Cornish Adoption Journey: Awake and alert

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Awake and alert

Just 30 hours old…

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MarySeptember 10, 2009 at 8:18 PM
Awww what a sweetie! She's absolutely beautiful!
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Sean and LisaSeptember 10, 2009 at 9:40 PM
Aawww! Another beautiful blessing for your family. Congratulations!!
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JenniferSeptember 10, 2009 at 10:07 PM
Congratulations on the latest addition to your family. All of your children are beautiful! I am especially taken with Emma. She always looks so full of joy and so feisty.
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MelissaSeptember 10, 2009 at 10:27 PM
Oh, she is SO cute!!
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AnonymousSeptember 10, 2009 at 11:00 PM
Congrats!! :). She's beautiful!

:) Marlette
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AdeyeSeptember 10, 2009 at 11:17 PM
Oh Meredith, she is absolutely precious!!! Congrats on your new addition to the family. What a blessing she is.
LOVED the birthday pics too :)
Sending you heaps of love and hugs,
Adeye
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AdeyeSeptember 10, 2009 at 11:18 PM
Oh Meredith, she is absolutely precious!!! Congrats on your new addition to the family. What a blessing she is.
LOVED the birthday pics too :)
Sending you heaps of love and hugs,
Adeye
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Tracy LanggleSeptember 10, 2009 at 11:26 PM
Welcome precious baby!!
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SandiSeptember 10, 2009 at 11:44 PM
Congratulations on your latest blessing and the additional cuteness to your family!
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Pure Mommy ExtractSeptember 10, 2009 at 11:58 PM
So sweet! Enjoy her little baby smell for me =).
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June BergerSeptember 11, 2009 at 12:35 AM
Such a cutie pie and so bright eyed! She looks like K and B to me. I'm sure your other blessings are anxious for you both to come home.
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UnknownSeptember 11, 2009 at 12:51 AM
Congratulations, Mike and Meredith. She is beautiful. And what a pretty name. It was great to see all the pictures of you guys and your kids. I'm sorry I'm not keeping up on ANY blogs (not even mine! Smile.) but it's good to feel connected again. Love you guys,
Joy and Kevin
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CourtneySeptember 11, 2009 at 9:11 AM
She's so beautiful!! :) :)
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JoanBensMomSeptember 11, 2009 at 9:34 AM
I agree with everyone else...she's beautiful!!! Congratulations again!
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Kerry ShealySeptember 11, 2009 at 9:39 AM
I love seeing pink! I haven't seen that in a long time. She is so sweet!
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Amy FlegeSeptember 11, 2009 at 12:22 PM
shes a keeper, thats for sure!! congrats!
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Cindi CampbellSeptember 11, 2009 at 2:53 PM
How beautiful.
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AdrienneSeptember 11, 2009 at 3:29 PM
She is a beauty......
Congrats to you all....
Do you have a name for her yet?
Adrienne
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Diane KesslukSeptember 12, 2009 at 12:26 AM
Those are beautiful pictures!!
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ChristySeptember 12, 2009 at 10:09 AM
precious! Get well soon... you are way out numbered now! :)
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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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Thursday, September 10, 2009

Awake and alert

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