ROUTINE

Well, Christmas is past us--by one day. But, we are finally into a good routine. It seems as if with any newborn, that they were always with us---that you can't imagine what life was like without them! It's only been 2 weeks time and yet it feels like 2 1/2 years--the age of Jackson. It is definitely busier and I am a little more worn out but it's the good kind of spending all you have for that day. It wouldn't feel right any other way! We're headed out on a family outing and it will be the first time we use our stroller made for 3. Maybe we'll take 2 double strollers and 5 out of the 7 can have a seat. :)

We are just looking ahead to the next step--Jan 5th. Please continue to pray for all these details and the timing. Oh, and our house is now on the market. We are listed in the MLS. Check it out! http://bit.ly/Bellrose and http://360ventures.zenfolio.com/p934789627

I'll try to post some pictures soon. Just know it's amazing that I am even blogging this! Time is money!! It's very precious and not much to spare. We hope everyone had a great day with family and we pray for all you and love the pictures you sent! Now, I guess it's Happy New Year! 2010! What are you calling it? two thousand ten or twenty ten??

with love,

fischers 9

Candlelight Ceremony

Today was our Candlelight Ceremony for our new boys! We lit candles and said some special things about the boys coming into our home. I read a poem and Shiloh read some scripture and prayed. The boys' social worker included her own words. It was great!

Today is the official day that we are now the boys Adoptive Parents. They have passed through so many hands and with God's will they will finally stop here. So many people have been involved and so many wonderful workers. It's so amazing to read their files and then see where their foster mom and dad took care of them. The youngest boy was in the hospital for about 7 months. We know God has cared for them through these amazing people.

The past 2 weeks was crazy!! However, it was great for the boys' sake in transition into our home. Oh and on their first weekend with us they and Shiloh caught a little bug! What a great way we said, to be "baptized" into 7 kids! With Shiloh here, it was manageable. I am soooo glad he was not traveling. Everyone is better now, so we'll see who else gets it. :)

So we would like to tell you their new names. First, they will have a new last name of course! Second, we have chosen Jackson and Everett. Everett is Shiloh's Grandfather's name and Jackson is the boy name we've had picked out for this very day--the day God blessed us with a boy. We just ended up with two!!

We ask for your prayers for the hearing on January 5th. This will determine how soon they can be adopted. I know God is always teaching me patience; however, in this situation, it usually doesn't move as quickly as it is! This would be so perfect to move to MA this Spring with our adopted sons. Maybe this is one time I don't have to wait? If so, there is always more to learn and grow in.

I forgot to add my verse the first time....

John 14.13-14 "Whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask anything in My name, I will do it."

Thanks for following our journey and more so for your prayers.

With love,

Shiloh, Jenny, Ellie Jo, Caroline, Georgia, Aubrey, Sadie, Jackson and Everett

TRANSITION

I apologize for not getting any posts out earlier.....but it has been busy!

We started on Monday with going over to their foster home. I got to see Shiloh meet them for the first time! The older little boy was ADORABLE! When he saw us, he just reached out his arms and yelled, "Hello!" He has such a love for life! Shiloh was so into playing with the toys and the boys that at one point boy #1 was trying to get him to pay attention to him and not the toy! But, Shiloh really was great with them, wrestling and just laying on the floor getting to know them. It was great! We did not want to leave...... So! We came back the next day for more playtime. We took them to McDonald's and had lunch. That was fun, too, actually having them out with us all by ourselves. The baby wanted to be near us the whole time and you could tell he felt safe in our arms--which is good! We are going to work very hard on bonding--a word you hear lots of in any adoption.

Today was Physical Therapy and Horse Therapy day. The boys have an hour of this each week. We met their therapist and got to see what sort of things she will do with them. Then, I road up with foster mom to the East Mountains to take them to their horse therapy. This is where they build up the muscles in their core to get more balance and strength in their hips and legs. The boys are improving and enjoying the therapy at the same time! It was great day! Shiloh will get to go next week with them.

All of this is moving quickly for state adoption standards. We are just following along and letting God led us to the next step. We'll go as far as He allows with hopefully having the boys in our home forever.

Thank you for your prayers! Please keep praying about the next step which is a hearing on Jan. 5th regarding their future.

And for just one amazing note, I have to say that by some miracle....we did a lot of nesting this weekend. We put the boys' room together, we bought a Christmas tree, spent a couple of days figuring out how the tree lights were going to work, put up outside lights, decorated the tree, and the inside of the house, rearranged our garage, packed up about 10 more boxes of stuff for storage and whew! we were done. This is more than we can normally do with 5 kids! So, it was a productive weekend!

It was especially fun for me getting to decorate a boy's room, since I have had the bedding packaged up for 4 years now, knowing that one day we would have a boy that would use it!!!

We'll try to post more this week.....

Jenny

PS I added these ads onto the page to get a little more cash....we'll see what it actually brings in. Please let me know if you see something that shouldn't belong! Thanks!