Cornish Adoption Journey: Yay!

Saturday, August 21, 2010

Yay!

YAY because we are HOME!

YAY because no one has a FEVER!

YAY because Lynae's stool, though soft and frequent, I would not categorize as "loose"!

YAY because everyone went to bed NICELY!

YAY because Brianna got out of bed... and went to the bathroom, peed, and went back to bed!!!

I won't share any of the not so yay things. I'm tired of them and feel like I'm beating a dead horse, but they persist.

Let's just have a YAY kind of night!

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MollyAugust 21, 2010 at 9:11 PM
Is it weird that I got really excited about Lynae's poop? I'm such a mom in training.
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AnonymousAugust 21, 2010 at 10:56 PM
yay! Gma
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LyndiAugust 21, 2010 at 11:03 PM
YAY!! (and maybe Lynae's poop is because of her cahnge in diet ;)
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ShariAugust 22, 2010 at 1:59 AM
I am so thankful James is home now. I continue to keep you and your family in my thoughts.
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June BergerAugust 22, 2010 at 2:23 AM
YAY! So glad you are all home and praying the poops get/stay solid and the temps stay down!
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SandiAugust 22, 2010 at 4:22 PM
So happy for you Meredth, you deserve a big break of rest and relaxation but I just don't see one coming for you! You are such an amazing mom who continues to inspire me to keep treadging onward. Blessings. And I hope a break, even if small, is restful.

And I hope James starts to regain his gut function and I'll keep his leakage issues in mind for ideas. Tommy has a 18 french mikey and it doesn't leak. So I don't think I'm much help for you.
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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, August 21, 2010

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