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When You’re Married to a Financial Advisor

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This post is brought to you by CJ Affiliate’s VIP Content Service with sponsorship by H&R Block. While this is a sponsored opportunity, all content and opinions expressed here are my own. All tax situations are different. Earlier this year, after nearly five years of waiting for our adoption to

ADOPTION – HOW TO ADOPT FROM THE PHILIPPINES

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Since the moment we posted a picture of our beautiful daughter, a flood of emails and messages have been coming in asking us all about adoption. We are SOOOO thrilled to see so many of you feeling called to adopt! It truly makes our heart smile and is such a huge reason we want to share our

MEETING OUR DAUGHTER!!

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On June 24, 2016 we go the call we had been waiting for for almost 4 months... the notice that we were cleared to travel and go pick up our daughter! I wasted no time and booked our flights, hotels, drivers... all of it, within 24 hours and we left on a plane the VERY next day. I want to

Adoption Tees – 2 Days Left!!

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Since we first got the news of Janella and the need at her orphanage I knew we needed to do something, but I let fear creep in and tell me "no"... Last week I woke up with courage and reminded myself of the words I spoke days ago when we shared about our daughter's name... God is bigger. I

ADOPTION UPDATE: We have a referral – the next steps.

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It's pretty clear that I am an "oversharer" in almost all things. It's just who I am. Some people may hate that about me and others may like it. Regardless of what side of the fence you sit on... I will always be a TMI kind of gal. No sorry there. Ha! Sooooo, this whole "You can't share your

BOY OR GIRL? HEAR THE BOY’S REACTION TO OUR ADOPTION NEWS!

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First off, THANK YOU for supporting us and loving us through this entire adoption process. We are so grateful to have you encouraging us every step of the way. It has made more of a difference than you will ever know. In case you missed the BIG news for our family, we got "THE CALL"... The one we

The Adoption Process

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The Adoption Process - answers to common adoption questions

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So many of you have reached out to us about our adoption. Whether you reached out to lend your support, pray for our family or inquire about adoption for your own family? It's been refreshing to see that so many of you are INTERESTED.

How To Talk To Your Kids About Adoption

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It's been one of those questions that I get asked over and over again. "What do your kids think about you adopting a baby?" Most of the time I respond with the usual answer, "Our 7 year old is old enough to understand and be excited, but the 4 and 3 year old are too little to know what it

Hello There Nursery Of Mine.

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Last year when I attended the Influence Conference I had a different attitude and mindset than I normally have at conferences. I went there with the desire to meet and make new friends. I'm usually the type of girl who would rather stay with "my people" and NOT meet new women. Because

Adoption Update – Change Starts With One

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If I'm being honest, I've never been into dressing the boys in dress shirts, ties and khaki pants. Mainly because they complain complain complain about any attire that involves buttons or zippers. I'm guessing this is just boy territory. My boys like to be boys and wear gym shirts and

My Trip To Charlotte

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We often send group text messages between me, Jeff, Ben and Natalie. I remember one evening Natalie suggesting that I come to visit her for a "Happy Mommy Box" meeting. I'm sure the guys reply was something along the lines of, "We'd love to be on kid duty while you ladies do girl things and eat ice

{Adoption} Just Want I Needed

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I sat down at my computer last Friday morning {just like any other morning when I begin my work day} and I started to write my next blog post on the entertainment center makeover. womp womp womp. As I began writing, the words just weren't there. So I thought...I'll take a break and browse