We are so happy to announce our favorite Christmas present this year. The little girl we are adopting had her court date on Christmas Eve and (praise God) she passed. That means she is officially and legally ours! That also means we can share more about her with you...
HER NAME:
Tarikwa Teka Dunn We will call her "Tarik" (pronounced tar-ick)
It means "she has a story that He has replaced"
The meaning of her amazing name kind of strikes at the heart of why we decided to adopt in the first place -- we wouldn't dare change that!
OUR PLANS:
Everything will start to happen pretty fast from here. We will be traveling four weeks from this Saturday (12/27) -- that means we will be over there the last week in January. Pretty soon! We'll be in Ethiopia for about a week.
Her birthday is in early March which means she'll be 11 months when we get her and was 8-9 months old in these pictures. Thank you all for your prayers, support, etc as we have been going through this life changing process. Please continue to pray that all will go smoothly. We will keep you posted as things come up. Finally, we thank God who has graced our family with this little girl.
Her birthday is in early March which means she'll be 11 months when we get her and was 8-9 months old in these pictures. Thank you all for your prayers, support, etc as we have been going through this life changing process. Please continue to pray that all will go smoothly. We will keep you posted as things come up. Finally, we thank God who has graced our family with this little girl.
15 comments:
Lee Ann,
We are so excited for you and your family! She is just beautiful! What an awesome Christmas present!
We are THRILLED for you guys! Praise the Lord...what an amazing Christmas blessing this must be fory your whole family. She is truly beautiful and will fit so well in the Dunn family. I can't wait to meet her. Big hugs and Merry Christmas!
Yeah!!!!!!!!!!That is a wonderful Christmas present. Congratulations and keep us posted.
I just love how sometimes God just wraps things up in a pretty package?! Christmas will never be the same now that it's also "gotcha day"!
We are so excited and can't wait for her to come home! Mimi
Aaahhh. She is adorable. Congratulations!
SHE IS SO BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!! Oh my goodness, I am so excited for y'all. Congrats!!!
She is BEAUTIFUL! And her name gave me the chills! I am THRILLED for y'all and rejoicing at this WONDERFUL (and ADORABLE) addition to your family! We will pray that the plans for all of your travels come together and that the end of January gets here SOON!
We are excited to hear this news. I am sure you guys are ecstatic. Please enjoy your trip and we look forward to getting updates.
Merry Christmas.
She is precious and I am so excited for you and this sweet little girl! What a blessing all around! Praise God!
I can't believe it's finally happening! She's beautiful. What a glorious third addition to the Dunn household!
Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Keep us posted on everything!!
Hey Lee Ann,
I am so excited for you guys! She has the sweetest face that brought tears to my eyes! I look forward to keeping up with your family now that I have finally started blogging a little.
Mandy
Hi I just found your blog and read your exciting news. She is beautiful with such a fantastic name! I am also an adoptive mommy and so I can really share your excitement.
God Bless.
Vashti
Her sweet face has brought tears to my eyes. Your sis gave me your link. I think she's pumped.
We're starting the paperwork for an Ethiopian Adoption this year, so I appreciate being able to read your story here.
And you know Brooke Robinson? She's my best. Small world.
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