Tis the Season!

Alright all of you shoppers out there!  I know for a fact, many of you will be out there this Friday, during Black Friday's Shopping Day!  In fact, I might be one of them!  :)  Well, there are so many people out there raising support to bring their little ones home, and what better gift than to give something of meaning!  I'm all about it and have been saving to buy some of these wonderful goodies for Christmas gifts myself!

So... here are a few to get you started!  All of the profits go to bring these babies home!!!

Click  here - Poppie Lane to see Lauren's adorably stylish headbands, necklaces and hair clips!

100% of the profits will go towards bringing their sweet baby, Tucker, home from Ethiopia in February!!

Also, hope on over to my friend, Leigh's blog!  She is adopting 2 children from Ethiopia.  She and her husband Gray have been a huge help to us throughout our adoption journey thus far, supporting our fundraisers in many ways, our yard sale and even t-shirt fundraiser!  Leigh has many things going on, including Tukula products!

So... what are you waiting for?  Start shopping and help out these wonderful families!

SPECTACULAR NEWS!!!!

First of all... thank you for the sweet donations!!!  We've received some really creative, fun items for our Everything Crafty Adoption Auction!  (kinda wordy, sorry!)  I'm loving this stuff and hope you all will too!  Remember, 100% of the funds will go towards the remainder "balance" of our adoption!  We will then be prepared to bring our baby home!!!

Now... for some SPECTACULAR NEWS that I mentioned briefly in my last post.  I can't even begin to express to love and support we've received from soooo many of you, and the beautiful friends we've made since starting this journey!  Well... God is blessing us beyond all measure and His provision is definitely being shown in ways I never imagined!

A few weeks ago we received a phone call from an attorney here in town.  She has been following our blog and has become quite the cheerleader for us!  She's full of encouragement and support, as she's led so many to check out our blog and fundraisers!  Well, in her most recent call she brought me to tears, and total gratefulness to my beautiful Savior!  She said she wanted to help in some way, but didn't know exactly how.  She knew we still had a ways to go with our support, but trusted that the Lord was tugging at her heart to help us in some way.  Well, a good $3-4,000 of our money left to raise is attorney's fees after placement.  Yeah... you're starting to get the picture!  She contacted the other partners of the firm and they all agreed to help us and have offered to do our placement/attorney's costs for FREE!  Seriously??  I would have never dreamed of this in a million years!

This was one of the most unselfish things I have ever heard of!  I couldn't believe that with nothing in it for them, they would feel so led to help us out!  How awesome is that... and how amazing is that reflection of God's grace!  Ahhh.... I'm nearly in tears just thinking about this again.  I wanted to wait until it was official and I knew this was really happening before I mentioned it on here!

Well... now I can finally see the end of the tunnel and how beautiful that is!  I have been so much more at peace lately, feeling like our adoption numbers are becoming more manageable.  This gives me comfort.

Now... I'm sure you're wondering how much more we will need to raise after that... $4,115.00 is the final number as of today.  We've figured that our attorney's fees would have costs us around $3,500, so that is what we took off our "balance".  In just 5 months, we've raised and saved up nearly $15,000!!!  That my friends, is what they called "The Impossible Prayer"!  If you're ever in doubt, or feel God left you on the side of the road many years ago... remember... He is still there!  You just have to trust that He can do MIGHTY things!  I am so thankful for everything, and for each of you who have been so supportive of our journey.  Thank you simply isn't enough!

Keep the faith everyone and don't stop trusting in Him!  All of these blessings are because of Him, and Him alone!

Until then, Brantley

I lied... One More UPDATE!!!

Okay, I lied.  I do have one last post before the big day (yard sale)!  :)  Today was crazy busy and yet so incredibly rewarding!  I had an early morning baby session, lots of editing and TONS of people dropping off goodies for our yard sale!  We decided later today after the studio was already getting VERY full just from today's drop offs, that we should go ahead and start unloading some of the storage unit.  Thank goodness we did.  Guys, its unbelievable how many items we have!  So... to show you just a few... here are some pictures of what to expect.  We haven't even unloaded 1/2 of the unit.  haha

Tons of children's toys, large entertainment units, baby clothes, a beautiful iron bed, down comforters and of course, our adoption t-shirts!  :)

And even Vera Bradley purses!  

There is TONS more stuff where this came from!  So, be sure to come out and see us!  Also, a little clarification via facebook.  Apparently, quite a few of our facebook friends have been getting messages saying the yard sale time has changed.  It has NOT changed and I have no clue where the messages are coming from.  The times are 7:00am-12noon on Saturday, July 31st (THIS Saturday).  :)

Until then... Brantley