Who Are We?
We are Andrew and Sarabeth Toy who live in Kentucky. We have been married for four years, and we are trying to adopt our first child, and we want to share that process through this blog, among other things. Since you don’t know us that well yet, we’ll keep our bios short. Here are the basics.
Andrew: Southern California. Mexican food. Pixar. Author. Grape juice. John Steinbeck. The Office. Book worm. Learning husband. Zac Brown Band. History buff. Toy Story. Christian. Blogger.
Sarabeth: South Florida. Volkswagen. HGTV. Tulips. Crab cakes. Aspiring housewife. Reliant K. Christian. Lovely wife. C.S. Lewis. The Office. Shrek. Artist. Blogger.
And please help us bring James home by purchasing my debut novel, The Man in the Box, from Amazon. And click here to get it on Kindle.
Please feel free to email us a little about yourself, especially if you are adopting or you know of anyone who is adopting. We’d love to hear from you. adoptingjames@aol.com
Also, if you are a publisher or writer, please consider me as your editor. Click here for more information.
And welcome! Hope you enjoy your stay.
I think I will enjoy my visit! Nice journey! This will be a good journal in years to come.
I’ll be praying for you Andrew and Sarabeth to receive God’s perfect baby for you.
Thank you so much for adding me on. God richly bless you!!
Hi. My husband works for 4Kids of South Florida. They manage foster homes and help kids in need. This is really noble, and i pray God will bless you in your path. And thank you for following my blog.
Thank you for subscribing. I pray and support your wish for a child. You have very much love to give! This site is a wonderful idea!
Thank you for following me. I applaud your determination, you both have the right spirit and I hope that the higher powers grant you your special wish!
God bless!
Nisha xxx
Thank you for the follow. What a wonderful blog you have! Parenthood is an amazing thing, and I hope you experience this for yourselves very soon!
First of all let me say thank you for following me and your blog is amazing. I too have been touched my adoption. Thanks to a very unselfish couple who made the decision to give up their baby because they were too young to be parents…I have an older brother. He was eleven days old when my parents brought him home from the hospital, I arrived two years later and my sister arrived two years after me. Although my mom was able to conceive my sister and I naturally, my parent’s family doctor had told my mom that she couldn’t conceive so they applied to adopt a baby and got my brother. I will pray that God brings you a child, maybe two, and that he will be as much a blessing to your family as my brother is to mine.
Hello there! You have a wonderful blog that’s full of grace and substance. Thank you for following my blog at Faith1st Ministry. I hope it has and will continue to be a major blessing in your life. May God richly bless you as you continue to write and blog. Please continue with us on this journey and remember to have Faith 1st. — Sebastian
Hello. Thank you for following my blog. I wish you both all the best.
Renee
Hello. I’m so glad you followed my blog because I’ve now visited your site, and I’m following your blog, too. I like your content, especially since I’ve just adopted two children. Have a blessed weekend.
Thank you for stopping by my blog and subscribing. Love the short stories you’ve posted:) Best wishes as you pursue adoption!
Best of Grace in your adopting triumphs.
Thank you for following Shadows. Love Unpredictable comes in many forms. Blessings to you in your pursuit of it.
Thx 4 following! Hope we remain worthy of your attention! We’re prayin for you & feel free 2 pray with us for God to draw the necessary people to our team of supporters so that we can go to Chad & work with Him to gather more worshipers of our Great King!
Thank you for following Observations and Opinions of a Middle Aged Housewife. Prayers and blessings on your journey toward James.
Thanks for visiting and following my blog! I am glad to now return the favor, wishing God’s best for you as you continue this journey…
Hi Andrew and Sarabeth! Thank you for dropping by and following my blog! Of course, I immediately had to cyberstalk you, and I’m sure glad I did! As an adoptee myself, adoption is something that is very near and dear to my heart. Best of luck in your own journey, and keep writing!
Hello. Thanks for following. Best wishes to you . may you succeed in the undertaking you have in mind.
Thanks for following my blog. I’ll be praying for your adoption venture. We had a couple in our church that succeeded. It was a long road, but well worth it!
Andrew and Sarabeth, I too pray for you and for the child you wish to adopt.
Thank you for following my blog on John Henry Newman. God bless you, Fr. Juan
Thank you so much for the following…hope for the best of your journey
Will follow the same.
Jenny
Thanks for following poemsandponderings.wordpress.com. I truly hope you will enjoy the experience and I pray that you are successful in your quest..This country needs more people who are willing and able to adopt children, as we seem to have so many, who are willing and able to make them but not willing and able to take the responsibitly for their actions.
Ps. I love the Zac Brown band too.. “Life is Good Today”
Thanks for following, good luck on your journey, I wish you all the best!
Thanks for being my first follower.It’s really encouraging.Today is the first day of OAK and I am glad to see instant response from readers.
I just wanted to say hi. (“Hi.”) You guys sound so much like me and my husband. I too am a C.S. Lewis-loving, HGTV-watching aspiring housewife, haha!
I just wanted to pop into your blog to say hello and to thank you for following my blog. Firstly I wish you well on your journey and look forward to reading more of your posts and your progress. I think it is just wonderful that I can be sitting in the Scottish Highland and be linked in with you and your wife in Kentucky. I’m pleased we found each other.
Thanks for following my blog. Good luck with the adoption. Maybe you will be able to sing my lullaby one day soon.
Thanks for following my blog.
Good luck with the adoption and may everyday be a greater adventure than the last. <3
Glad to meet you both! Will check out your wife’s blog! Thanks for visiting my blog so I could find yours! Looking forward to more!
Hi guys. Thanks for taking the time to read my blog ‘I may be wrong but…’ and for following it. I’ve just read a few of your own posts – good luck with the adoption! Warm wishes from the UK.
Vicky
Hi Andrew and Sarabeth thank you so much for stopping by my blog. I will certainly follow up on what’s going on in your lives so far as your adoption program is on going, I know one thing for sure my friend that the desire to adopt James is a desire the Lord has placed in your heart, isn’t He wonderful, He first places the desire and then He brings it to pass. I am in agreement with your prayer for James, if you want a boy the Lord will see to it.I will pass your blog site on to others I know and I trust that they will be able to encourage you in your walk. Have a blessed day and remember “all things are possible to him who believes”. Thanks once again, all the best from Sunny South Africa.
Thank you for dropping by my blog, Subject to Change. May the Lord grant you the desires of your heart.
Thanks for following my blog. My Mum was adopted as a baby and had a wonderful experience, her brothers and sisters were not so fortunate and spent a great deal of time in children’s homes in the 1940s and 1950s in the UK. Good luck in finding James, it’s an amazing thing you are doing.
Hi Andrew and Sarabeth, thank you for dropping by my blog and liking my poetry. Wonderful to see the support you have on your own blog, all the best in achieving your hearts’ desires. Clarabelle
Thank you kindly for following along with my blog! I think it is wonderful that you have much love and want to adopt to share that love!
Hi,
Your story sounds familiar to mine. My husband and I was looking forward to adoptin 21 years ago and God brought it to pass. Our son is now 20 years old and in his 3rd year in college.
I can relate to your excitment and anxiety on the issue.
Adopting our son has been the greatest things, 2nd to Jesus that we have done.
God bless you and your family.
Debra
Hey, I have nominated you for the Versatile Blogger award! I enjoy your blog.
Check it out here: http://glutenfreewewillbe.com/awards/
Hey folks!
I just noticed you started following my blog, so I came to check you out. I like your blog! This was my first stop, so I haven’t had a chance to explore too much… yet. I wanted to ask you something. I understand if you don’t want to answer. What is your motivation behind adoption? Is it something you WANT to do, or is out of necessity because you cannot have children? Sorry if I’m getting too personal too soon, but I’m just curious. When I’m not at work and I have a little more time, I’ll leave you a little bio on me and my family! Thanks for following my blog. It’s part of a nonprofit grant writing company that I’m trying to start (http://www.grantpros.org). We really are in our infant stage, but I’m having an awesome time with it nonetheless! Talk to you soon!
Not too personal at all. It’s a great question. Even before we got married we have wanted to adopt, whether or not we could have kids. There are just so many kids out there who need homes, and it’s a picture of what God has done for us as Christians – adopting us into His family – so we are anxious to display the same love to others.
I completely agree! My wife and I have discussed it, but our first is turning 1 in three days, so we’re not quite ready to move forward. Do you have any other children?
Just three dachshunds for now
(two of which are temporarily adopted)
That’s adorable…
Thank you so much for following me! I wish you both all the best in your adoption process…may God bless you along this path~
Lauren
Blessings on your attempts to adopt! What a wonderful day that will be!
Thank you for stopping by and following our blog. Your mission is indeed beautiful and hoping you are blessed with the most wonderful baby!! God bless!!
Thanks for following Blue Stone City. I actually have a post lined up to be published in the next few weeks entitled ‘Adoption’, so I hope you enjoy it. I was also mulling over the concept this morning of God’s bias for working through barren women, and thinking that perhaps He feels the same longing to fill His household with children…perhaps that will be another post. Blessings! Miriam
Sarabeth and Andrew, Thanks so much for visiting my site and deciding to follow along. Much love and learning on your journey.
Thank you for following my blog. I wish you both success on your journey to adopt a precious baby.
Thanks for the follow. Best of luck with your blog.
Sarabeth, I live in South Florida! Do you still reside here?
No, sadly I don’t! I live in Kentucky now…
Isn’t KY beautiful (that’s what I’ve heard)? I’d also imagine the quality of life is better than SF because of the slower pace. I am a Native of SF and while I love the sunshine, I don’t like the fast pace, rudeness, and crazy drivers…LOL!
Thanks for liking my blog. We have many friends who have adopted – will pray that the Lord will fill your home with children (to have fun with your dachshunds!). You are right – adoption is a beautiful model of what the Lord has done for us through Christ.
Thanks for checking out my blog. I love your desire to adopt a child! We have many friends and family members who have adopted and their stories of how God worked through the process and in their lives are amazing!
It’s truly admirable to see married couples giving up having children of their own and selflessly adopting the children of others! God would be so proud of you guys!
Hi Andrew and Sarah, thanks for stopping by and following my blog. I look forward to seeing your comments.
Your story pulls at my heartstrings. I hope your adoption dreams come true. All blessings on your family.
Huffygirl
You two deserve great commendation. You sound like you would make great parents for anyone. Thank you for stopping at my blog and taking the time to read.
Keep on keeping on,
-SS
Thank you so much for reading my post and choosing to follow me. I am flattered! I also thank you for leading me to yours which I have also chosen to follow.
You have directed my attention to another aspect of life that prospective parents deal with. I am the mother of two biological children who can empathize with the suspense. Let’s just say it was not easy since I was already advanced in age when I conceived my first child. You appear to be on the right track with God at the helm of things. I believe the journey you make towards your goal is as significant as reaching the goal itself. You are bringing kind and sensitive people together in your quest to make James a substantial reality of your life…and that’s worth a whole lot!
I look forward to further interactions with you.
God bless you,
Madona
I just wanted to thank you for following my blog and to say I hope and pray God will bless you in your efforts.
Thanks for choosing to follow my blog. I’m up to six!! Whoo-hoo!
I’m looking forward to reading what God has been showing you, sister (and brother).
I appreciate seeing you in the list of my followers. I want to follow your quest to find James (or Janie, if that is how it works out). Blessings. You are in my prayers.
Thanks for the follow! Best wishes for both of you.
I too appreciate the FOLLOW. We all get there together. dan4kent
Thank you for following me, it gave me the chance to discover your blog in return!
I wish you the best of luck and the best of love. I am living proof that it can be difficult, that it can be overwhelming but that it can happen. And when it does, it changes lives for the best. Thoughts and prayers for you.
Thanks for checking out my blog — I love how God works! So blessed to read your stuff! I have two little sweeties from Fostering to Adopt here in VA – adoption is close to my heart. And I will be praying for your adoption!
Wow! I will be praying for you guys!! Thanks for checking out my blog! How did you even find my blog?
Thank you for following my blog, The Write Edge Growth Chart, and I’m honored that you’ve decided to do so. My heart and prayers go out to you for success in your venture for adoption. Please do keep in touch!
I have nominated you for The Versatile Blogger Award. I don’t know if you accept awards, but you deserve them. This is as wonderful a site as I’ve seen. Well done. Here is the link should you choose to accept. The instructions are there. All the best, Rhonda
http://help-me-rhonda.com/2012/05/06/the-versatile-blogger-award/
Thank you for following my blog.
Hi there,
thanks so much for following our blog. If you like reading as it seems you do check out our reading page on the blog.
http://cabraseniorlibrary.wordpress.com/reading-writing/
Cheers
STB
Thanks for following. Best wishes on your path to adoption
Thanks so much for following my blog Long-Distance-Dad.com. Best of luck in your quest for James.
All the best on your journey to James!
Thanks for the follow! Heartfelt prayers for you both in your journey.
Hey there, thanks for following my blog. I’ll be sure to keep up to date with you two and the great work you’re doing (best of luck!). Now, I hate to pick favourites, but although I love the Reliant K reference, Andrew wins my love for citing Toy Story, History Buff (me too, that’s what I’m doing in school), and Zac Brown Band
Thanks.for following my blog. My praters are with you and your goals in life. I will read more in depth your blog.
I wish you guys all the best
Hey!Just dropped in to thank you and let you know that you were the first one to push the follow button of OAK and after that 182 followed in just three weeks time.It is in human nature we never forget the first and the last.Whatsoever it is.Thanks once again for the motivation.
Wow! Love your stuff and your life mission. Thanks for following me.
Thank you for following my blog. Best of luck to you in your efforts to adopt a child.
Good luck – there are plenty of kids that need loving parents!
So glad you came by my little corner of the internet: http://pattyperkowski.com/! I thought I would stop by to say hello, and thank you for coming to visit. I will really enjoy getting to know you both and hope all the best for you and your family
Hi, I’ve only browsed over your blog, you are adopting, so am I. Actually, our son will be moving in with us in about a month. Don’t know how it’s going for you, but I wish you both the best of luck.
Thank you for visiting my blog. My husband adopted our oldest when we got married. It has been a great experience watching our son grow into manhood knowing he was chosen. It has eased his pain at being so easily discarded by his earthly father. Blessing on you and your growing family.
Hi and thank you for following my blog. I’m walking a different spiritual path than you, but I think our paths just crossed and I HAD to respond. I don’t always post about my son, my blog is about developing my writing skills and writing about what’s in my head at any given moment. Sometimes it funny, sometimes it’s about politics, or music. Sometimes it’s a bit off color. And sometimes it about my son. Many times I have thought about writing one specific story but it never was the “right time” for me. Coming to your blog has shown me its now the time to tell how my husband and I adopted our son. It’s a pretty unique and absolutely AMAZING adoption story, and if it helps you and your wife find your child then I am happy to share. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not a secret or anything, everyone who knows us knows that our son is adopted. I just haven’t blogged about it yet.
I truly hope and pray that your prayers are answered soon and that soon you will be blogging about the blessed and crazy state of parenthood!
Sarabeth and Andrew
Thanks for visiting my blog. My sentiments reflect much of what has already been said. All the best on your mission.
Thanks for following my blog. You are an interesting find, as I am adopted, my birth mother is adopted, and my husband and I adopted our daughter. Adoption can bring so much joy and oddness to the lives of so many. Best wishes and prayers for you both in your journey to James.
That should read “goodness” not “oddness”!
Hi there Andrew and Sarabeth, thanks for following. We wish you the best of luck and much happiness. Jane and Neil
There are so many kids in this world that need loving parents. I’m so glad you are stepping forward, willing to go through what I’ve heard can be a long process. Good luck, and best wishes as you explore your path to parenthood!
Thank you very, very, very, very much for following my blog! It makes it all the more worthwhile when you know someone somewhere appreciates what you’re doing!
All the best to you and your nearest and dearest.
Take care.
I’ve been meaning to send a thank you! for following my blog, and more so for YOUR blog! i love the message you send. i consider myself a faithful person, but am not nearly as strong to write about it as you are with no fear of backlash. this gives me a little ammunition and strength! good luck in the adoption process, i know a few people who have experienced it, and even when there was struggle, the end result was worth it! hopefully you can take home james, or jenny
soon <3 God bless
Adoption is a beautiful thing! You are officially nominated for the Beautiful Blogger award.
http://lauraleeanderson.wordpress.com/2012/05/16/im-beautiful/
Thanks for following my blog, http://evolutionofawoman.com. Good luck with your mission to adopt James and much success with your writing career.
Thanks for following my blog! I wish you the very best in your adoption journey. I know it’s not easy to wait on something you want with all your hearts. May your wait be over soon!
Jolene
Hello there, Thanks for following me. I look forward to reading your blogs, I wish you all the best in adopting your first child. I and a new blogger and I blog about different things going on in my life. I especially write about fitness and faith which are very important to me. I’m doing lots of different fitness challenges right now as well as a faith challenge, The Bible in 90 Days! As you probably saw on my blog I finished day 53. I’ve tried this challenge a few times before and this is the furthest I’ve ever gotten on this challenge, I’m really excited about that! I’ve read the whole Bible once before following a year reading plan. Great to meet you, I look forward to reading your blogs and I hope you enjoy reading mine!
James
Thank you for sharing your wonderful and inspiring fix your eyes above. It is a good reminder to everyone and I fully agree. God bless you more. Keep up the good work.
Best of luck on the adoption process! I have three sisters who are adopted, and it is an absolutely wonderful way to build a family! Many blessings.
Thanks so much for stopping by my blog! I imagine that there must be many, many people who can relate to your blog topic and the process you are going through. It sounds like James will have a family who loves him and loves God – what more does a kid need?!
Thanks for choosing to follow my blog. I wish you the best of luck in your adoption. Adopting our daughter was the best thing that ever happened to us, so was having our son.
Thank you for stopping by. I wish you all the best.
Thanks for the follow. On an unrelated note, have you read ‘Desire of the Everlasting Hills’ by Thomas Cahill? I found it insightful. Also, Robert Alter has done a great job of translating ‘The Five Books of Moses’, ‘The Wisdom Books’ and ‘Psalms’ from the original archaic texts into modern english. In his translation notes he discusses Hemmingway & english poets next to details about the old greek & hebrew. Interesting stuff & beautiful too. Cheers!
Thanks for stopping by
Hi, adoptingjames! Welcome to the DiabeticRedemption.com family of readers. I’m glad you’ve joined us. If you’d like, please find my Friends Page, and tell me and my readers a little about yourself and your blog, and please be sure to add the URL. Again, welcome! I can’t wait to hear what you have to say!
Good Luck on your adoption
I’m adopted & I always asked questions about my adoption when I was a kiddo. It’s great you get to blog about it to show your kid someday–They will definitely enjoy it. Best Wishes!
thanks for the follow, your blog is inspiring
Good luck you two!
Hello Andrew and Sarabeth, thank you so much for stopping by my blog and for the follow. I’m so glad you enjoyed it. One of my human’s parents has a little wire haired dachshund called Alistair. I wish you all the very best with your adoption. Best wishes, Phil.
Hello Andrew and Sarabeth, I’ve nominated adoptingjames for the Sunshine Award. http://missyfrye.wordpress.com/2012/06/09/the-sunshine-award-thanks-for-noticing-me/ I love your blog, it quite often makes me smile. I wish you luck in your adoption journey.
Steinbeck is amazing.
Thanks for the follow!
Thanks for following my blog Literary Undertakings. My brother recently adopted a set of twins so I know can be quite a difficult process in some cases. I hope your adoption goes well.
Hi Andrew and Sarabeth……..thanks for following my blog “Unwalled”, I am truly honored. I pray that God will grant you the desires of your heart by enabling you to adopt what He knows to be the perfect child for you……..All the best……..Kim
Thank you for following my blog. I am truly blessed by this as I put my second child up for adoption 30 years ago, a story I have been considering sharing one day. Your blog is a glimpse through the window in the other direction. I know God will richly bless you in this journey.
Thank you so much for following me. I look forward to interacting with you.
Blessings,
Andrea
Hi! Thanks for stopping by my blog. cheers, Rita
Hello Andrew and Sarabeth,
Thank you very much for following http://tnlighthouse.wordpress.com and we look forward to reading your posts as well. Really enjoyed “The Horror’s of Christian Theory Part I.”
BTW: My dear Hubby and me: Alameda -> Oakland-> Tennessee-> The Office->Sean Connery 007 Movies – NCIS – Sewing – Gardening and…wait for it…Sweet Tea!
And when “James or Jane” arrives… you’ve gotta read and ‘act out’ all the parts to David and Goliath… Our five loved that.
Rev. Corliss Acosta – The Lightkeeper
(just call me Corliss)
From Upper Cumberlands Tennessee-”Where the hills kiss the sky”
(not joking-that’s really the Town slogan…was there an Oakland, California town slogan? No, not so much).
Be Blessed!
Morning!
Yeah! Hurray! I’ve nominated you for an award!
Please check it out here…
http://byamandaleigh.com/2012/06/18/one-lovely-versatile-blogger-award-and-more/
And remember to spread bloggin’ the love…
Hey guys. Thanks for following my blog, http://wtfaith.com . I’ll be following yours as well. And hey – small world – I’m also from South Florida. In fact, I graduated from South Plantation High School. What part of South FL is Sarabeth from?
Hey, thanks for following me, check out some of my older stuff, it’s much more inspired.
From Japan. Thank you for visiting and following my blog. I worry that the article is written by me may wound you. I would like to be scientific, although I do not dislike religion. I hope that you can be understood my language.
Thanks for the follow – great idea for a blog, it’ll be wonderful to look back on once you’ve adopted. Congrats on the book!
What a fantastic idea for widening your exposure. Jeremiah 29:11-13. May God bless your endeavours as a loving family with many hopes and dreams!
Andrew and Sarabeth,
I find your blog to be a beautiful journey to find “James.” And I will be praying for James’ quick arrival.
Andrew, you most certainly have a gift for writing, and it shows that you come alive when you are doing so. And it’s heart-warming to see you use your passion in order to bring you and Sarabeth a child – a child who will desperately need the unconditional love that you both have in your hearts.
I also want to thank you for finding interest in my blog. As you can see, I am someone who finds great happiness in seeing others live with passion. I would love to see more people living, loving, and working with true passion. I find that to be lacking in our society, which is so disheartening to me.
You and Sarabeth are a great inspiration and role model of living with purpose and passion.
And I must congratulate you, Andrew, on your most recent update regarding your book!
Wishing you both all the very best!
Hi Andrew and Sarabeth, thank you for choosing to follow one of my blogs (http://threedailydelights.wordpress.com/) – I really appreciate it! I hope your dreams of adopting a baby are fulfilled soon.
Thanks for following my blog. Yours looks really interesting so far. Looking forward to reading more. Blessings!
Hello! I look forward to following your blog and reading your book. I have raised my son since he was four years old and finally was able to adopt him in 2009 at the age of 12.
I am hoping, praying for the best for all of you. I am in Kentucky too!
Hi Sarabeth & Andrew, We will be following/praying with you… Some of our best friends are finalizing their 4th adoption from Eastern Europe… you can follow their AMAZING journey of miracles for a few moments of encouragement: 1blessing2another.blogspot
A big thank you also for following us at “Memories on the Journey”. We hope you are as inspired & challenged as we are by our God Adventures in Hong Kong & wherever else He takes us! Be blessed & walk in Truth. -jk
Hello,
Thank you for following my blog, http://cadmefoghlamthainniu.wordpress.com!
I wish you all the best in your quest to provide a loving home to a child who needs one!
Peace.
Thanks for following me @ http://architecturama.wordpress.com!
I am moved by your story: my partner was adopted when he was a baby. I look forward to following your updates!
I wish you guys all the best of luck in this mission and congratulations on the book deal, hope its a big success!
Thanks for visiting my site too.
Cheers!
So glad I’ve come to your blog (thanks for following mine!)
I’m definitely following, and awaiting to see how God will use it and your adoption story! All the best and God Bless, Aims from http://www.aimsphotos.wordpress.com
Hi there, thanks for following my blog! I have to admit, I’m always slightly surprised whenever I get subscribers who run Christian blogs. Some of the most interesting interfaith discussions I’ve had have been with other Christians though, so I hope we’ll be able to learn from one another, despite our different choices in gods ;] Feel free to email me if you have any questions at awakeninlight@yahoo.com
Thanks for stopping by my blog and for the follow! Best, Rashelle
Thanks for following!
I’m not sure how you found my blog, With Humour and Hope, but thanks for liking it. I’ve never written about adoption, but I have friends who have been through this process, and it was heart-wrenching but rewarding. I hope it all turns out well for you. As my niece says, “things work out the way the way they need to.”
HI Andrew and Sarabeth! I have faith that James will find his way to you. Shall keep you in my prayers and meditations. Bless xx
thanks for dropping bu Andrew and Sarabeth. I am definitely going to follow your blog. Also the book. Peace
I’ve nominated you for One Lovely Blogger Award. You can check out the information here. http://learningtobeblog.wordpress.com/2012/06/27/one-lovely-blog-award/
thanks for following my blog
Thank you for following my blog, Andrew and Sarabeth. Your blog is an interesting read.
I pray that God will bless the desire of your heart to adopt ‘James’. What a blessing he or she will be to you both when that happens.
Thank you for following my blog. Good luck through your journey in adoption, and acheiving your goals in life!
Hi!
Thans so much for following my blog. I hope God gives you your James, or Jamie as it be and that you’ll be able to raise a kid the right way in a wrong world. I’ll pray for that!
God bless you both,
http://dashcooray.wordpress.com
I’ve just nominated you for a couple of blogging awards. Check out my next post! Congrats!
Thank you for following my blog, I really appreciate it.
Thank you very much for the follow. Humour: I’m resisting use of reading glasses (52 yrs old!). Been sitting like 3 & half hours reading and writing this and that. When notice of your follow arrives I see ANTIDOPINGGAMES is following Simon Chilembo!
Thanks for following my blog (have you heard that before?) I am also adopted (since birth) so I really wish you both luck its a wonderful thing..I’m also a Christian so I’m really excited to see what you will come out with!
Thank you! I’m so glad to have heard you share that.
I love that there are so many elements to your page, including the intimate process of adoption. I’ve highlighted your blog in my latest post, because I think others should be exposed to what you have to share. All the best with everything you set out to do
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Thank you so much for the compliments and the highlight.
Thank you for stopping by and liking my post. I love your blog. Adoption is the greatest gift you can give a child hungering to be loved. To see that child grow up happy and healthy, will be a testament to your open heart and caring nature.
Best,
Nett
Thank you. We look forward to what is ahead.
Congratulations on your contract for your book and on adopting James. I am very interested in both subjects, so I’ll visit your site often.
Thank you. I look forward to having you back.
thanks for stopping by Spence Sense. I’m a busy fellow these days, working on music, a couple of novels and two blogs. I’m heading down to Mexico for the winter to work as a musician while writing in they day time. I just finished rereading Steinbeck’s Travels With Charley and my first novel The Vernal Equinox was written at 21yrs while I was besotted with the simple style of Cannery Row. regards, Raymond Spence
Travels with Charley is on my reading list. Steinbeck is one of the all-time greats!
Hi, just wanted to say thanks for tagging along with my blog! Will definitely be following yours – have really enjoyed looking around. Best wishes with your adoption plans!
Amazing stuff! Good luck on your book, though I must say I’m a bit jealous
I’ve been there, my friend. Keep at it.
Good luck with the adoption and I would be very interested in the book you mentioned!
Hope everything goes well and I shall be exploring your blog tonight 
Hi, I just nominated your blog for an award!
http://ariesgrlreview.com/2012/09/09/one-lovely-blog-award/
Hi thanks for the follow!
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Hi Andrew and Sarabeth- Just a quick “thank you” for following my blog, your support means so much! Best of luck with your adoption, I look forward to reading more about you and your stories here… : )
We’ll keep ‘em coming. Thanks for stopping by!
Thanks for the supporting my blog—I’m happy to find yours, too.
Hi Andrew and Sarabeth.
. I have an 11 month old son – it makes you a better person!
Thanks for following my blog, much appreciated. I am an aspiring writer and loving blogging. I am glad to have found yours – you are on a wonderful journey and I wish you well in your mission to adopt
Fx
Thanks! We’re glad you stopped by.
I thank you for following my blog and I hope it provides inspiration in your lives. Good luck on the adopting process
Thank you!
Thanks for following my new blog. Glad it led me to yours. Best of luck to you!
I’ve nominated you for a Liebster Blog Award. If you like to participate, the rules can be found in my blog
Thanks for following my blog. I wish you well on your writing and the adoption process.
Peace and love in Christ,
Norman Cooper
Thank you for noticing my blog and following it. We have some things in common. I, too, like The Office. . .will miss it for sure next year. Steinbeck is a favorite writer. I’m writing an historical novel now and I came close to adopting children 20 years ago — and they were from Kentucky. I often wonder what became of them! Best wishes for your growing family.
Congratulations on your publishing contract, and thanks for following my blog.
Thank you! It comes out November 30th, so look for it on Kindle or amazon!
Thanks for following my blog. Good luck with your mission. I’m looking forward to a positive outcome.
Thanks for liking my blog. Best to you.
Thank you! You as well.
Much thanks for dropping by my modest site, and cheers!
No problem – it was fun!
Thank you for signing up to follow my blog! I hope that you will find it entertaining!
I already have. Thanks too, for stopping by!
Nice info and I actually do know a few people that are adopting but their situation is perhaps a bit different from yours mainly because of the country they live at.
Thanks for following The Flowered Cow…Sending good thoughts to you and the child who’s waiting for you. You’ll find each other.
Thank you. That is very kind.
Thanks so much for following our blog. We hope you like it! We look forward to exploring your blog and learning more about what you do. Our prayers are with you in your adoption journey.
Thank you. Your blog has been a real treat to look through.
Hi! I have nominated you for the “Inspirational Blogger” Award. You can find the details about the award here: http://echosonomatopoeia.wordpress.com/2012/11/02/the-inspirational-blogger-award/
Congratulations, thanks for sharing your work, and have fun with this…
M.
Thank you.
Your welcome….
Greetings to you and thank you kindly for following my little blog. I’m still learning as I go, so it does mean a lot to me when someone likes what I write.
Best of luck.
It is a good feeling, isn’t it? Best of luck to you as well.
never had thoughts about adopting, but really like your journey and bios..
thanks for the follow, hope you also like my writing..
i wish you all the best for this process and an amazing outcome.
am excited to learn more about your journey.
wish you both a wonderful day,
franza
Thank you very much. Adoption is a wonderful institution, indeed.
Hi Andrew and Sarabeth,
Thank you for following my blog. I’m looking forward to reading yours. Blessings to you both as you set out on your journey in adoption. Adoption is such a wonderful picture of what God has done for us. Thanks for your desire to make a difference in the life of a child!
God Bless!
Lori
Thanks for the follow on Gospel Apprentice. You have a very interesting blog, and I enjoyed perusing it.
Praying the adoption process goes quickly and smoothly and trusting the Lord will bring you just the right child!
Blessings!
Thanks!
adopting is awesome….most awesome thing to do…
all the best to you both
Thanks so much.
Thanks so much for following my Kelly Tremane blog. Best of luck on your adoption journey.
Thanks!
Hi Andrew and Sarah, I appreciate your appreciation. Your blog is most interesting and well written with a good balanced consideration of Islam. Trust you’ll like what’s in my neural ‘pipeline’
Thank you for following my blog on spiritual practice, faith, and life. I’m glad to follow yours now too–great variety!
Thank you! Hope you enjoy!
Thank you for visiting and following my blog. May your search for your child and adoption process be illuminated and may the love of the Divine flow through you as you raise a beautiful bundle of joy.
Editorial services noted 
. Much blessings, namaste. ♥♥♥Nadine Marie♥♥♥
Thank you so much for this kind comment. It really made my day!
Thanks for following my blog, it means a lot to me
Good luck for your adoption process, may you both find a really great child 
We’re sure he will be. Thank you.
You’re welcome
Hello! I nominated you for the Next Big Thing Blog Hop because I enjoy reading your posts on writing. It is a bunch of questions on a book you have written or are working on. My post is here: http://dreampunkgeek.wordpress.com/2012/11/13/next-big-thing-blog-hop/
If you are interested, just recycle the questions and answer about your own writing.
Thanks for the follow and I hope the best for you.
Just a quick hello and a thank you for following my blog. If you ever feel like doing a guest post please feel free to contact me at mnemosyne.blog@gmail.com, otherwise send me a message at mnemosyneblog.wordpress.com
Peace & Luv,
~Nym
Hey, I love Relient K, too!
Wonderful, uplifting messages! Thanks for the follow, and I’m looking forward to following your journey
hi .. you are nominated for the blog of the year award 2012
http://suavesolidade.wordpress.com/2012/11/29/blog-of-the-year-award-2012/
Hi! I apologize for not having to say thank you for following my blog a couple of months back. I haven’t got the time to thank you and read your blog but since the holidays are coming, I will do all my best to read your blog. Thank you once again.
Best of luck in your adoption process. I’ve known several people who’ve been adopted, but that’s in the UK and I think our procedures are quite different…I hope you succeed very soon. Thank you for following my blog.
Best wishes on your adoption. My husband and I are parents of two daughters born in China. People say we saved them. It’s a lie. They saved us.
Love it!
Thank you so much for following First Night Design – much appreciated. And I wish you strength and joy in your efforts to adopt James.
Thank you.
Hello there! Thank you so much for stopping by my blog and following it ^^
Thank you for following Crafted Living and I hope it gives you inspiration to fill your home with love, great design and a little one to make it complete.
Thank you for visiting and following my blog. I look forward to catching up on some of your lastest posts. Cheers.
Hello, you are nominated by Life in Kansas Blog for the One Lovely Blog Award. You can see your nomination here: http://lifeinkansasblog.com. If you wish to accept this nomination the rules are to: 1. Thank the blogger who offered the nomination; 2. Post the One Lovely Blog emblem on your blog; 3. List seven random facts about yourself; 4. Nominate fifteen other bloggers for the award. Send a message to those nominees informing them of their nomination.
If this isn’t something you wish to do then please just think of this as a compliment to your blog!
Hello,
Thank you for stopping by Inkspeare. Wishing you many blessings and success
Thank you for the follow, I hope you will find something that interest you. Peace~David
Hey, thank u for following my blog.. Best of luck and will pray you receive a perfect baby.
Thanks to you both for deciding to follow our blog, “Ian Moore-Morrans, Scottish Canadian author and Gayle Moore-Morrans, editor.” We find your blog most interesting as well and will be following it. All the best for your adoption plans. Gayle and her late husband adopted two babies, one in 1976 and one in 1982. They are now 30-some-year-old adults and we are so proud of them. We wish you God’s blessings as your adoption procedure develops.
Can’t wait for the day you two officially adopted James (: thanks for following!
Am encouraged by your blog on adoption and wish you all the best. You are an inspiration to me, and I have nominated you for the Versatile Blogger Award. Details are on my site. God bless. Connie
thanks for visit and follow
I’ve just had a quick look around since you so kindly followed my blog and I have to say I feel incredibly blessed to have found you. I’ll definitely be popping back to read more when I have a bit more time. Thank you.
I nominated you for the Liebster Award! go check it out its my most recent post and I swear this isn’t spam (must look a lot like spam now that I said this) but seriously just go to my most recent post and your names there! have fun!
Congratulations, I have nominated you for “Best Moment Award”. Please visit the following link to accept it and see how it works. Keep up the good work.
http://journeyaroundtheglobe.com/best-moment-award/
Your passion is inspiring- looks like I am just one of many people to think so, and nominate you for an award : ) Congrats on being a Very Inspiring Blogger, http://toomutchforwords.com/2013/03/28/a-wise-person-is-one-who-says-thank-you-pt-2/
Thank you for following my blog, I hope you enjoy.
Heartfelt thanks for following Free Little Words. I trust your journey will be filled with hope and determination.
Thanks for stopping by my blog, looking forward to reading more about how your adoption is going. Blessing to you and your wife. This book is great for new couples: http://dld.bz/bHYzy
Being adopted myself I am so grateful to see couples working to adopt children that so much need a family. I am so happy you came by blog and followed. God bless you and strengthen you through this journey!