Our Journey of Love

Has it really already been two years since we saw our girl's beautiful face for the first time?! Words can't articulate how de...

Melkam Addis Amet (Happy New Year) Enkutatash is the Ethiopian New Year, celebrated on September 11th, therefore it is a very im...

Since discovering EOR a few years ago we instantly fell in love with this organization! We were inspired by their mission, their determina...

May 7th, 2011: The day Mawerdi became a US Citizen May 8th, 2011: Mawerdi arrived home in Oregon May 8th, 2012: Celebrating a ...

We are in disbelief, we had our 3rd and FINAL Post Placement interview with our adoption social worker! This is the LAST REPORT provided t...

On this day we truly became a Forever Family in our eyes. Although we had court on the 17th, March 19th was the day we were given the opport...

When we started Mawerdi's adoption process we bought her the American Girl Doll, Saba , which also contained a book "Saba" wr...

A year ago today we held our daughter in our arms for the very first time...forever changing our lives. We have been reflecting on how natur...