 and Ryleigh in 2020. We will upwrap baby #15 around Christmas 2022!

All fourteen of our children are greatly treasured, and our daughter Brianna's diagnosis of Down syndrome was an answer to prayer. I'm sure that sounds strange to many, but Mike and I had considered adopting children with special needs for a long time and she was our "definite yes" to that journey! Five of our adopted children share the Ds diagnosis, and Emma has the same heart defect that Brianna had repaired. Wesley has Cerebral Palsy, and Nya has significant respiratory needs and CP.

14 kids, all homeschooled, 7 adopted, 6 with Down syndrome, 5 from Eastern Europe, 7 "home grown," 4 from Ukraine, 6 "typical," 3 with Cerebral Palsy, 2 with RAD, 2 from the USA, 4 with Autism, 2 Committed Parents, 1 very BIG GOD. That's Us!

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Saturday, March 08, 2008

Some long awaited pic's :) From Ukraine and Day 1 home

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