KSP Art Show benefiting ADOPT MORE

Announcing the first ever Ksenija Savic Photography Art Show benefiting ADOPT MORE. Woo-hoo!!!

The event takes place Friday, November 13th at Vintner's Cellar in Royal Oak. Tickets are $20 and include a wine tasting and the unveiling of recent prints from Italy. Ticket sales are tax deductible and can be purchased at www.ksenijasavicphotography.com...Click 'Make a Payment' and enter the total amount ($20 x # of tickets).

To see a small sneak peak of some of Ksen's work that will be at the show, please visit www.ksenijasavicblog.com. All prints can be purchased at the show.

Ksenija is amazing and her work is stunning. Hope to see you there!

Haven't Met You Yet

I saw this amazing video (for all of us single folks) on my dear friend Ksenija's blog. I just had to have it. Sorry for the thievery Ksen! xoxo

ADOPT MORE pictures!

My very good friend, Ksenija, took amazing photos of Aeson (and me) for ADOPT MORE. Ksenija is a brilliant photographer and I am thrilled with these pictures. There are more photos on her blog, too. www.ksenijasavicblog.com. You'll fall in love with her style (and her)! Ksenija, thank you so much for sharing your talent with us!

Not much other news at the moment... We're getting ready for Aeson's 2nd birthday this Saturday. Two! Already! Wow!

Ethiopian Adoption Update

I realize that I haven't been posting many updates about the Ethiopian adoption. The main reason is that there really haven't been any updates! My dossier is in Ethiopia and is currently being translated. That process should be done soon. I anticipate a referral this fall. Because of when the Ethiopian New Year falls, most everything (including courts) is closed the majority of August and September.

After I receive and accept the referral, I will get a court date scheduled. It should take about three months from time of referral to go to court. I could either pass or have to schedule another date if all of the documents aren't in order. Upon acceptance in court, I can plan to travel in 2-4 months.

As everyone who has experienced international adoption knows, these timeframes are very general. Anything can happen. Laws can change. Programs can shut down. But, there aren't any bad signs at this point, so that is super great news!

I am getting so excited! Most likely, a very good friend will be traveling with me. We still hope to travel sometime in the first part of next year. It is going to be an amazing trip!

Happy 4th of July!

This time last year, Aeson and I celebrated the 4th in Antigua. We hosted a party with our neighbors for all of our friends. It was a great day! Today was even better. It was a perfect day. We started the day at the zoo, met with a friend I haven't seen in 11 years and ended the day with family! Aeson did great with the fireworks - he loved them! He is speaking so much these days. Fireworks quickly became his favorite word followed by OH YES! I hope all of you had a great day, too!

Final Post Placement Visit

The social worker just left after completing Aeson's one year post placement visit! So, that means, the adoption process for Aeson is COMPLETELY FINISHED! Woo-hoo! It's not like the visit was hard or anything, but there is just no more paperwork to do for Aeson as far as his adoption goes. It's exciting! One down. One to go.

Here are the pictures I gave for the report. They're not terribly recent. They're from our visit with with Emily and Lee Anne in Kansas City the week after Easter.

ADOPT MORE...Awareness

If you have $5, you've been touched by adoption and you want to build awareness of the 140,000,000 children in the world who need families, please consider going to APOPT MORE to buy a bracelet.

I am so passionate about adoption and will one day attempt to write about how it has forever changed me. I can not thank my friends, family, colleagues and everyone else enough for supporting me during this process! Please spread the word...

Feliz Dia de Las Madres!

Happy Mother's Day to all of my wonderful mommy friends and all those moms waiting for their precious little ones! Lots of love from Aeson and me!

10 Ways to Support a Waiting Mother on Mother's Day

I wrote a guest blog post for MLJ Adoptions about supporting a waiting mother on Mother's Day. http://ow.ly/4QT5

My book got 5 stars!

Just wanted to share a book review of "You are my baby. I am your mommy." 5 stars!

Perfect timing for Mother's Day!

By Christine M. Irvin (Columbus, OH) - Book reviewer / Children's book review

Any woman who has every wanted to become a mother understands the emotions involved in the process: Will I get pregnant? If so, when? If not, will I adopt a child? And, if so, where will my child come from? What will my child look like? What will my child be like?

Author Kimberly Leclerq shares her thoughts and emotions about the time she waited to "be a mother." She explains in the front pages: "This book was inspired by the very first letter I wrote to my child. At that time I didn't know how or when I would be a mom, I just knew." She writes about all her doubts, fears and questions during this time period, addressing the narrative to her unknown child. Sprinkled throughout the text is the phrase: "There were so many things I didn't know. BUT, I KNEW you were my baby."

The book is illustrated with pages filled with vibrant colors and patterns. The pages remind me somewhat of a scrapbook. The text can be thought of as the pictures.

This is a great book to share with your little ones about the time you waited for them to come into your life. It's also a great book to give as a gift to an "expectant" mother. 5 stars.

Hardcover: $19.99
Available at www.kleclercq.com
ISBN-13 978-1419688263

Trade Paperback: $17.99
Available at www.amazon.com
ISBN-13 978-1419688256