Dearly loved,dear to the heart,valued,sweet,treasured,precious,adored and cherished. Thursday, April 25, 2013. It just so happened that while we were in Addis Ababa my husbands birthday rolled around. We had already been in country for one week. Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday and many more.

Friday, May 23, 2008. He is currently crossing the room from the couch to the love seat and he is pretty proud of himself. Here are a few pictures, enjoy! Monday, May 12, 2008. Wow, that was good.

Share your mother-child photos today. Nick and Chris, with their dogs Jaz, Sunny, and Tucker, and the finalists. Daddy and Me Photo Contest. Dezy, Griffin, and Brad, and the finalists. Christopher, Christy, and Novia, and the finalists. Click the arrows to expand each group category below.

The baby is home and now the real fun begins! Saturday, October 06, 2007. Not a baby anymore! I printed out this entire baby faulkner blog to make sure I had a hard copy and it took about 150 pages. But Deacon is not a baby anymore. He is going to start walking anyday now, he has given up the bottles for sippy cups, and he loves to flirt with anyone that will look at him! So we have made a new blog for the whole family. Check it out at Meet the Faulkners. So update the blogrolls, links and rss readers! .

Monday, January 4, 2010. Chip and I met our daughter one year ago today in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. After months of gazing at photos of a baby that would be ours, and wondering what she was like, we got to see and hold and touch our baby girl. Tuesday, May 26, 2009. I have been a very bad blogger lately.

The Zabels Journey to Adopt from Ethiopia. Welcome to our adoption website! This is where we will post adoption updates, news and developments as they occur. We thank you for your interest in our adoption journey. Sunday, August 15, 2010. I cant believe that she has been home with us for 1 year. We brought home a baby, and now we have this little person, who is walking, talking, screaming and running! That was so hard.

Tuesday, June 8, 2010. The following came from an anonymous Mother in Austin, Texas.

This is a record of the journey that began in 1989 in the heart of a an eleven year old girl, carried on in the hearts of her young family, and finally took flight on April 15, 2009. Monday, December 14, 2009. On Monday, November 30, we received our official acceptance into the Ethiopia adoption program through Gladney.

Reason number 590,998 why I heart Julia Roberts. P Quote from her talking to Vanity Fair.