Christmas Giving

Hi Everyone!

I hope everyone is doing good in this month of December!! This is one of my favorite months! For one, today is my Birthday!! I always felt like Dec 5th was a magic day! Looking back, I now realize my parents made me feel how special I was and in return made me feel like Dec 5th was magical. Talking to other people they all feel the same way about their Bday. The one thing we all have in common is loving parents who made us feel loved/love. In this month of giving please remember the ones who don't have loving parents to make them feel special or loved and please consider giving/donating so these precious children can have a chance at being adopted. A gift as small as $5 will make a huge impact!!! Please go to this link and read all about these sweet, wonderful, lonely children who need mommies and daddies!! Thank you!!!

http://covenantbuilders.blogspot.com/2011/12/head-shots.html

UPDATE On Ryan!!!!!

Remember this post from just the other day?

http://kylerbransonjade.blogspot.com/2011/11/sweet-boy-who-needs-family.html

Ryan has been moved to the "My Family Found Me" page!! A family has committed to adopt him!! I am so happy because I have prayed for this little one for a long time!! I can't tell you how happy I was when I saw his sweet picture on the rescue page of RR!!! Thank you for all the prayers and donations for him and remember you can still donate to his grant to help his family bring him home!! And please pray the adoption goes quickly and smooth for Ryan to get home as soon as possible!!!

http://reecesrainbow.org/category/rescued

UPDATE On Gregory!!!!

Remember this post?

http://kylerbransonjade.blogspot.com/2011/09/easy-adoption.html

This sweet little boy with the gorgeous eyes has had a family commit to adopt him!!!!!!!!!! I was so happy when I saw him on the "My Family Found Me" page of RR!!!!

http://reecesrainbow.org/category/rescued

Remember you can still donate to his grant fund to help the family that is adopting him to bring him home quickly! And please send out prayers that his adoption will go very quickly so he can come home as soon as possible!!! Thank you!!!

A Sweet Boy Who Needs A Family

This sweet boy from the UK needs a family ASAP!!! He is running out of time and has already been transferred out of the baby orphanage but still can be adopted. Please read about him here

http://ambassadoroflove.blogspot.com/2011/11/find-my-family-friday-denis.html

And if you can't adopt please consider donating to his grant! Even a dollar will help bring this sweet boy home!! They say its not that there aren't enough families to adopt but not enough money so if we remove this road block we can find this sweet boy a family! A wonderful person is doing a giveaway for everyone who donates $5. Please check out this blog. She has a lot more pictures of this sweet child!

http://textgeorge.blogspot.com/2011/10/ryans-christmas-giveaway-win-original.html

And please pray that he finds a family very fast!! Thank you!! Now please click the links above and read this sweet boys posts about him!! Thank you!!!

http://reecesrainbow.org/17698/ryan1403

Because One Little Boy Matters!

Please click on the link and read this little boys story who desperately needs a home! How can you ignore that sweet, huge smile? So precious! And yet on borrowed time.

http://www.nogreaterjoymom.com/2011/11/because-one-little-boys-life-matters.html

Pollyanna Adopton

Girl, born March 2007
Brown eyes
Dark hair
Nature calm, smiling

What a ray of sunshine!! Pollyanna has an operated spina bifida and the prognosis about her possibility to walk independently is very good.

Pollyanna is a delight! She is very active, outgoing, pretty mobile and very independent. The volunteers are saying that she has very strong-minded and charismatic personality.

What a volunteer said about "Pollyanna" in May 2010:

I met with Pollyanna at the orphanage totally by accident. Taking into consideration Pollyanna's health issues, she is pretty mobile and very independent. She is crawling well. She crawled to me right away and started climbing onto my lap, babbling and COMMUNICATING. If not for that, I would have definitely missed her in all the commotion. This child has been working so hard to get this tiny little chance that all the adults thought she hadn't had. I hope that we won't betray Pollyanna and will be able to help her. Pollyanna is a delight! She is very active and outgoing. She is a chatterbox and speaks quite clearly. She is absolutely adorable. A miracle you wouldn't expect. Pollyanna is stretching forward and fighting for life with all her might!"

Additional medical information and video available to interested families

http://reecesrainbow.org/28002/pollyanna

CF Adoption!

Update! Braska has had a family commit to her!! Answered prayers! Not only did a family commit to Braska but she also had a brother with CF that the are adopting with her! I am so grateful!! Please send out prayers that the adoption will go smoothly and they can bring these two home very quickly!! Thank you!!

http://reecesrainbow.org/category/rescued

Adopt A Baby Boy

UPDATE!!

A new picture of Paul!!! Paul is up for international adoption in the UK through Reeces Rainbow. Here is the link for his info.

http://reecesrainbow.org/18636/paul2

He is the little boy that I have been assigned to pray him home. He turns 3 Nov 10th. That is just a few days away! In orphanages they don't celebrate Birthdays or give gifts or have cake. In fact, I doubt they even acknowledge Birthdays. It is sad! And he needs a Mommy and a Daddy to show him love. He will not be adopted in his country. He has no future there. I wish I had more info on him, like cute little stories that he did. Something along the lines as, today I got to play go fish with Paul and the whole time we played the game he had a smile from ear to ear. He wanted to play the game over and over! But I don't have any stories about Paul but I do know that he is just precious in his picture and I know he needs a family! Please consider adopting Paul and if you can't please send out prayers and if you can donate to his grant $5, 10, 20, anything would help! They say its not that there aren't enough couples/people willing to adopt internationally, its the cost that puts up the road block. Halloween is on Monday and I hope everyone has a good one! I wonder what Paul would want to be if he made it home by next Halloween? A super hero maybe? I bet he would be smiling ear to ear then too!

Here is the link to my old post about Paul with his other picture. He is growing up ya'll, same as Konner! Please pray they find their forever home!

http://kylerbransonjade.blogspot.com/2011/09/adoption.html

Update On Konner

Remember this post?

http://kylerbransonjade.blogspot.com/2011/09/baby-adoption.html

Well here is an updated photo of Konner. He is growing up and still without a Mommy and Daddy. Look how precious this child is! Look at that smile! Could you be his Mommy?

http://reecesrainbow.org/19337/konner-15h

EB Awareness Week

Do you know what EB is? A few short months ago I didn't either and then I stumbled upon this amazing mother's blog. Please take a moment and go to this blog and read her story! And please, if you have 10 dollars laying around consider to donate to the EB research that is on her blog! It is very easy and all you do is send a text!!

http://randycourtneytripproth.blogspot.com/

Can You Be His Mommy?

Please go to this link and read this sweet post about a sweet boy with Down Syndrome that needs a Mommy and Daddy. He has been waiting a long time for someone to adopt him!

http://covenantbuilders.blogspot.com/2011/10/baby-pictures.html

Before and After! What a Difference

Here is a link to a beautiful and powerful post of before and after pictures of children adopted from the UK. It is so amazing so please check it out!


//theblessingofverity.com/2011/10/what-difference-does-it-make/

What Happens If These Babies Are Not Adopted

These two babies in the pictures are not babies at all. The girl is 12 years old. That's right..12!! She is sitting in a baby bouncer and she weighs 11 pounds! Most babies are born at 11 pounds! The boy is 6 years old and he weighs 12 pounds. Again...12 pounds! I don't even know how these two children are alive! But this is the sad fact about what happens to kids if they are not adopted while they are in the baby house and are transferred to institutions at ages 4 to 6 years old. The good news is these two children were in institutions that still allowed adoption (most do not allow adoptions once they are transferred) and they do have families coming for them! But there are thousands just like them sitting in a bed day after day after day..dying. And the sad fact is that all the kids on Reeces Rainbow that are not adopted will end up like these two kids.


Here is a link to a wonderful site that has a video of what happens to these babies if they are not adopted by age 4 to 6 years old and where they go. It is a long video but you can skip to 24 min and see the institution. The laying down room where a lot of these kids end up. It is heart breaking to say the least! So please say a prayer that all these kids on Reece's Rainbow to find homes and if you can donated anything that will also help!! This website is run by a wonderful person who went to Russia to volunteer at the orphanages and she fell in love with so many wonder babies and she advocates for them to find Mommy's and Daddy's! Here is her link..

http://ambassadoroflove.blogspot.com/

Sweet Baby Girl With Cystic Fibrosis for Adoption

Update!! This sweet girl has had a family commit to her!! Answered prayers!!! Also I found out she has a brother that also has CF and they needed to be adopted together so the family is taking on two with CF. I am so grateful!!!

http://reecesrainbow.org/category/rescued


This one hits right in the center of my heart! A sweet baby girl up for international adoption who has cystic fibrosis. That is what my boys have. To think this baby is in an orphanage just breaks my heart because I can only imagine that she is not getting the full medical treatment every day that cf people need. It is tough to think that if the workers are too bust at lunch time she may not get her medicine to eat and then later her stomach will hurt as a result. It is hard to think that she may not be getting the breathing treatments she needs every day in order to breath. It is hard to think about what happens when she gets sick and may need to go to the hospital but she won't go because she is in an orphanage. This little girl is precious and she deserves to have all the available medication that is out there for cf and she deserves to have a loving Mommy and Daddy to hold her when she is not feeling good. Here is her info from RR..

Girl, born 2009

Diagnosis: Cystic Fibrosis, caloric-malnutrition

Braska has CF. She also has problems with her digestion and absorption of nutrients and is on a high calorie diet as a result. She currently takes the medications, Creon and Linex to assist with these issues, which are believed to be contributed to the CF.

Braska is developing well for her young age. She walks independently, crouches, sits and stands up on her own. She goes up and down stairs with support. She can throw a ball in a box. She draws vertical and horizontal lines with a pencil. She folds paper. Her speech is emerging. She pronounces combinations of sounds and syllables and will imitate short words. She follows verbal directions. She plays with toys. She enjoys playing hide-and-seek. She likes to dance while listening to music. She interacts with other children and adults appropriately. She laughs out loud when teased. She seeks out help from an adult when she needs it.

Here is her link

http://reecesrainbow.org/braska

And remember RR will take you through international adoption from beginning to end and also if you want more info on Braska you can email RR and they will email you back with more info and more pictures. Some one out there besides me is praying for Braska because she has around 200 dollars to use toward her adoption! Please pray that Braska finds a home soon! Thank you!!

Baby Boy Adoption

I thought I would write a little about what has been going on in my life before posting the info of the sweet boy that needs a family. But don't worry, I will post info of sweet Nolan at the end.

I took a break from my blog a couple years ago because I don't really think anyone was reading it and I needed a break. Things for us as a family are great. Both my boys are doing great dealing with cf and we still try to make that as small of a piece of their life as we can. Branson is currently doing home IV's for a tune-up. This is his 3rd week. It was suppose to only be for two weeks but the first antibiotic didn't do a good of a job as we hoped so the doctor changed his med and we will see where we are at after a week on this one. For Branson it is always something about this time of year. I am not sure if it is allergies or just the one year since his last tune-up wearing off but I always hope he can skip a year but so far no luck. Maybe next year.

Kyler is doing good. He is in 7th grade now. Middle school. Wow! How did that happen? I feel like I was in middle school just yesterday. And believe me..the issues with middle school that I had are still issues today. Yuk! I really don't miss middle school! Kyler did get to skip a couple of years of tune-ups but this past summer he had to have polyps removed so we went ahead and did a tune-up since he would be in the hospital anyway.

Jade is in pre-school now but acts like she is a teenager! She is doing good with her diabetes and she is very intune with her body. She is still using the omni pod insulin pump. Her teachers are very good with her and her needs at school. I was really worried about it before we got her into school but I refuse to let diabetes hold her back and so far my fears were a waste of my time because her school has done an excellent job with her!

So I haven't written on my blog in a couple of years but I have kept up with other blogs. And how I found Reeces Rainbow was through a blog that I followed. The blog I followed was about a family that had a child with medical issues. At one point they decided to adopt through Reece's Rainbow and I followed their blog all the way through the adoption. Their daughter was beautiful but after they got her home she really just blossomed! It was amazing seeing how different and beautiful their daughter became after being home only a short couple of months. Since then I have followed many other blogs that have adopted through RR and every SINGLE child turned into a different child after just a few short weeks home. Everyone blossomed! I love watching that miracle unfold with each child.

Looking through the pictures of each child on RR just breaks my heart. I wanted to do something to help. I want all those kids to have a Mommy and Daddy! So that is why I decided to start the blog up again. I don't know how to get people to look at my blog? Anyone know any tricks? I try to make titles that might be words people google in hopes that my blog will show up. And I donate when I can and I pray ALL the time for those children! I can't keep images out of my mind about those kids going to bed with no hugs, hungry, lonely, scare. The saddest part is knowing that when they turn 5 or 6 they head off to mental institutions.

Yesterday I was going to post a picture of a little girl that I had been praying for to find a Mom and Dad for awhile. Her name was Bridgett. She was 5 and I knew her time was running out. She was a blond hair, blue eyed beauty. She had HIV. Her birth Mom refused her at birth. A couple that was at her orphanage adopting her best friend blogged about how Bridgett asked every day if she had a Mama and a Papa coming...Broke my heart to read that! They talked about how sweet she was and how she loved little bitty toys and heart stickers. They talked about how hard she cried when they walked out of the gates with their daughter, her best friend for the last time.

So I prayed for her and I donated to her fund and yesterday when I went to find her info and picture on RR it was gone. My heart started beating fast and I hoped it would be on the page "My Family Found Me." I frantically scrolled down that page and her picture was not there. I cried. The only thing it could mean is she has been transferred to a mental institution and she is no longer available for adoption. Her time ran out. Oh how my heart is hurting for her! A six year old little girl in a mental institution because she has HIV. Unthinkable! No toys, no education, no swings or slides. They will have a bed and food if they are lucky. Most children do not make it two years once they are transferred. All I can do is pray for her now.

But I will continue to advocate for these kids and hope people find my blog and hope that God will tug at their hearts. For all those who are coming and reading my blog Thank You!!! And now here is a sweet little boy up for adoption through RR..

http://reecesrainbow.org/nolan117

Boy, Born September 9, 2004

Nolan is such a handsome boy! He needs a loving family!

From his medical records: long-term effects of some early trauma, slight mental delay, flat feet, farsightedness. He has fine motor skills, understands everything, he talks but it is hard to understand him. Nolan is very physically active, happy and cooperative, friends with other children.

These children are truly living on borrowed time, and families should be home study approved before an official commitment can be made for this child.

Nolan is 7 years old and he is already at a mental institution. But it is a mental institution that will allow kids to still be adopted so that is the great news! The bad news is the mental institution that he is at is a bad one! A lot of kids die of starvation at this institution. The fact that he has held on this long is a miracle! As I have said before RR takes you through the international adoption process from beginning to end. So please if you are considering adoption please consider Nolan. From what I understand his flat feet are (were) the worst of his conditions. A lot of times when they say mental delay it is because they have never been to school and once they get to the institutions they are kept in their bed day in and day out but I have watched kids come alive once they got home. Their brains catch up quickly! If you email RR they can email you back with more pictures (if they have them) and more info on Nolan. And if you can't adopt please consider donating for the cost of his adoption. Thank you!!

Baby Girl Adoption

update: This beauty has been moved to the page "My Family Found Me" which means someone committed to adopt her!! I am so happy!!! I can't wait till she is in the arms of her new mommy!! Thank you for all the prayers!



This little girl melts my heart!! She is beautiful and she is up for international adoption through Reeces Rainbow. Her name is Hannah. A beautiful name for a beautiful baby! Here is her info from RR. And remember if you email RR they normally have more info on the children and more pictures that they will email you back with. Could you be this angle's Mommy that she is waiting for?

Born August 2009

HIV & HSV/CMV

Hannah is an absolutely adorable, sweetheart girl. She is serious at first, but has such a very sweet smile and is a lovely girl once you get to know her. She makes great eye contact. She loves being in the company of others. Understandably, it takes her a little while to warm up to new people. She is developing well. She is in a decent baby house with caring nannies. She is in a small group with a good caregiver to child ratio. The children have access to outdoor time, a sensory room and physical therapy. Unrelated children can be adopted simultaneously.

Here is her link..

http://reecesrainbow.org/hannah-16

More info from RR..

The Reece's Rainbow HIV Family Coordinator & Support Liaison explains the medical aspects of living with a child with HIV.

HIV is a virus that claims many innocent lives when children do not have access to antiretroviral medications. Fortunately, it is treatable and the children who have access to meds and adhere to their treatment have good long-term prognosis.

Children born to women with the virus have a chance of becoming HIV positive due to mother-to-child-transmission. These children are innocent carriers of the virus.

The children you see below are currently living in institutions. Sadly, if they end up aging out of institutional life, there is a high likelihood they will be ill on the streets in a life of crime.

New laws in the US and Canada allow for these children to be adopted. Being in a loving family helps them access medical care and gives them the opportunity to have a normal, healthy, productive life. They can go to college, get married, give birth to healthy babies and live long enough to meet their grandchildren.

To learn more about adopting and parenting a child living with HIV, visit ProjectHopeful.org

PLEASE HELP US raise grant funds and awareness for these precious, waiting angels. You really can save a life, with even the smallest gift! You can make a Paypal donation or send a check (no Paypal fees) to: Reece's Rainbow, PO Box 4024, Gaithersburg, MD 20885. Your gift will serve ALL of the children, as 10% of each waiting child donation is shared with our Voice of Hope fund as well!

Baby Adoption

Look at this sweet baby that is up for international adoption through Reeces Rainbow. The great thing about Reeces Rainbow is they take you through the adoption process from beginning to end. His name is Konner. Here is his description from RR..

Birth Date: June 2009

Gender: Male
Nature: Quiet

Konner has spina bifida, and has had a surgery correction.

And his link..

http://reecesrainbow.org/konner-15h

I know there is not much info on him but a lot of times if you email RR and ask for about him they usually will have more information and more pictures. They usually email back very quickly!

Could Konner be your son? Can you see him in your arms looking up at you with a smile on that cute cubby face? Another way to help is to donate to Konner's fund that will go towards his costs for adoption. Anything will help..$1, $5, $100.

Konner has no future in his country. He will not be adopted from someone in his country. His only hope is through international adoption.

Easy Adoption

UPDATE: Gregory has had a family commit to adopt him!!! I am so happy for this sweet boy!!!

Look at those eyes! They melt my heart!! I have fallen in love with this sweet, little boy named Gregory! He has HIV. He has no hope of being adopted in his country of Easter Europe.

Kids that have aged out of the baby houses (orphanages) are currently living in institutions.(usually around age 4 to 6) Sadly, if they end up aging out of institutional life, there is a high likelihood they will be ill on the streets in a life of crime.

New laws in the US and Canada allow for these children to be adopted. Being in a loving family helps them access medical care and gives them the opportunity to have a normal, healthy, productive life. They can go to college, get married, give birth to healthy babies and live long enough to meet their grandchildren. To learn more about adopting and parenting a child living with HIV, visit ProjectHopeful.org

He has no Mommy or Daddy to call his own. He is 6 years old. Here is his description from Reeces Rainbow..

Gregory

Boy

Date of Birth: August 22, 2005

Gregory's birthmother's rights were terminated by court decree. There is no father. Diagnosis: HIV+, functional heart murmur, astigmatism. They receive excellent medical therapy and have had their innoculations.

Gregory gets embarrassed in front of the camera. He interacts very nicely with the other children. He is a sweet little boy. More photos available.

Please, someone cross that ocean and go get him. He just had a birthday on Aug 22. He didn't get a cake or presents or even a hug. No one probably even acknowledge his birthday. Please don't let another Birthday go by for Gregory. Here is the link for Gregory..

http://reecesrainbow.org/gregory-5776-2h

He has $4,276.47 to be used towards the cost of his adoption. If you can't adopt another way to help is to donate to Gregory's fund.

ps. My title..Easy Adoption, well its not really easy except the part on how easy it is to fall in love with sweet, little Gregory!

Adoption

This little boy is Paul. He lives in an orphanage in Eastern Europe and he has HIV. He is available for international adoption. He needs an American or a Canadian Mommy and Daddy to cross an ocean and adopt him.This sweet little boy has no chance of being adopted in his country nor does he have a future in his country. Orphans in Eastern Europe stay at their baby houses (orphanages) until they are 4 to 6 years old and at that time they will be transferred to a mental institution where most do not survive the first two years. If they do survive then they are aged out of the institution at age 16. They will not have any schooling therefore will be left out on the streets trying to fend for themselves with no money, no education and no hope. Here is the link to Reeces' Rainbow which is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping these kids find loving, forever homes.

http://reecesrainbow.org/paul2

Reeces Rainbow will help adoptive families completely through the process of international adoption from beginning to end. So please, if you are considering adoption please consider cute little Paul. I have been assigned to be Paul's prayer warrior and I will continue to pray until he has a family that can wrap their arms around him and show him how much he is loved! So far he has 90.00 to use towards the cost of his adoption! Another way to help Paul is if you have $5.00, $10.00 or even $20.00 dollars to donate. Paul has a Mommy and Daddy out there, could that be you?