Cornish Adoption Journey: Our Family of Ten!

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Our Family of Ten!

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BibleOrphanMinistryFebruary 15, 2011 at 4:52 PM
Wow!What is amazing picture!All kids are so sweet and adorable!
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JarkaFebruary 15, 2011 at 5:01 PM
beautiful!!! :)
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Reading Widely February 15, 2011 at 5:08 PM
Beautiful family! :)
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BeccaFebruary 15, 2011 at 5:11 PM
I have no words for how beautiful you all are. Still can't get over that you were able to bring Aleksa home and to see her standing there with all of you! Just beautiful.
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AnonymousFebruary 15, 2011 at 5:44 PM
Seeing Emma Standing up always makes my heart smile. Your Family is beautiful!
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AdrienneFebruary 15, 2011 at 5:48 PM
Great photo of you all together...
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GraceFebruary 15, 2011 at 6:36 PM
It's so great to see all of you together! I hadn't realized how dark Aleska's hair was until I saw this picture though.
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ShariFebruary 15, 2011 at 6:54 PM
Love it! You must have read my mind because I was just thinking as I was reading your blog yesterday that you don't share NEAR enough pics of those precious kiddos!
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MollyFebruary 15, 2011 at 7:00 PM
Oh my, you weren't kidding about Lena being just a bit bigger than Lynae! You and Mike look great, the kids look... distracted? Unprepared? I really can't decide whose look is my favorite... Emma's look of disgust or Brianna's distracted expression.
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M. E.February 15, 2011 at 7:10 PM
Isn't that sweet : )

Blessings

Melissa

journeytoonemore.blogspot.com
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Arnold familyFebruary 15, 2011 at 7:15 PM
Good picture and wow are your hands full!!:)I love to read your blog.
Holly
www.arnoldfamilynews.blogspot.com
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THE CAMPBELL FAMILYFebruary 15, 2011 at 7:39 PM
What a beautiful family !!!

Congrat's on the two newest children to the family...
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ShannonFebruary 15, 2011 at 8:20 PM
What a great picture!!
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AnonymousFebruary 15, 2011 at 9:11 PM
Beautiful! I'd love to read a post about how Aleksa is doing!
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my familyFebruary 15, 2011 at 9:46 PM
perfect!
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thedickinsonfamilyFebruary 15, 2011 at 10:20 PM
Love your sweet family. Just precious!
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RKFebruary 15, 2011 at 11:20 PM
They are all awesome, of course, but I'm blown away by Emma and Micah in this pic. Has it been THAT long?!? And to see Emma standing always makes me smile!!
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Joan-Ben's MomFebruary 16, 2011 at 9:59 AM
LOVE that picture...and that family!!!
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MarianneFebruary 16, 2011 at 12:16 PM
I love it!! What a beautiful family!
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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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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Our Family of Ten!

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