by Tristen McGhee | Jan 23, 2012 | Adoption Story |
We brought Jonathan home on October 30th, 2011. So we’ve had him home about 3 months. First Weeks The first few weeks were great… we still were on the honeymoon 🙂 Jonathan was still quiet, super eager to please, did whatever we wanted, eat everything put...
by Tristen McGhee | Jan 2, 2012 | Adoption Story |
Bittersweet BeginningsIn October 2011 we traveled to Rwanda to meet our son and bring him home. We started the adoption process in November 2009- so it was almost a two year process. Our trip to Rwanda was an answer to many, many prayers and many, many sorrows. My...
by Tristen McGhee | Oct 22, 2011 | Adoption Story |
Our first official family photo… it isn’t our “family” yet.. we need Gaven in it!Noël is legally ours, as of Thursday, October 20, 2011! He is 4 years old, tall and thin. He has spent most his life in an orphanage until now. When we first...
by Tristen McGhee | Oct 18, 2011 | Adoption Story |
Signing our Act of Adoption – starting the legal process!Max signing.After our long 3 days of travel to get here we drove to the orphanage! I still am not suppose to say any identifying comments about our son. We have to wait until we have our court decree and...
by Tristen McGhee | Oct 5, 2011 | Adoption Story
A friend of ours, Elizabeth, adopted 3 beautiful children from Rwanda years ago before the country was really “open” for adoption. She is an amazing woman in many, many ways! Her family is so excited about us bringing home our little one. Her children...
