National Adoption Day..My Day and feelings...

Today is National Adoption Day!  I had such great dreams for this day.  We are working on our 2nd adoption at this point.  Adoption has touched my life in a way that I could NEVER have imagined even when I had such great dreams about it, they do not compare to the miracle of our lives!  We had a fundraiser planned today at Sam's Club.  Now, It's the Saturday before Thanksgiving AND National Adoption Day, what better day to hold and be hopeful of an even better than ever amount being raised.  Well, this day did NOT turn out at all like we thought it would.  We arrive at Sam's today mindful of how things went last week, and that we had been moved to an area that was far from the door and had affected our sales, We set up at that location anyway, knowing that it might affect things, but praeryful that God would make up the difference.  Well, not ten minutes into the sale someone comes out and informs us we have to move.  UGGGH ok, now if you remember from last week, we were moved multiple times that week each time further away so I was not excited to hear yet again we have to move everything again.  They moved us to a point that noone could see us and the only folks even possible to hear us was like 1/20th of the parking lot as they walked from that area.  The girls were REALLY mad about it and were like why not just tell us to leave.  I thought this as well, but thankfully I did not voice it.  I did ask if there was a way to get something in writing to let us know once and for all WHERE we were suppose to be so that we could make sure and be in the right place and figure out a way to draw attention to us if this was where it was.   That request was never granted.  But we stayed at the place we were told though it made things very difficult because this place had no way to block in a safe area for Noah, so hence having to hold a squirmy 2 year old.  On top of all this it chooses today to get BONE COLD!  and rain and mist off and on!  After almost 3 hourse we had raised only $20.  Bobby sent me, Millie and Noah off to do errands for Thanksgiving and he stayed.  He said he did not want Noah and I sick.  Celeste went to her boyfriend's family Christmas and Noah and Millie and I did our errands and Bobby stayed and froze for hours more.  In the end the final total raised was $99 and 9 cents.  NOT the $520 or more we had so hoped and prayed and anticipated.  I am extremely thankful for hte $99.09 we did raise, but to say the least I am disappointed.  BUT, I have to trust that God has a better way!  My earthly eyes cannot see it, but I KNOW it is there!  I know the Lord gives folks the gift of giving.  I KNOW he leads folks to give and I will trust that he will do that in this case or he will lay it on someone's heart to offer a personal loan or something.  I HAVE to trust that HE has it in control.  God wants me to depend more on HIM in this and not on ME!  In my mind when we scheduled last Saturday this Saturday and Tuesday I had it figured at about $500 each sale for $1500, half of what we are pass due on payin the agency.  I was so excited that we would not have to worry about that half, Well, apparently US selling candy was NOT where it was to come from because it has not.  I need to remember that this is about God and how HE chooses to help us do this!  I need to think outside the box.  It is not fair of me to put God in a box and say to the Father of the Universe basically, umm Father I have scheduled these sales to get this money and this is how we are raising it.  umm NOPE.  Forgive me Lord for taking control here.  What we made today is a blessing from God!  If I trust my God, then I trust that HIS WAYS are the perfect ways.  Anyway, thank you for letting me share this lesson I am learing today!  I hope it makes some tiny bit of sense to someone.  I have NO CLUE how we are going to come up with the rest of this $3000 in time, but GOD DOES!  I am going to spending ALOT more time in prayer asking God what HE wants us to be doing to raise the money!  We have a sale scheduled on Tuesday.  Noah, Sam and I will not be going with Bobby.  It is not safe the way things are for the boys to be there for any length of time.  Whatever Bobby is able to make in the time he is there we will be so thankful for and we are praying for direction of our next steps here.  So yes, this day did NOT turn out the way I THOUGHT it was suppose to, but that is not necessarily bad.  The Lord promises to work ALL things for good for those who love the Lord and are called according to HIS purposes!  We KNOW God called us to Jeremiah and to orphans, so we will count it all Joy.

 In the midst of all this we had a JOYFUL day with our Miracle of Adoption Noah WesLee Sisemore!  He is such a Mr. Personality and brought joy to us and everyone in his path today, at the sale, at the stores on my errands, you name it!  I can't tell you how many loud laughs he brought out of me today!  When I think of National Adoption Day I am reminded what an absolute miracle it is that the country of Taiwan would give me this bundle of Joy that is MY SON!  WOW!!!!!  Now, I will copy what my friend Judy did on her blog today!

This is my Panda Boy Noah Nov 20, 2007 waiting in Taiwan.  This is the closest I could get to this date!  You would havethought that hair was gonna be curly!

Panda Boy today, November 21,2009

THANK YOU GOD FOR THE GIFT OF ADOPTION!!!!!!!!!

Prayers and Pics

HI all :)  I wanted to ask y'all to be praying for us tomorow as we have another Candy Sale in front of our local Sam's Club.  We NEED this sale to be BIG.  We did not do as well last time as the time before and it was hard and upsetting, though we are thankful for EVERY PENNY we did make.  Please pray tomorow does amazing.  Pray in agreement with us that God will Show Off in a BIG WAY with the sale and funds coming in for Jeremiah in other ways too.  Also, PLEASE pray for the Target Giftcard Giveaway Fundraiser this week.  I am suppose to draw the winner on Thankgiving and then announce it on the day after.  At this point we have not had much interest at all and I am seeing that it was NOT a good idea.  This is the LAST week to enter so PLEASE if you have $5 or more to spare and want to take a shot at winning a $50 target gift card, PLEASE DO :)  Hey it is gonna be really neat for someone to come home from shopping on the day after thankgiving to find out they have $50 target card on the way to them! :)  Someone has to win, might as well be you :)  Now onto sharing some pics and some excitement in our day today :)

This is so cute to me :)  A lady at our Church wanted a picture of Noah with his neck showing so we took some without his shirt.  He is such a cutie :)

Isn't my boy handsome!? :)

Noah LAYS on my alot with all his weight!  He will stand by me in my chair and then LEAN on me!  That child is HEAVY!  lol

Excuse the mess but I thought this was so cute.  Noah is "reading" to Sam!  heehee  He would smack the floor and say his version of sit!  lol

We got a surprise in the mail today from my friend Lora!  She sent me a box with a donation of some coffee's (that smell AMAZINGLY GOOD to someone who doesn't drink coffee, heehee), some bags, a mug and some candles to help me make up some gifts to sell at the Show we are going to have a booth at.  It was SUCH a blessing and I can't wait to see how it goes.  I am VERY nervous about coming up with enough stuff to sell to keep us at the booth for the full two days and bring in the money!  In additon to the things for the fundraiser she sent happy's for my kiddos! 

Here is Jeremiah's! :)  Is that not the cutest frog :)  I LOVE IT!

Celeste LOVES her earrings that she got! :)  She is like "They're Dangly! "  lol  apparently she "LOVES" Dangly earrings!  heehee

And my Panda Boy Noah got a real fur baby panda!  It is the CUTEST thing, it snores, it cries, it moves!  It has a little bottle and everything.  This picture Noah is giving the baby a kiss!

This one he is feeding the baby panda! :) Is that not the cutest thing!!!! :)  It was HILARIOUS, he took the bottle out of panda's mouth and looked at the nipple, turned it back over and hit the bottom of it tryin to make the liquid come out! LOL  He is TOO smart!  We tried to explain it was pretend.  Not sure he got it but oh well! 

Jeremiah got his FIRST LETTER today in the Mail!  It came addressed to him and all! :)  It was from my friend Joy and it had the sweetest letter! :)

sooo sweet :)

Please do remember to keep us in prayer.  It has been over 7 months on this journey to Jeremiah and we are not in court yet.  Fundraising is so much harder this time.  But I know there must be a reason.  I KNOW the Lord used our Joureny to Noah to teach ME and so many others so many things about who HE is and so many other things.  I love this song and at times when I am exceptionally overwhelmed I really relate to it.  There is a part in it where it talks about sometimes you have to loose, well, I am going on record as saying I am not saying I think I am gonna loose the overall goal of raising the money and getting to Taiwan for Jeremaih.  I KNOW SOMEHOW that is gonna happen, but not necessarily the way I THINK it should.  sometimes my fundraisers will loose, they will flop, they have, quite a bunch of them! BUT, I have to keep trying and trusting and doing ALL I can.  So yes, tomorow I will get up and go and sit at Sam's all day and evening and try to fundraise and play with my Panda Boy!  All I have to do is look at him to KNOW that  dreams DO COME TRUE! 

I really like this song.  And our climb is the process, the fundraising, the preparation.

I get ashamed of myself when my faith gets shaky, when I look with earthly eyes, when I compare what I think it should be with what it is, when I WORRY about HOW is this gonna happen!  It really upsets me that I can't just REMEMBER that GOD IS ABLE!  Music is HUGE in my life!  It is how I feel the Lord.  It can change my perspective on this very quickly when I get some praise music going and start singing.  I can't waith for our "Get your Praise on Benefit Concert"!!  I NEED it :)  Anyway, when I get with the music and singing truths and opening myself up to God there is not better place!  I wish I cold have praise music with me eveywhere I go!  Anyway, this song says it all, I will look with eyes of faith, I will prepare things for Jeremiah's homecoming, because no amount of money is going to keep my boy from coming home!  I KNOW taht with MY GOD, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE!  I pray this song fires you up like it does me!  So click play and PRAISE!

Jeremiah my sweet angel boy.  Mama feels SOO guilty baby.  I am so sorry it is taking us so long to get to you sweetie.  I know right this minute you have no clue that across the ocean you have a mama and a daddy and a jei jei and a ge ge that love you soo much and are working so hard to bring you home.  That there are so many folks who are doing so much, to make sure that YOU, my little frogie boy, get to come home!  Jesus promised you that He has a plan for your life little man and He does!  I can't WAIT to see how He uses you for His glory baby boy!  Hold on tight sweet baby.  When you feel air across your face, baby boy that is mama's breath riding across the ocean by the power of the Lord to send you my love and my kisses in the wind!  I'm comin as soon as I can...

T-Shirts

Hi all,

We have started selling T-Shirts!  There are 4 designs and some of the Adoption ones are soo neat!  I want all of them!  heehee  The profit from each T-Shirt goes right to Jeremiah's adoption.  Please check them out and share with others who might want Tshirts for them or for Christmas or something! :)

http://www.adoptionbug.com/TshirtsforJeremiah/

Are YOU Little Man's Mommy and Daddy??

Are YOU Little Man's Mommy and Daddy?  This is a little guy born July 2009 with Down Syndrome in Asia.  If you are interestd in adopting this little guy please email me at Childofmyheart@aol.com with your contact information and if you have a homestudy and such and I will send it along and someone will contact you!  Please spread the word about Little Man! :)  Lord please send him a Mommy and Daddy soon!

November Happenings!

Thought I would share some of the happenings with the Sisemore's and some pictures as well :) The newest thing I suppose is my baby girl Celeste has a young Suitor now. His name is Cory and I ask that you be in prayer for Celeste and Cory and their courtship and time of growing in the Lord and that their relationship would be a blessing to the Lord.

This picture was taken this afternoon after Church. Cory came over and we watched a movie as a family. I had been home with what I feared was the flu. Thankfully I am doing some better so now I suspect it was a bad fibro flareup. Anyway, I thought this picture was cute :) It is not posed, they were playing around while I was trying to get an actual picture and it turned out so cute :)

In other happenings, we are fundraising like crazy to raise the next payment for Jeremiah's Adoption. We need $3000 ASAP. We had a candy sale in front of our local Sam's club Saturday. We raised $218.49! Praise the Lord. That was raised by the hardest. Seems like alot of stuff kept going wrong to make it harder and harder to raise money that day at Sam's. We raised more than double that amount the last time we had a Saturday at Sam's so we had been hopeful for more but of course are thankful for that money!

We have a Target Giftcard Giveaway going on the fundraising blog! We are really praying some interest will be stirred up in that because at the moment we will loose money on it if things don't pick up :( Please share with everyone you know. $5 is not a huge amount to spare to change a life! And in thanks they could win a $50 target Giftcard to use for Christmas Shopping! :)

The picture is suppose to be able to be clicked and go to the site, but in case it doesn't work click HERE!

If you check that out please check out our Jars/Bags for Jeremiah Fundraiser as well. I am selling some neat gifts on there too! :)

These are some shots that Celeste took on her camera for school photography class. Thought I would share. Noah just had to try and play basketball like his daddy and uncle Wesley were playing around with :)

It is so funny to me how Noah is so boy just naturally. He loves TRUCKS! lol cars, motorcycles, vans, tractors, trains, you name it, if it has wheels he thinks it is amazing! heehee So when he saw this riding toy he was in heaven! :)

Thought this was a cool shot from the bottom of the slide lookin up.

Another shot of Celeste and Cory today.

I love the look on Noah's face lookin at Cory ! heehee He climbed up in between them! :)

My Binky Boo! :)

Got the camera out and Noah posed! :)

These are some shots that the girls had me take of them at a restraunt. We went out for soup and were barely gonna have enough to go out but we went. Well, there was an issue with some hair on some bread. Because of that the restraunt gave us 2 free desserts!

Celeste had a clinical luncheon on friday to begin the process to apply to get into clinicals for next semester. There is limited room so it is possible she will have to wait a semester to get in. Anyway, her she is all ready to go to the luncheon :)

Noah is so into playing in shoes, Here he is in some of Bobby's!

They are working with him now in therapy on helping put his clothes on and off. Here I gues she was tryin to practice! LOL

Do you see the frustration on our face! LOL

so cute :)

Another shot of Celeste and Cory! It is funny because I love the accidental shot much better :) though I love this one too :)

This shot is so cute of Noah! :) He LOVES to play with my hair! Do you like my new do? :) heehee

Thought this shot was adorable :)

Another thing we are workin on is climbin down the stairs! He like to just take off the first one and fly. Hard to get him to bend and go to next step! This was a cute shot of daddy takin him down uncle Wesley's stairs!

And since I don't have any picture of Jeremiah made this November I thought I would post my favorite picture of him! It was taken last year in December. We have not had update pictures since sept 9th. I bet he is gonna look huge when I finally do see another picture.


Jeremiah sweet frogie boy! I soo can't wait to have this batch of money raised and be in court and know that you are just a few court documents away from being ours! We love you more and more each day and I can't wait for the day they place you in my arms and I someday have the honor of seeing that big smile directed at ME!!!!! :) We love you baby, hold on tight, and until I get there catch my kisses in the wind!

Are you her Mom or Dad? NO, pray for her then!

This is National Adoption Month and many of you know how close to my heart adoption and orphan ministry as a whole is to my heart! I have ALWAYS had a soft spot in my heart for it but once God called me into the journey myself I have learned so much more about how important it all is, as if the Lord TELLING us in His Word to care for them was not enough. Shame on me for not understanding more before. Anyway, A little girl is in DANGER and she needs a home NOW! She is 4 years old and if someone does not step forward SOON to commit to her she will be sent to an institution and NEVER have a family. She will be unadoptable if she is transfered. Please please look upon the face of this beautiful little girl.

LERA
- Born: August 7, 2005

Lera is a gorgeous little girl with blonde hair and blue eyes. She is 4 years old. She is quite high functioning, and doing very well. She has flat feet and a systolic heart murmur, but no major heart conditions. She is able to walk and climb, she eats by herself, dances, and understands and follows directions. She has also been transferred to the regular class, so she is living and learning with her typical peers.

Lera lives in Russia and if a family does not commit to her within the next few DAYS, her time will be up. She will be sent to a mental institution where she will then be unadoptable. She will spend out the rest of her days tied down to a crib... left there to die. She will get no medical care, hardly any food, and no love. She will never have parents to call her own. My heart aches just thinking about it.

There's a grant of $1,000 available to the family that adopts her. To hear that her time is running out is painful Lera deserves a chance to live, to be happy, to go to school and have friends and have a mom and dad to hug her and kiss her owies and soothe her when she has a bad dream. She deserves a chance to be a ballerina or dress up like a princess for Halloween, if she wants to... she doesn't deserve to be tied to a crib and left to die. Just because she has Down syndrome.

Here are the specifications for Russia:
* 2 trips
* Both parents for first trip, about one week
* Both parents travel for 2nd trip, approximately 14 days
(One parent may leave after the court proceedings are finalized, after about 5 days.)
* Total program and travel fees under $25k
* Fee includes a $1000 orphanage donation
* Only one child can be adopted at a time
* Married couples and single mothers may apply

There is also a $5000 grant through Reeces Rainbow that will be available after the adoption is final!

Could you be Lera's parents? She's waiting...

What happens when a 2 year old wiggles...

and his Mama is not a professional Haircutter!

THIS!!!! At least he is only 2 and doesn't know that he is scalped! I did not even really plan to cut Noah's hair. I had been thinking about letting it grow out and just keeping it cut around ears and the back and front from getting to long but letting it all grow to that point so I can run my hand through it when I rock him! It was just starting to get back like it was before the BIG oops the last time. I am so not good at this! Uggh. Anyway, I had to cut Bobby's for work. Thankfully Bobby likes is scalped basically! I do that well! lol . So after Daddy was done Noah had a fit to have his done, he was smacking the chair, pointing at the clippers and signing please! So I gave in and did not plan to do much, well he decided to wiggle and things went a whole other way and once it happens in one spot we are commited to continue! lol Bobby thinks it looks great and says not to worry. I am thinking how much longer it will be till I can play with his hair. I am sure Bobby would say to me he is not a girl! lol

Just thought this was a cute shot of him showing the hair, or lack their off! lol



sooo cute!


Well, our I-600A arrived safe and sound at the new lockbox place in Texas. I have no clue how long it will take to get our fingerprint appointment and then our approval letter because it is all so new now having to do things this way. Other adoptive families have shared with me they are worried it will slow things down and I am praying against that.



Here is my signature confirmation! That you Lord for Fedex and tracking so I KNOW and don't have to worry until I hear something from them!


Before the haircut fiasco I had been planning to post these pictures from Saturday with some catchy post title like EEK! I can't find Baby Noah! Where is he? I think a combination of the fact we are growing like a weed and also have a few clothes now that look like a big boy Noah is looking so OLD to us. Bobby came home the other night and Noah was in a onsie Shirt and blue Jeans and he said "HE LOOKS 4! lol Not quite but it does seem like it! He is 29 pounds and wearing 24 months clothes now! He can still wear some 18 months clothes and even size 12 months pants but if it is a one peice especially it is 24 months now! Anway on to photos :)


He is helping me by vacuuming with his puppy vacuum! How I wish that thing worked!


Saturday we walked next door to our Neices 13th Birthday Party!


I thought this looked so cute him walking holdin Daddy's hand!!



Noah loves to walk outside! :) I so love my Sister in law's yard with the white picket fence :)



See! Doesn't he look like he is grown! This is a new thing wanting to sit in a regular chair! :)


Isn't that adorable! He is sitting there with his hands in front of him on the table watching Melissa with her cookie cake and candles! I was a bit worried he might try to grab for the candles but he just watched Aunt Michelle light them all!


I love this shot!!! :)

After eating and presents it was outside to play in the yard! Noah was the youngest by a few years and to boot the next oldest is quite a big guy for his age but Noah still had a blast! :)


I love this picture of him walking :) He looks like such a big boy! :) WHERE IS MY BABY PANDA BOY??


He loves slides! Look how good he is doing! :)



This turned out to be a neat shot of him landing at the bottom of the slide!



Is that not soo cute! :) Don't know why but I just thought it was adorable :)



and I love this one too, Usually I really love the smiles best but for some reason this one jumps out at me!



This was amazing to me! He sat on a big boy swing and he let Bobby push him a little and held on!!! Now he flips on the baby swings at the park so this so surprised me! :)


Such a big boy! My baby is growing fast!


I LOVE this shot of him on the swing! He is having such fun and smiling up a storm! ;)



This is Logan (Noah's cousin) and Noah just a swingin!


Hanging out in the house with the guys! :)

And I wanted to share something I made with some of the pictures we have been given of Jeremiah! : We have not gotten a new picture since early september so this mama is really really praying for an update SOON! I know we are blessed to be in a program where we get updates at all but when you are use to once a month or a little over when the day of the month you are use to comes and no picture or update its hard, I have now passed that twice! I am thankful to have all of you who read and comment and encourage us on in the journey. This blog in and of itself is such a miracle to me. It is a way for me to share with all of you who are praying, who have become our friends, and who have fallen in love with our boys right along with us, but it is also a way to share with our boys someday what we felt and thought and wrote while we waited. I don't know if Jeremiah will ever be able to understand the words I write here but we do believe Noah will be able to understand the ones we wrote in his journey and still do now. I feel like in alot of ways parts of these posts are letters to my sons, especially the parts I have written to them at the bottom but even the parts that I share with all of you.

Anyway what do yall think of our youngest son??

The Many Faces of Jeremiah Harold Sisemore!

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Jeremiah, my sweet Frogie Boy! Mama misses you so much, I know the day will come and you will read all these things and wonder how I can miss you before I have even met you in person, held you, touched you, but oh I so do. I ache to hold you, to smell you, to stroke your skin, to feel your hair and see is it rough or very soft, to KNOW if you are ok, if you are sick, sleeping, hungry, sad, lonely, or happy and laughing. To see one of those amazing smiles directed at ME and to be able to smile back at you! To get down on the floor with you and spend time together. I don't know how I will ever explain to you and your big brother how I could love you when I was paper pregnant and you were not physically in my body, but you both grew in my heart. God put that love for you there from the second he shared with us that he was giving us each of you! Right now this time seems so long and so hard, this working and waiting, but it is really just such a short time in eternity and I have to trust that God's timing is perfect and that God will get the glory for all the miracles that already have and are continueing to happen to bring you home! I love you frogie boy and we are coming soon. Until then catch my kisses in the wind!