Let's Go To The Movies

Last week, Abigail and I got to go on a fun date together. We went for pizza (her favorite) and to see the movies to see Beauty and the Beast. We have the movie and have watched it what seems like 1,000 times so she was super excited to see it on the big screen!

Here we are about to head out on our date.

She is beautiful, even with pizza all over her mouth.
She was excited to wear her Belle dress to the movie.
Abigail and I had a blast at the movie! There were only four other people in the entire theater so she was able to sing and dance in the aisle throughout the show. I think her favorite part was the entire bag of M&Ms I let her eat!
She was great and I can't wait to take her to the movies again!

Luke is 10 months old!

LTH - 10 Months Old

That's right, I'm ten. Two hands, double digits. I love life as a ten month old these days. I can get wherever I want to go, play with all of my new toys from Christmas, go to school now two mornings a week, and am trying some new foods that I get to eat with my hands. What could be better? They even gave me juice in a cup a few weeks ago!

I still have nothing to report on the teeth front. That's right, not one tooth yet. I am holding out on Mom so that I can cut six at once next time Dad goes out of town. That's my plan anyway.

Dad took a video of one of my newest tricks. I have started using my push toy as a walker recently and feel pretty good about myself these days. Maybe by next month I will learn how to turn it around on my own.

See you next month,

Luke

(P.S. Mom says there is a new blog post below)

We Didn't Skip Christmas

It's pretty sad that I haven't blogged about our Christmas yet. So sorry! We had a very merry one, as you will see from this picture recap. Enjoy!

Princess Olivia and Princess Abigail with their "Tangled" hair.

Luke tickling the ivories.
This is the face Abigail made over EVERY.SINGLE.PRESENT. I loved seeing Christmas through her eyes this year.
Her flashlight from Luke was a hit.

Her new Dora toothbrush was by far her favorite gift of the season!

Although her cool new bike was a close second.


What was Luke's favorite part you ask? The boxes and wrapping paper of course!

You want one?

Wow, we have been incredibly blessed and humbled by the generous outpouring of support from our family, friends, and even strangers to us. Our t-shirt pre-orders have been so encouraging. There are still a few days left to get your pre-order in by the end of the year. Click here for more information on placing your order.

In adoption news, we completed our orientation interview with Lifeline and plan to begin the lengthy home study process at the beginning of the year. We covet your prayers as we begin the "paper chase" portion of bringing Lottie home.

God has blessed us tremendously in affirming our decision to begin the adoption process. His faithfulness to provide has strengthened us as we move to the next step of our journey.

As we prepare to celebrate Christmas this week, we pray you will each praise God for the Savior that came as a tiny baby, to live as a servant, and die a death that we deserve. In doing so, Jesus payed the price for our adoption as God's children.

"Hail the heav'n-born Prince of Peace! Hail the Sun of Righteousness! Light and life to all He brings, ris'n with healing in His wings. Mild He lays His glory by, born that man no more may die, born to raise the sons of earth, born to give them second birth. Hark! the herald angels sing, 'Glory to the newborn King.'" - Charles Wesley

Luke is 9 months old!

Luke - 9 months old

Hello,

Merry Christmas everybody! I am enjoying every minute of my first Christmas season and can't believe we get to do this every year! I'm crawling full speed ahead now, and cannot be stopped. My favorite targets these days are the Christmas tree and the fireplace. I like to keep my folks hopping.

In other recent news, as soon as I learned to crawl I started pulling up on anything and everything. One of my favorite things to do is get into a standing position leaning against the most random possible things I can find. Making my Mom nervous cracks me up!

The picture below is Abigail's puppy dog picture. She insisted on one too after my monthly shot with the dog.

I got another A+ report from my doctor this month and weigh in at 19 pounds, 5 ounces. I measure 29 inches in length too. Not to shabby, right?

I leave you with a couple of pictures of our Christmas celebration with Coach and Nana this week.

Merry Christmas,

Luke

Love for Lottie Shirts

Here it is, our first official fundraiser for Lottie! We are selling t-shirts to help offset some of our adoption costs and are so excited about the design. A dear friend, Nick Nitsch, was so kind to do the design for us. Here is the design and the details:

• The t-shirts are brown with a light blue design (the picture looks pretty dark, but they are brown).
• They come in adult sizes S, M, L, XL, & 2X as well as kids sizes S, M, L, & XL.
• Adult t-shirts are $20 and kids sizes are $15.
• If you are in the Jackson Metro Area, we can hand deliver them to you. All others, we will ship them to your door. Please add $3 for shipping costs when ordering.
• We plan on making our first order by the end of the year. We will take pre-orders up until Friday, December 30th and will order extras for future sales past that date. Pre-ordering will ensure that we have your size!
• There are a few ways to order:

1. Comment on this post or email me at glohunsberger@gmail.com to place a pre-order.
2. Click the "donate" button on the sidebar to purchase a shirt using your PayPal account, credit card, or bank account. After entering your payment information through the secure website you will be directed to a page where you can confirm your donation. On that page is a link to "Add special instructions to the seller." Click this link to provide us information about the sizes you want and a shipping address if necessary.
3. See one of us in person or flag us on Facebook to place your order.

We can't wait to wear our t-shirts in support of sweet Lottie! Let us know if you have any questions.

Launching our Adoption Fund

As you read in an earlier post here, our family has recently begun the adoption process. We will be using our blog to keep you informed about every part of our journey including opportunities for you to help in bringing Lottie home. We are extremely grateful for any financial help you give toward our adoption and want to be completely transparent about how we use the money donated. So, consider this our "Adoption Fund Fine Print."

Here are just a few things we want you to know when donating to our adoption fund:

• Money donated through our PayPal account (the "Donate" button on our blog) is subject to a PayPal fee of 2.9% + $0.30 for each transaction if paid by credit card. This means that if you donate $10 to our adoption fund we see $9.41 of it. We feel the fees associated with PayPal are completely worth it for the ease and security that PayPal offers.
• We have set up a separate bank account specifically for our adoption fund. All financial gifts given toward our adoption will be held in this particular account to ensure they are kept separate from our day-to-day money. Our PayPal account is linked directly to this bank account as well.
• You are welcome to send a donation through the mail if you do not wish to use PayPal. Email me at glohunsberger@gmail.com for our mailing address.
• Please feel free to ask about details associated with the cost of our adoption if you have any questions. In response to your generosity, we see it as our responsibility to keep track of every penny spent throughout this process.

Again, we are incredibly thankful for your support and look forward to telling Lottie about each of you that help to bring her home through prayer and support.