Josiah doll

Look at this doll, a lady I met at the doll show made for Josiah. It looks so much like him.
She met us back at the doll show in the fall. Her table was across from ours. She took one of  our flyers and when we went to this last doll show  a few weeks ago her table was across from ours again. She said that she has had his flyer sitting on her table since  the fall. She said she had made us a doll but forgot  it and would send it to us.  We got it today! I love it! it and to know it was made with love for Josiah is even better. 
Thank you Jeannie Coey for the fantastic doll

read this from Amanda

This is written by my daughter Amanda who has become friends with some wonderful girls thru this adoption. God is so good!

http://foreverblessedgodmum.blogspot.com/2011/02/t21-tuesday_15.html

Happy Valentine's day !

THANK YOU!

  We just want to say Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!



For all the prayers, for all the love, for all the donations! We had $10,224 donated for our adoption just since December! Now how wonderful is that!!!! THANK YOU!


   So I feel a little bad asking for more, but we need to bring our baby home so I have to ask. We need $4000 to be fully funded. $4000 sounds like nothing when you compare it to the over $10,000 we have already gotten but it is still a big amount that we don't have. Also I want to make sure you all know we are not only relying on donations. 1/2 of my weekly pay goes directly into the jar for our adoption, not to mention the few thousand we already spent before our first trip. So we are in this together we are not just asking for everyone else to fund our adoption. Yet we can't do it by our selves. I wish we could then I wouldn't have to beg you for money lol but then you wouldn't get the blessing you will receive from opening up your heart for this little boy and for us and you will receive blessings.


   We want to make sure that all of you know how grateful we are.Lets keep it up lets get him home!

GIVEAWAY!!!! Nikon Digital Camera

We have 4 weeks to get the last bit we need for our last trip. The dream trip, the one we have worked so hard for, prayed so hard for, dreamed about for a year. The trip where we get to bring our little red headed baby boy home to his family for ever and ever. So we are having another giveaway! A new Nikon camera I have one of these and love it, it is a great camera.

For every $5 donation into the giveaway you will have a chance to win.
If you have been wanting to donate but haven't yet this would be a great time.



put this on your blogs, on your facebook, email your friends, share this with your friends your family your coworkers. My aunt Gayle got us over $200 in donations just by asking her friends and family to donate for the iPod giveaway. So it really does work! If we get a bunch of people to donate even just $5 it adds up it really does.

WE WILL DRAW THE WINNER ON MARCH 5TH AT 5 PM

 here is the info about the camera
Nikon Coolpix S3000 12MP Digital Camera with 4x Optical Zoom - Plum
Features
Megapixels: 12.0 Megapixels
Features: D-Lighting, Auto Focus, Best Shot Selector, Date and Time Print, Self Timer, Blink Detection, Face Detection Technology, Electronic Image Stabilization, Color TFT LCD Screen, Brightness Adjustment, Graphical User Interface, Anti-Glare Coating
Display Size: 2.7 "
Zoom: 4.0 X Optical , 4.0 X Digital
Built-In Memory Capacity: 50MB
Operational Modes: Best Shot Mode, Smile Mode, High ISO, Auto Scene Mode, Blink Proof Mode
Playback Modes: Automatic Playback, Single Image Playback, Zoom Playback, Thumbnail Display, Movie With Sound
Video Modes: TV-Quality AVI Movie
Battery Life-Shots Per Charge: 200
Screen Modes: 16
Image Resolution: Up to 4000 x 3000
Display Indicators: ISO Setting, Shooting Mode, Image Size, Number of Pictures Remaining, "Date Not Set" Indicator, Flash Mode, Zoom Indicator, Aperture Setting
Playback File Formats: JPEG, AVI Movie with Sound/ WAV
Image Editing Features: Cyanotype, Image Rotation, Image Resizing, Lighting Fix, Black and White, Image Cropping, Date Time Imprinting, Sepia
Aperture Range: f/3.2 - f/5.9 Wide ; f/3.2 - f/5.9 Telephoto
Focus Range: 1.67' to Infinity Normal Wide Angle , 1.64' to Infinity Normal Telephoto , 3.1" to Infinity Macro Wide Angle , 3.1" to Infinity Macro Telephoto
Image Sensor: 1/2.3" CCD Sensor
Speeds: Up to 4 - 1/2000 sec. Shutter ; Up to 0.9 fps Continuous Shooting
ISO Equivalent: 3200
White Balance Modes: Auto, Incandescent, Fluorescent, Cloudy
Photo Effects: Color Still, Auto, Panorama
View Finder Type: LCD Only
Camera Lens Features: Wide Angle, Auto Focus, Face Detection, Telephoto, Manual Focus
Camera Flash Features: Red-Eye Reduction, Fill-In Flash, Slow-Sync Flash, Auto On/Off, Flash Maximum Distance: 14.8 '
Outputs: USB, A/V, Wired Standard: PictBridge
Compatibility: Secure High Capacity (SDHC) Card, Secure Digital (SD) Card, Mac, PC
Includes: Rechargeable Batteries, USB Cable, A/V Cable, User Manual, Battery Charger, Software CD ROM, Wrist Strap, Photo Editing Software
Power Source: Battery-Powered
Dimensions: Length: 3.7 "; Width: 2.2 "; Depth: 0.7 "
Product Weight: 4.1 Oz.

$1200 from anonymous!

$1200 from anonymous!



in our family Grant  Reece's Rainbow!!!
we are getting so close!

Doll show

My girls and I have a table at the doll show tomorrow. I am selling the rest of my doll collection to earn money to go for our adoption. Some I made and others I just collected. We did this in the fall too and raised some but this time I want to raise a bunch! so please pray we have great success.



Here is a pic from  the other show we did.
 

WOW ! $2,500 from anonymous!

WOW $2,500 from anonymous!
Andrea from Reece's Rainbow just emailed me to tell me how much we have in our family sponcership page on Reece's Rainbow and listed is $2,500 from anonymous wow!!!!



The lord just keeps showing me every why I turn that we are doing just what he asked us to do that bringing this little boy home is his will and that he is with us every step of the way even in the tuff times!! Thank you Lord and thank you anonymous who ever you are.

COURT DATE!!!!!!

FOUND THIS EMAIL IN MY IN BOX THIS MORNING!!!!!!!
The NINE family:



The court hearing is appointed for March 01, 2011.


Mike and Katrina have to arrive  on February 24.


On February 25, 2011 they will have the physical exam. We will need to


be at hospital by 8 a.m.


The judge has requested the medical form to be submitted 2 business days prior


to the court.


The family can leave on March 02, 2011.

No court date yet ....maybe tomorrow...):

she wrote and said that she will not have any information until tomorrow!

Can't wait to

                                                  Can't wait to

                                             fly on this plane again

stay at this hotel again

                                                 sleep in this bed again

eat this breakfast again

drive thru this traffic again

                                               go to this buliding again

past this playground again

                                               knock on this door again

                                 put these booties over our shoes again.

                                            wait on these seats again

                                            walk down this hall again

                                                go up these steps again

                                                   into this room again

                                               to hold this boy again!

Tomorrow

Tomorrow our coordinator in EE meets with the judge. Please pray that she will give us and our friends the Fillmores our court dates. They are 11 hrs ahead of us there so the meeting will take place while we are sleeping tonight.

AND THE WINNER IS

And the Winner is .........Lisa Williams....  Congratulations Lisa!


   Thank you to all of you that donated. In the last month we have raised thru the iPod giveaway,Makenzys sand dollars,parents night out done by Amanda and Madison and donations  $5,995!!! WOW! we are only $310 away from what we need for our next trip (the court trip). Keep watching because we are going to be doing another giveaway to help with the  $9,000 we need for our 3rd trip (the Gotcha trip where we get to bring him home). Not sure what the prize will be yet we are thinking on that.Thank you for helping us bring our boy home! 

We're Giving Away a New iPod Touch! will draw the name tonight at 8:00

We are excited to announce that one lucky donator will receive a brand new iPod Touch 32 GB!

For every $10 donation you will have one entry in the drawing.  We will draw the name on January 29th

We need the help of a lot of people to help us raise the final $15,000 that we need to finish the process of bringing Josiah home. By the grace of God, and thanks to a few donations,we have been able to cover the first $18,000 in expenses.  We have had just what we needed as we needed it. (Thank you, Lord.)  But we still have a ways to go financially to make this a reality, and how much sweeter would it be to know that many people came together to help bring this miracle about!

Every donation will be valuable to us!  We thank you from our hearts for anything that you can give!  We love you!!!

Would you  please help us spread the word through Facebook or your blog or e-mail...ANYTHING...that would help even more!

Here's How To Donate/Enter the Giveaway:

To pay by check or credit card, Click on the "ChipIn" button to the right of this post.  Please enter the total amount of your donation as the "price" with a quantity of "1". It doesn't work when you enter multiple quantities.

TO MAKE A TAX-DEDUCTIBLE DONATION through our REECE’S RAINBOW FAMILY SPONSORHIP PAGE, CLICK HERE:
http://reecesrainbow.org/sponsornin
If you donate this way, please e-mail me or leave a comment with your contact information because I will not have it otherwise.

If you would rather send a check, just email me for our address katrina9@clear.net
OR if you live close to us, feel free to bring it by our home so we can give you a big hug!

We can't wait to do THIS every day. 

Thank you for helping to make this dream a reality!

It won't be long....

Drawing the name for the iPod touch tomorrow.

We will be drawing the name for the iPod touch tomorrow. You still have time to get in on it! Just use the chip in and donate $10 and you will have a chance to win. We are so close we only need $690 for our next trip.