Where we are and adding to the give away!!

Ok, so a lot of you have asked where we are in the process and when we'll be traveling. Right now our dossier is ONE paper away from being complete! You guys, we've been working on the dossier {which, really, is just a HUGE packet of paperwork that we've had collect, get correct signatures, get notarized and appostilled} since November of last year! Crazy to think we're almost done with it! I didn't think we'd EVER get there! Once our dossier is complete, we'll mail it off to EE. There, super awesome people who work with Reece's Rainbow will begin translating it and then they'll submit it. At that point, we'll get our travel date. Right now travel dates are anywhere between 6-10 weeks after submitting. So, there we are. Most likely we'll be traveling late June/July, but who knows! Adoption is NEVER predictable! Right now, we're about $7,000 away from being fully funded. It completely amazes me to see where we started and what we started with, to seeing where the Lord has brought us and what He's provided! It leaves me in awe.....

To help narrow our $7,000 gap, we're giving away an iPad Mini. Plus, a sweet friend has added in 2 bonuses to sweeten the deal! On top of the iPad, we're giving away 2 vouchers for 16 x 20 gallery wrapped canvases. These canvases are valued at a whopping $110 a piece! So cool! If you want a chance to win either the iPad Mini or either of these canvases, check out this post on how to enter! We'll draw names for the iPad and the 2 seperate vouchers on Monday, May 6th!

until Edna's home,

Win an iPad Mini, say whaaaat?!?!

Guess what we have up for grabs? That's right! A beautiful, brand new, 16 GB, shiny, white iPad Mini! And it could be YOURS!

The boys are obviously pretty stoked for this awesome give away! They're just ready for their  sister to be HOME!

 We're giving this baby away and here's how it could be YOURS....

You can receive 1 entry for $5

{or of course 2 for $10, 3 for $15}

orrrr

You can receive 5 entries for $20 {If you do the math, we're giving you a FREE entry!} 

Use our Pay Pal button over to the right of this screen, donate your desired amount, and please leave me a note with your name, how many entries you would like with your donation, and contact info in case you win!

Wanna earn an extra entry? After you donate, simply Blog, Facebook, Tweet, Instagram, Pin {or whatever form of social media you choose!} about our give-away, leave a comment on THIS blog post or email me that you did, and we'll add your name AGAIN!

bvboswell at hotmail dot com
*You HAVE to email me or leave a blog comment to get your extra entry!

Don't like Pay Pal? Stop by Hodson's Market in Converse, donate and sign up in person. {don't forget to buy some scrumptious scones while you're in there, too! :) }

We will be keeping a spread sheet of all the entries and at the end of the day Monday, May 6th, we will use Random.org to pick our winner!

May the odds be ever in your favor! {really, I just HAD to throw that in there!}


And get this! A double blessing! A sweet family who fell in love with Edna at the same time as us, wanted to bless us with an awesome matching donation! They will match us dollar for dollar for each donation we get all the way up to $500! I mean, really, how unbelievably giving, loving, and amazing is that?!? More on this sweet family later!

  Until Edna's home, 

We're closer to meeting our sweet girl, yet still feel so far. Longing for my punkin pie today. Exciting news, though! A sweet family who loves Edna {so so much} has offered us a matching donation! They will match us dollar for dollar for every donation we get up to $500! We have a sweet give-away in the works, so stay tuned! You WON'T want to miss this one!

Happy Birthday to our {not so little} little lovie! 

A weekend of celebrations

*Aka: Picture overload.

This weekend we celebrated a sweet life to be, a life we're waiting to go get, and a life we've been blessed with for the last 14 months.

Saturday, we started out with the celebration of our soon-to-be nephew, affectionately known as Ferdanand, or Ferdie. I was so excited to plan a day to bless Beth! {and Chip, of course!} It was a relaxed morning of good food, great fellowship and many blessings. Thank you, Beth, for giving me the honor of throwing you your first baby shower! *and many thank you's to Katie Warnock, Lisa, and all who helped make this day super special!

                                      

                                     

Also, this weekend, we were finally able to get Edna's Tree of Life up in her room! I love the way it turned out, and it's such a humbling feeling to go in there and see all of you who have supported us in our journey to her! Thank you!

We still have leaves available if you wanna add your name! any donation of $1 or more and we'd love to add your leaf!

Finally, on Sunday, we celebrated Solomon's 2nd birthday! Happy Birthday to our gap toothed, adventurous, always moving, very loving, funny, loud, food loving, 2 year old who happens to be the size of a 4 year old!

Last, but not least, how can we not end with a montage of awkward Chip photos...

xo,