Newest Picture of Hudson

Here he is 1 month old! The others he was 5 days old! I love him so much!

guest entry!

Whoops! I think I just published a blank blog. It has been a long time since I've joined in on the fun so I decided I'm more of a guest than a part. Hopefully that will change! :) Things are going good here. We just got our updated photo of Hudson yesterday, which definately brightened up my day!! Right now we are discussing changing his name to Hudson Fernando as opposed to Hudson David. Fernando is his given name (by his birth mother). But David is after Clint. I like both but don't know which Hudson would appreciate more. I'm not big on naming him 2 middle names either. I need to talk more with Clint. We still have time - hopefully not to much time though! :) Any thoughts from the peanut gallery?? Right now my biggest prayer request is that the DNA testing will go good. This week they are scheduling it. We just want the DNA to match the birthmother otherwise all will be up in the air. This is unlikely that the DNA would not match - we just heard of a situation a couple months back where this happened and found out the baby was a stolen baby! They lost the referral and the attorneys started looking for the real birthmother. They are actually now going to get her again because the birth mother was either never found or relinquished her rights - regardless it is a messy situation. Again, I don't expect this yet it could happen. ALL this to say - please pray that all goes smoothly, that the Margarita (his birth mother) will feel God's peace and comfort, and that she will do all she can to keep the process moving swiftly. She will sign off several times during this process. I feel very vulnerable during this process yet feel so blessed that God has called us to this and has given us our most precious Hudson! God is SO GOOD! I love you all.

Jami

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To Denver and Back

Thanks for putting all those pics on ladies...they're so fun to see...and I feel like our blog is back to the good old days....of something atleast every couple days.
Aaron and I made is safely back home after many adventures on the road...yes my picture here is not in Colorado (can you tell?) It's actually at the old Kaufmann farmstead in Cissna.
Aaron and I had a wonderful time spending time with his family in Kansas and visiting his alma mater K-State. Denver was beautiful, sunny, and in the 50-60s. The hospital is very impressive and we had a fun time with the residents when we went out to eat....but as we so thoroughly realized in our drive...it's a LOOOOOONG way from home. We then visited Cissna Park with the Detroit choir and I showed Aaron all my old haunts, drove him by the Hoffmann place and around good ol' CP. We're heading to interview this weekend in Chicago (one on Friday and one on Monday). We keep praying that one school will stand above the rest. Thanks for all your prayers.
Booxy
ps check out Aarons blog for some entertaining stories about our trip.

Little Chasers....

Hey all,
Last weekend we had the pleasure of having the Jeff Sauder's in Bluffton! Jeff came out to attend Finding Freedom w/ Klint & Dad and Chelby and little Chase came along and hung out with Leah, Mom & me. We had alot of fun! Chase is getting soo big and loved playing "chef" with mom's kitchen toys. Don't you think that he looks so cute in that apron? Can you believe I used to wear that? Anyway, thanks Sauder's for coming out! Hope you all have a great weekend!
Love, Sarah

More pics...

Costume Party 2

Hey all!
As promised, here is our Halloween Party pictures. Once again, Michael & Jane (aka Amos & Emma Schwartz) put their creative minds together and had a great party!
Here are the pics:
Michael & Jane: Amish, Klint & Sarah: Dorothy & the Scarecrow (I was wearing Mom's "going away" dress---isn't that great?), Clint & Amy (Napoleon Dynamite & Deb), Mark & Angie: Lot and his wife, Jeremy & Kristi (Schliff) Reinhard: "Peace & Quiet", Nick & Jessica: Danny & Sandy from Grease. It was alot of fun!!! I will try to post more pics....
Loveya all! Sarah

My Lion

Hey everyone! This is my first time posting anything on the blog, since I don't have internet access at home. Mom was wanting me to show Chase's costume......because we all think he's so cute. He never learned to "roar" like a lion, so he's a pretty passive cat. :)

Jeff couldn't justisify me buying a costume for Chase, so we comprimised by me making it for less than $6!! I had a blast doing it, though if I hadn't enjoyed doing it, it wouldn't have be worth it. Jeff and I loved the results and our neighbors and family have gotten a kick out of the little guy.
Just thought some of you might want to see.

Chelby

3 more halloweening grandchildren!!

Hi everybody. As you can see we had some precious little visitors for Halloween. I'm anxious to see some other little gobblins. Chelby, I would like to see that darling little lion. Hope you have some pictures of Chase. Kristy, did your kids dress up. Pictures please. And Sarah, we can't wait to see what you guys dressed as this year. I don't think you will be able to top last years costume. You make such a great Lucy. If I can figure out how to post some pictures I will show 3 other trick or treaters who came to our door--A Cub baseball player, a blonde Mexican dancer and a very adorable cowboy. Here goes...

My Trick-Or-Treaters!

Well, the chicken suit came out again! Except Darci preferred showing her own legs rather than wearing the orange bird legs that come with the suit. I think it was a little easier for her to manuever without the chicken legs slowing her down. All day I was trying to figure out what to have Josh dress up as. He loves this whistle he wears around his neck so I thought about dressing him up as a train conductor. But when I put on his "church" hat, he reminded me of Dad. So, we decided that Josh would be "Grandpa going to church". So we dressed him in a little suit, tie, hat, and glasses. He loved wearing the glasses. He got a little shy when wbe got to Grandpa and Grandma's house but when we got Grandpa's hat out he decided he'd get his picture taken with him. It was fun. Nothing like a free costume that gets a good laugh!