Believe- A Celebration of Christmas

Here is our Christmas Program this year at church. The choir & orchestra and children's choir did a wonderful job this year. If you look close when the camera pans across the orchestra, you may see Korry playing his trumpet!  :)  

Merry Christmas to all our family and friends!

                    


Love,


 Korry, Sarah and Micaiah

Jacob Chen - An Adoption Story

I have never met this family, but I saw this video on Facebook today and this family's story mirrors our own heart and adoption story in so many ways! I'm pretty sure I cried through the whole video as the flood of memories came back in vivid detail about the day we received our own call and held Micaiah for the first time at the hospital. Love our little boy SO much and cannot imagine our life without him. So thankful for all that God has done in our lives!

 
(Video created by the Austin Stone Church and can be found on YouTube, Facebook and Vimeo)

Happy 1st Birthday Baby Boy!

On September 19th our Micaiah turned 1 year old!!!!!! I cannot believe how fast time has flown over the last year. It's really crazy. He has grown and changed so much from that tiny 6lb 10oz baby that we brought home. Can you believe he now weighs 25lbs! He's pretty tall as well, over 31 inches.

The 21st marked another very special moment for Korry, Micaiah and I. We celebrated our 1 year anniversary of the day we laid eyes on Micaiah for the first time in the NICU. How tiny and little he was back then, but oh SO completely loved at first sight! We already loved our little man before we even arrived at the hospital. How can you not when God is dropping the most precious gift in the world in your arms?!

Sept 21, 2012

Micaiah's first birthday week was pretty fun and filled with lots of activity. On the 13th Gpa & Gma M. flew into town, on the 15th we went to DryTown Water Park. On the 18th Gpa & Gma K. arrived in town. The 19th marked his first birthday, first year check-up - including shots  :(  and a trip down to Bass Pro Shop. Here Micaiah had a birthday lunch which included Worms in Dirt. YUM! The 20th Micaiah received his first hair cut AND on the 21st we had over family and friends to celebrate his first birthday party. 

The following 5 raw photos are courtesy of Victorian Key Photography

Happy First Birthday Micaiah! Mommy and Daddy love you SO much!

A Summer in Photos

This Momma has sure been busy the last 4 months! Seems that every time I started a post, life was off and running again and the update never quite made it to "print".   :)

So here we go! We will start with some photo highlights of our summer activities. Hope you enjoy!

                 4th of July!









                                                                                                                                                               

                        

               Knotts Berry Farm

   At The Park

   

Surprise visit to Gma & Gpa K's house. Micaiah met his newest cousin, Hudson (1 week old) for the first time. Micaiah and Hudson share a special bond since he was adopted as well!   :)

        

Visiting Gpa M at work:            the fire station!

Proud Momma's with their babies. Very dear friends who happened to graduate together!

At Gma M's house. Rocking on Gma's rocking chair from when she was a little girl and on auntie Steph's rocking horse from when she was little!

  

            At Morro Bay

                                            At the Bowling Alley

                                    Drytown Water Park - Labor Day




 And that's a wrap!

Celebration Day At Last!

 So, Friday was it! Our morning started out early as we drove down to Los Angeles for our court date to finalize the adoption. We are very grateful for those who were able to come down with us on such a short notice (we only found out Memorial Day afternoon that Friday would be the date to finalize!). I was especially excited that my folks were able to fly down on such last minute notice too! At 1:30PM we went before the Judge for a very laid back finalization. The judge was great! He even spent a few minutes getting to know us on a personal basis too, before pronouncing us a forever family....

It's crazy, are we really drawing to close on this part of the journey? The answer is YES. It's amazing how fast the last 2 1/2 years has gone...Some stages of the adoption process have felt very slow, but the last 8 months have flown by at a record pace!....Pretty soon our little man will be graduating high school. LOL! This truly has been the best experience ever. It's been a time of growing for sure! Will we do it all over again? Absolutely! First, though, we are going to enjoy some good family time together.....Wowzers! I have a 1st birthday party to start planning....and another trip home to see family.....yikes and a family vacation! Life surely doesn't slow down.  :)

We appreciate all the love, prayers and support as you've followed us on our journey....We hope you will continue to join us on our family adventures from time to time.  :)


Have a very blessed day!


Love Always,



Korry, Sarah and Micaiah

We Have A Date!!!!!

We have a date! It's Official!

This Friday @ 1:30pm we'll attend a court hearing and finalize the adoption.

We will "officially" be a forever family!  :) 

So excited and amazed at how fast the last 8 months have gone....truly amazing how God has grown our faith during this time.

Cannot wait for Friday!

Family Photos

I can't believe how much our little boy has grown over the past 6 months! Time is going by SO fast!!!!!

 I love my Bubbo absolutely to pieces! Daddy does too! My heart melts every time I see them interacting together. The memories will forever be sealed in my heart!

  

 

 

So thankful for the baby boy God has blessed our family with.

 

 

**Special thanks to our friends at Victorian Key Photography for the photos!**