Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Nate's Dedication Letter

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We read the following letter to Nate at Christmas Dinner in 2012.  Nate was dedicated when he was an infant, at the First Baptist Church in...
Sunday, December 23, 2012

Curt's Dedication Letter

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We read the following letter to Curt when he was dedicated at Genesis: The Church on December 23, 2013.  It is our hope that he chooses to...
Tuesday, December 11, 2012

crazy happy life

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Wow - life is just crazy - busy and wonderful at the same time. Not really sure what all has been posted in the last few weeks - but over t...
Thursday, November 29, 2012

Sami Craig Backus for a year now

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Wow - I can't believe that Curt officially became our son 1 year ago today. I remember waiting for the courts and in this really hot ro...
Tuesday, November 27, 2012

One year later

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Wow - a year ago today Craig and I met and held Curt (aka Sami) for the very first time. I looked at the pictures that another mom with us ...
Thursday, November 22, 2012

Happy Thanksgiving

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Today is the first Thanksgiving for our little Curt! I feel like we are just so blessed to have him home for the holidays last year. A yea...
Friday, October 26, 2012

18 month check up

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Wow our little guy is 18 months (and a few days) - but he had his well baby check today with the Dr.  She was very impressed with his develo...
Friday, September 21, 2012

Support the fight against Leukemia

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all leukemia is a nasty disease that took my mom back in 2004  -17 days before her first grandchild was welcomed into this world.  To this d...
Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Happy New Year - Welcome 2005

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Today is the Ethiopian New Year - 2005.  yes they have a different year  they use a totally different calendar.  I won't put it all here...
Saturday, August 04, 2012

So much going - where to start?

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Wow - where do I start?  Just so much in life going on - and pretty much ALL good!  Curt and Nate and all of us are just bonding like crazy....
Sunday, July 08, 2012

8 years ago

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wow - 8 years ago today I was laying in a hospital bed hooked up to lots of drugs and stuff trying to induce labor - yep this started in the...
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Sunday, June 10, 2012

Meant to be a Backus

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Just a good weekend - we didn't really do much - but it was nice.  The more we hang together, the more I just KNOW Curt was hand picked ...
Saturday, June 02, 2012

New Birth Certificate

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Well it is official AND Legal!  Curtis Samuel Backus - his new US birth certificate arrived this week!  YEAH!   Now off to try and get the ...
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Sunday, May 20, 2012

Strange and RUDE comments

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So last night - I heard a comment that I had not expected.  I've had people make comments about Curt's skin color, his hair, he'...
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Saturday, May 12, 2012

Mother's day for the motherless

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So this year Mother's day is harder than normal.  You may think this very odd that my dream of having a second child just came true 2 mo...