MAY 2011

I can’t believe that today is Thursday, May 12, 2011 time is really flying by. I am a little late with getting our blog updated this month. It has been a busy month so far. Mother’s Day has come and gone this year. I had a great one with my family. My Little Man got me the sweetest card ever and made me some really sweet gifts. I would rather have that than the most expensive gift that money can buy because the homemade gifts are priceless.

This Saturday we start our PATH classes to Foster to Adopt. I really believe with all of the people that GOD has put in our path recently that this is the path he wants us to take. I believe with my whole heart that GOD has a child or children out there that need us. I will say it before and I will say it again we will follow GOD and his path that he has for us.

Since we don’t know the age of the child or children we have been getting the Nursery/Toddler room ready. God has blessed us beyond measure with our Little Man. We thank God for him every day. We are still keeping all options open for adoption but as of right not this is the plan for us.

Little Man is so excited for another child to come live with us even if it is only for a short time. We have put it all in the hands of GOD.

We are in need of baby items if you or any of your friends have any for sale. I am just going to keep a variety on hand. We donated all of our clothes and Little Mans Clothes that didn’t fit anymore to two families that lost everything in the Tornadoes. God really had his hands on us during this time. It missed our house by 400 yards. Thank you GOD for your hedge of protection all the time.   

In My Heart

Not flesh of my flesh,
Nor bone of my bone,
But still miraculously my own,
And don't forget for a single minute,
You didn't grow under my heart but in it.

KISSES IN THE WIND    (The Waiting Child's Lullabye)

I hold you in my heart and touch you in my dreams.
You are here each day with me, at least that's how it seems.

I know you wonder where we are... what's taking us so long.
But remember child, I love you so and God will keep you strong.

Now go outside and feel the breeze and let it touch your skin...
Because tonight, just as always, I blow you kisses in the wind.

May God hold you in His hand until I can be with you.
I promise you, my darling, I'm doing all that I can do.

Very soon, you'll have a family for real, not just pretend.
But for tonight, just as always, I blow you kisses in the wind.

May God wrap you in His arms and hold you very tight.
And let the angels bring the kisses that I send to you each night.

Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers as we begin this new part of our Adoption Journey. Please keep your eyes and ears open for any potential adoptions for us. Thank you so much for your continued support and prayers for us and our friends who are on the same journey.  God is so amazing and we are excited about this new journey. We are in need of baby items if you or someone you know has any for sale. I want all pink and Brown Casey wants blue of course. Little Man just wants to be a Big Brother or a friend. Email us at fraziernat@gmail.com or send one of us a facebook personal message please. God Bless you each and every one.

Hello everyone:
April is slipping by so quickly it is already the 10th of April. It sure has been a rainy start but also some Beautiful days we have had so far. (As our son says its a beautiful sunny day)

Casey and  I have been praying about some things and we have decided to start the process to Foster to Adopt. God has been leading us in this direction for a while but a call from a dear friend just really opened our eyes to the option. We want to keep all of our options open but are so excited about starting our PATH class on May 14, 2011. I know God has something mighty instore for me and my family. Little Man so wants a sibling to play and grow up with. We are just going to let God lead us to our second baby.

A friend of mine sent me a Beautiful song with video that I want to share it just touched my heart so much this weekend.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IAehbNc1ps

Please keep us in prayer as we well not begin a new path but lets just say add a few lanes in our journey. We want to keep all options open but first and foremost we want to follow the path that God has for us.

Please also remember all my friends and family that are on their own Adoption Journey.
(We pray for you daily)

If you hear of any possibilities please email us on facebook or fraziernat@gmail.net Thank you all so much for yor continued support and prayers it means so much to us all of us. We are still hoping and praying for a newborn but God has to open those doors for us. God will make a way he did with our son.

Hope you all have a wonderful month. God Bless... Please remember my family in prayers also my family members have been going through some challenges but I know God can move mountains and I know God knows all about it.

Hello everyone! I am a little behind on getting my Blog updated this month. We have been planning Little Mans 3rd Birthday Party. Oh how time flies It feels like yesterday we were bringing him home from the hospital. Oh what a Blessed day that was. God is so amazing. He never ceases to amaze me in the miracles that he lets come to pass.

No adoption news for us this month but we are just enjoying our Son that God has so blessed us with.  We got him a new swing set for his birthday and he wants to stay outside all the time. We are having a lots of fun. We are so excited for the warm weather that is coming this week. We will be outside with our sunblock on. lol. Where do Little boys get so much energy? I so wish I had that much energy. I love it he keeps me going and he keeps me on my toes.

I am sure that everyone has been watching the coverage of Japan. I seen where a 4 month old little girl was still alive after days that they have been doing search and rescue they said they had heard so many sounds but never imagined hearing the cries of a baby. She was a doll all wrapped in a pink blanket. I told my husband that she looked just like an Angel. God has so much in store for that baby girl. I pray her mom and dad are still alive. I have been looking for a follow-up to the story on yahoo news. It just touched my heart and soul to see that baby girl.

Miracles in Japan: Four-Month-Old Baby, 70-Year-Old Woman Found Alive

By: William Lee Adams (1 day ago)

Topics: 70-year old woman, baby, baby survives, earthquake, elderly suvivor, elderly woman, japan, japan quake, japan quake survivors, japan tsunami, miracles, rescue, survivors, tsunami

A Japanese officer smiles as he holds a 4-month-old baby girl who was rescued in Ishinomaki, in Miyagi prefecture, on March 14, 2011

Yomiuri Shimbun / Reuters

Read more: http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/03/15/miracles-in-japan-four-month-old-baby-70-year-old-woman-found-alive/#ixzz1GnEdANMa

 

During our Adoption Journey we have met a lot of Forever Friends. It is so nice to share our stories and I love to see our Adoption Journeys unfold by the will of God together. I found this amazing Poem today it touched my heart.

 

Oh my child, child of my heart.
There is so much to tell you, where shall I start?
I know you're out there, maybe even now.
I know that God will lead you to me, someway somehow.

I may never feel you kick or hear your heart beat for that first time.
But, from the moment that I hold you, there will be no doubt that you are mine.

Maybe even now, your birth mom is considering what to do.
I can only imagine what she is going through.
Maybe she is a child herself, with dreams yet to fulfill.
Maybe she is not ready for a little one, but I know she loves you still.
I know her heart must be breaking, and at night she cannot sleep.
I know if it were possible, it's you she'd want to keep.

On the other side, I am waiting here.
I can sense her love for you and also her fear.
I wish that I could tell her of all the sleepless nights,
of all the tests and procedures and the prayers that this time just maybe it would be right.

I could tell her of all the tears, of all the prayers I've had.
Of the times that I felt so lost, of all the times I've been sad.

I can offer a Mom to kiss away the hurt and tuck you in at night,
I can offer a Dad to teach you to play ball and how to fly a kite.
I can offer a home and a family complete with a Big Brother. Aunts, Uncles,Cousins,Mamaws and Papaws.
They are all waiting for you, and loving you from afar.

I will share my love with you each and every day.
I will tell you of the woman who loved you in every single way.

I will make sure that you know just the sacrifice she made.
And if you someday want to meet her,
I will never try to dissuade.

For without this special woman,
I would have never had the chance to love you.
My dream of being a Mom again, would have never come true.

So, please if you are out there.
Please know I care.
I know what a sacrifice you are making and I would never judge you, that would be unfair.

I am praying for you even now and please know from the very start.
This child will always be a part of you and a child
of my heart.

__________________

Now that I have cried a river I am going to close by saying God Bless each and every one of you. Know that Everything happens for a reason and When God leads you too it He will see you through it. We love you all. Until next time. Please keep us in your prayers as we do you.

Hello Everyone! Wow how January is gone and February is flying by. I am so ready for Spring and Summer. January was an Awesome month for us because we took a vacation to the Beautiful Daytona Beach, FL. It was Little Mans first time at the beach and he loved it. He called it Dino Island. We had a great time for two weeks. We didn't want to come back to the cold and snow here because it was 75 degrees there but luck would have it when we came back here it was in the 60's at least for a few days. Vacations are so much fun I kept telling Casey maybe next year we will have two children with us. He said we will need a bigger car (lol). I always pack way too much but all mothers know when you have a child or children you have to prepare for the unexpected. So me and Little Man had tons of clothes.

No news on any possible adoptions for us in the last two months. I know God has a plan and his plan will be revealed at his time and not our time. We are keeping the faith and praying everyday that God will open the right door for us.

Please continue to remember us and our friends who are in the process of adopting, or who have almost reached their Adoption Journey. Can't wait to see those precious babies that God has so Blessed you with.

God is good all the time we must never forget that. Even when things look dim and not so bright. God is working. You just have to set back and watch it unfold right before your eyes. Whoosh gives me cold chills as I am typing our blog. (Thank you Jesus)

Thank you God for what you do for us, done for us, and what you are going to do for us. We give you all the praise, the honor and the glory for it all.

Please keep your eyes and ears open for any possible birth mothers or potential adoptions for us. Thank you for your continued support and prayers. Until next month God Bless you all and we love you so very much.

Hello Everyone! Hope everyone is having a great January. I have been doing my Bible reading in Matthew and Isaiah this week. I always go back to those two. Like Romans and Psalms. It is comforting to me. I love Matthew 21  21:21 & 21:22 KJV
Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done. And ALL things whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing ye shall receive.

I had a friend ask me the other day. How do you keep your FAITH so strong. I said look at what God has already done for me and my family, and My friends and family around us.

I know without a shadow of a doubt that we will get that call one day. When I don't know but God has a plan and a purpose.

Please remember two of mine and Casey's friends as they are just beginning the adoption process. It is not an easy journey but  God said I never promised it would be easy I just promised I would be with you.

Ode To Motherhood

© Faith E. Pilato

they say the child chooses
the parent before
they are conceived

God gave me lists
of mother's names
and pictures of them too.

I looked and looked
they all looked the same
and then I saw you.

Who is this woman?
I asked the Lord
She looks quite nice to me.
You have chosen well my child.
And he spoke these words to me.

She is kind and gentle
and very wise
and she will hold you
close to her
when you cry.

Her eyes will shine
when you take your first step
and smile at your delight.

She will show her pride
when you succeed
and pick you up
when you fail.

She will work hard
to give you the best she can
and rock you to sleep with weary time worn hands.

She will shelter you
on stormy days
and dry your fears away.
She will bask with you
in sunshine on
sunny summer days.

And when you are grown
like you soon will be
She will still be there
To comfort thee.

I choose her.
I told the Lord
For none like her
I've seen before.

And the day came
when I was born.
I had chosen well
of this I'm sure.

I picked you
above the rest
and because I did
My life is blessed
Source: (Do not remove) Ode To Motherhood, Mother Child Poems http://www.familyfriendpoems.com/family/poetry.asp?poem=1339#ixzz1BcoH8nkV

 

To all of our friends and family we love you. Please continue to remember us each and every day as we continue on this Journey and our friends who are beginning this Wonderful Journey. Please keep your eyes and ears open for possibilities. Please send us a personal inbox email either on our facebook accounts or fraziernat@gmail.com until next time may God Bless you and your families. Don't ever give up on what God has in store we may not see him working but he is. KEEP THE FAITH!!! We sure are.

Happy New Year to all of our family and friends. As we begin 2011 and our second year of our Adoption Journey we have lots of Faith and High Hopes that we will get that special call, or email that we have been chosen. Gives me chills just thinking about it. I know that God has a plan for us and we are excited to see what he has in store for our family. We love following other adoption journey's and hearing about them I get excited for them. It is amazing when they bring the baby or babies home and you see them with their long awaited child. Waiting is the hardest part of the adoption process. Oh but it is so worth it. Please continue to keep your ears and eyes open for any potential Birth Mothers for our family. It takes a courageous woman and man to put their child up for adoption if they only knew what a special gift that they are Blessing a family with. If i could have a dozen kids I would. As my momma always says Faith without works is dead so we are keeping the faith and keeping our options open we really would love a newborn but we are open to Infant and up. We want our Little Man to be a big brother. Thank you for following us on our Amazing Journey. We ask for your continued prayers and support. 

We love you all & God Bless

Wow! How this month is flying by. Our family has been so busy and going through a lot of things. We are praying that everything and everyone will be better soon.

Today as I assisted with Sunday school and we read the Story of Baby Jesus, As we were having a Happy Birthday Jesus Party. You may not think that kids take anything in when they are 2 and under but they will listen if you will teach them. I had printed off coloring pages for them that said I love Jesus balloons, and a Manger Scene. We had a great time. I say that to say I thank God that my Mom and Dad took us to church and taught us the Bible it means so much.  Little Man has been going to church since he was born and I pray that he Thanks me and Casey someday for doing the same thing.

I have been so emotional today.This year will be the first year that all my grandparents are in Heaven and they want be with us at the dinner table, but I will cherish the memories that I have. Little Man has wonderful grandparents and I hope that he cherishes his like I did mine.   

Little Man and I have been singing Christmas Songs of course he loves Jingle Bells but My favorite is Silent Night. This song has so much meaning to me.

Silent Night, Holy Night

Josh Groban sings Silent Night so beautifully, it pierces the soul. His Christmas album, Noel, is absolutely incredible. Click to listen.

Silent night, holy night,
All is calm, all is bright
Round yon virgin mother and child.
Holy infant so tender and mild,
Sleep in heavenly peace.
Sleep in heavenly peace.

Silent night, holy night,
Shepherds quake at the sight,
Glories stream from heaven afar,
Heavenly hosts sing alleluia;
Christ the Savior, is born!
Christ the Savior, is born!

Silent night, holy night,
Son of God, love's pure light
Radiant beams from thy holy face,
With the dawn of redeeming grace,
Jesus, Lord, at thy birth.
Jesus, Lord, at thy birth.


I am so Thankful that God Blessed us with our Little Man. We are looking forward to Christmas this year at his age it will sure be a great time. He hasn't touched the presents under the tree but once or twice but he makes sure that the Tree is turned on everyday. He is too funny. We still pray everyday that God will bless us with another baby. We were getting calls and emails weekly about possibilities for us and it gets you so excited. I know that God will open a door for us if it is in his will. Please keep us in prayer as we continue on this Wonderful Journey. The waiting is so hard. I can't wait for Little Man to have a sibling and for me and Casey to hold our second child. God is so good. So please continue to keep your eyes and ears open for us. Please either send us a facebook message or fraziernat@gmail.com We want to Wish everyone friends and family near and far a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! We love you all and Thank you for all that you do for us.

God Bless