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1M ago
Happy happy happy Thursday, friends! And Happy 2025! I apologize for being a day late but well, our amazing trip to Australia ended up lasting a tad longer than expected, so I needed yesterday to make an attempt to get...
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5M ago
Tomorrow is the 8th anniversary of being a forever family with our sweet girl. Eight amazing years. This is Madeley James. She is nine, almost ten, years old. She loves savory food and not sweet. She loves snuggles and cuddles....
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1y ago
Nine years ago today, in a building in Xi’an, China, we met our sweet Ashby London. There is no other way I’d want to kick off 2024 here in blog world than with a post about Ashby ? . There...
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1y ago
You guys, SEVEN YEARS AGO TODAY, we met our Mades. Madeley James Shull has been the unexpected exclamation point to round out the Shull family. For almost 20 years, Andrew and I have been trying to build our family the...
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2y ago
Hey, hey, hey… …I’m back in blog world AND IT’S THE 8TH ANNIVERSARY OF ASHBY’S GOTCHA DAY! Eight years ago today, our family of four grew by one absolutely amazing little girl. Just like the birth of my bio kiddos,...
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2y ago
You guys, six years ago today was also a Thursday. I remember that day so clearly. Andrew and I picked up our three kiddos from school a little early, drove to the airport, boarded several flights and headed straight back...
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3y ago
Hey there, 2022! I have so missed all of YOU!!!!!!! It is always such a blessing to take a few weeks off and focus on my family, enjoy the holidays and travel, but I am always SO EXCITED to come...
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3y ago
Tomorrow is such a special day at our house because…it’s Madeley James’ Gotcha Day! Five years ago tomorrow, we met our baby… I mean…there are really not enough words. After we met and fell in love with Ashby, we knew...
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4y ago
Friends, it’s 2021!!!
I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season. I seriously missed you guys!!! I thought of this little community many times each day over the last two weeks. I truly miss this time with you each day. I’m super pumped that I’m back with you today because we’re celebrating one of the greatest things ever…
…it’s the SIXTH ANNIVERSARY of becoming a family with Ashby London ..read more
Mix and Match Mama » Adoption
4y ago
Four years ago today, we met and immediately fell in love with our sweet Madeley James Shull!
Today is MADELEY’S GOTCHA DAY!!!
This little nugget right here born in Linyi, China stole our hearts from minute one.
Four years ago, this sweet girl was very unsure, shy, nervous, cautious and uncertain about her new life.
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