Cornish Adoption Journey: Photo Shoot!

Saturday, February 07, 2009

Photo Shoot!

Thank you Barbara Ritchie for taking the time out of your weekend to do these photos for us! They turned out great and we're so thankful!!!

Ok, so remember that photo shoot that was rescheduled for today? The weather- was GORGEOUS :) 68 was the high and we went to the playground RIGHT at that time! The kids all did manageably well ;) After all, what good are pictures without at least a few tears mixed in?

So... the photo that will be published with our story for Gifts II is....

We pretty much gave up on the idea of getting everyone to look at the camera and smile... it just wasn't going so well for us :) So though we took pictures in 3 or 4 places with us all 'posed', the very best are the ones with toys!

Here are the runners up...

(check out Micah's tongue! LOL He loves to play with toys with his tongue!)

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gillianFebruary 7, 2009 at 10:44 PM
I love them! Great pix :)!
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AnnieFebruary 7, 2009 at 10:44 PM
Look how straight and tall Emma sits now! A year ago she looked like a baby. Now she's such a little girl.
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BethanyFebruary 7, 2009 at 11:28 PM
Ooh, I love the B&W one! And the high was only 68 in FL? WOW!
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lieselFebruary 8, 2009 at 12:55 AM
AW, Meredith, you guys are so cute!
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datriFebruary 8, 2009 at 9:21 AM
Cute pics! It's funny about the tongue -- Kayla still tries to turn on a lot of her musical flashing toys with her tongue. Drives me crazy!
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AnonymousFebruary 8, 2009 at 10:53 AM
Okay everyone looks great, but my goodness, look at lil miss Emma sitting up and looking kinda chubby even!!!! And her hair!!!

Tiffintexas
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AnonymousFebruary 8, 2009 at 1:30 PM
They are all great. I love the off the cuff whatever we're doing kinda family photos. Thats what we did this year too ;)
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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, February 07, 2009

Photo Shoot!

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