Baptism Day!
Her first pumpkin patch
The girls - best of friends!
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Life has been good but busy with school starting back up. The beginning of every school year is quite stressful due to more and more expectations placed upon us. The school year has started off well for both of us and we are enjoying every student - yes, every single middle schooler. We feel very blessed since Jon and I teach across the hall from each other.
Julianne has made the transition from Mommy to Babysitter Becky very well. The first few days she cried as we left but then after that she pretty much pushed us out the door. Her day is full of toys, friends, singing/dancing, sleeping...what every kid needs and wants. We are soo soo lucky to have Becky as our sitter.
Since our last post, Julianne was baptised. We had a party with many family and friends. What a wonderful day to celebrate one more Christian in the world!
We also FINALLY met our friend Diana who was instrumental in us getting Julianne. As I have posted in the past, we were leary of adopting Julianne since fears were clouding our decision making. Diana, who I met on a chat group and too adopted from Pingliang SWI, went to the orphanage on a medical mission trip. While there, she gave us video, pictures, and updates on Julianne. She calmed our fears and we proceeded forward with our decision to adopt. Last month, we met her husband and two beautiful daughters in Indianapolis. My two older girls are the same ages as hers and hit it off. I am sure we will meet up again soon!
