So this is it...the end of the road. We are LEAVING tomorrow! I cant believe it! No more posting for me. Tracie will post for me so check back. I love you all and cherish your friendship and CANNOT wait to meet a lot of u at the blog union! Thanks for your prayers. Keep praying! :) Love you all
Jul

Tracie will post NUMBER ONE

Tracie will post my number one and i will tell her what to write! :) Amy we WILL talk tonite!

2 days. Okay so my computer is broken so I wont be posting anymore until Ethiopia. Tracie will post for me so look out for that! Thank you all for your prayers and friendship. Its been an amazing amazing journey that I cannot believe is almost over OR just really STARTING!





I love you all and will BE HOME SOON WITH OUR LITTLE GIRLIE!





Love, Julie

Can it really be!?! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I am really getting nervous/so excited! I had lunch with Tracie today and man Ethiopia did something to her...she is just so cool, calm and collected and I PRAY that i can be that calm and have that kind of amazing experience in Ethiopia.

Dee Dee, I will hold S and tell him how much mommy loves him. I will also take pics of all the kiddies I said I would. NOW i might not be as amazing and fast as getting them out as Tracie was though! She was amazing about that wasn't she!

Okay now Maya is ALL packed, donations one, just have to pack for me and Josh now. We will officially be holding our little girl in 5 DAYS! Oh i just cannot wait!

Love
Jul

more days until we leave!

I just can't grasp the fact that I am leaving. Not only are we leaving to get our baby girl but we are going to be FIRST TIME parents as well. I just can't imagine finally being a real mommy to my little baby girl! I just cannot get my thoughts around it! I am so excited and feel READY to go. We are packed and just waiting.

Today i got a few surprise gifts that meant SO much to me. One of them was from MY SUZI REDMAN. I knew she was sending me some clothes of Gracies for Maya to wear. WHICH is the SWEETEST thing ever. Then i open up this little envelope and out falls a little charm which has a tiny picture of Maya smiling in it! It is so sweet and I put it on the second i took it out of the box. What a thoughtful gift! Then it actually gets better...Do my eyes cease to amaze me or do i see a lovie! Suzi not only sent me the softest cutest blanket but she sent me a lovie on top of it! Who is nicer then SUZI! So that was an amazing surprise...

Then, my friend Jean's mother...yes mother MADE yes hand made the most gorgeous quilt i have ever seen for Maya! What! This is just too much!

Then LIZ LYONS...who is one of the funniest people I KNOW...surprised me and send us THE CUTEST STUFFED animal i have ever seen. A little choc brown and CITRON (yes i have been struggling to find a way to bring that citron color into Maya's nursery) deer. It is so cute and is going up on Maya's shelf..............

THEN my friend Courtney's cousin came into the store with a HUGE bag full of clothes for Maya! Sleepers, onesies, cute outfits!!! JUST AMAZING!

SO all this to say that all your PRAYERS and gifts have meant so much to us. Words cannot express...Its all very humbling! I am so not used to getting things like this! Then I remember it is all for this little girl we haven't met BUT love so so so much!

Thank you again!

Love
Julie

P.S Lets not EVER forget about Lindsey's baby legs! Thats another FAVE gift! Lindsey. WHERE ARE U! WE HAVE TO TALK BEFORE I LEAVE so we can set up a time to meet and hug already!!

DONATIONS

We fit all of these donations in 2 1/2 duffle bags. What an amazing blessing! So we are leaving in 7 is that right? can it be? 7 days!! Maya is totally packed, donations packed, just have to pack Josh and I and we are ready to go! Counting down the seconds to hold our little girl!This is our peg perego stroller. Thats my friend Anyas car seat but the carseat that goes with our stroller is on its way! It will be in my mom and dads car ready to pick us up from the airport! Crazy to think about HUH.