Cornish Adoption Journey: Happy Adoption Day!

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Happy Adoption Day!

Today's Emma and Micah's Adoption Day!! I can't believe it's been a YEAR :)

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ArtworkByRuthFebruary 18, 2009 at 1:32 PM
Congratulations! What an amazing year! (We will be two days apart for this adoption!)
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AnonymousFebruary 18, 2009 at 1:59 PM
WoW, how fast a year goes by. Its amazing to see how far they have come, and how far you have come advocating for special needs adoption. Look forward to following your journey for another year :D
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Stephanie @ RalphcrewFebruary 18, 2009 at 2:02 PM
And WHAT a year! Looks like you have another eventful year lined up, too!
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ErikaFebruary 18, 2009 at 2:33 PM
How wonderful! Congratulations! They've come so far since you first got them!
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gillianFebruary 18, 2009 at 2:48 PM
WOW... Praise God!! So happy for you all!
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KimFebruary 18, 2009 at 3:40 PM
Yay! Happy Adoption Day!
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AnnieFebruary 18, 2009 at 4:28 PM
Happy adoption day Emma and Micah! What a big milestone.
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JennyHFebruary 18, 2009 at 11:30 PM
I also can't believe it's been a year!

Happy adoption day Emma and Micah!!
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ShariFebruary 19, 2009 at 12:34 AM
Congratulations! And makes me excited about this whole adoption thing is to see how far these babies come once they are in their forever homes!
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AmyFebruary 19, 2009 at 4:08 PM
COngratulations!
Hard to believe that it has been a year already!

Take care!
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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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Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Happy Adoption Day!

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