Wilna – the big of our littles
She is brave, strong, fiercely passionate about almost everything. At 12 years old, she is part woman with grown up thoughts, ideas and feelings and part little girl who can get lost in dress up and loves a colorful band-aid on her boo-boos. I tell her often that God overdosed when he poured out her […]
I watched you today.
I watched you. Sometimes with my heart in my throat, sometimes with tears in my eyes. I wanted you to connect, to feel welcome, to make a friend. I wanted people to be nice to you and you to be nice to them. I watched. I watched you as you giggled nervously and then […]
They’re home! They’re home!
Two of our babies are home… Thank you Lord! https://youtu.be/Vkv1HShitrs
Perfection is overrated!
If you ever feel like you mess up as a parent, take comfort from this. 🙂
Mom, Mum, Mama, MOMMY!!!
And then things got crazy. Our wild adoption story.
I’ve been wanting to capture our whole adoption story in video. I’ve been working on it for weeks. I’ve cried every time I’ve edited, watched, uploaded. I love hearing other stories… and it was time to share ours.  Click here to watch the journey.
Zebra rooms, crab walk dancing and popsicles
Week Two of the new YouTube channel – with a touch of song. 🙂
Headed to the Big Screen!
Okay, so it’s actually the small screen… 🙂 Yup, I started a YouTube channel – it allows me to share stories (continue speaking) while kids are running around. After all, soon we will have three more to run after, laugh with, cry over… So I’m inviting you to join us. We will post weekly videos […]
I choose you!
It happened every time I walked across the play yard to the baby room. And it started as soon as I was in view. “Laurentz!” They yelled. “Lllllaaaauuuurrreeennnntttzzz!” I walked up to the tiny fence where four beautiful dark toddlers looked up at me as their chorus of voices rang out. “Ou Mama Laurentz?” They […]
Welcome: Savannah Grace Colopy
We would like to introduce you to the newest member of the Colopy family: Savannah Grace Colopy turned two weeks old yesterday. Oh friends, what a month this has been! We’ve been bursting to tell you about it, but we wanted to wait until some final papers were signed. But now… now we can tell […]