It's Official! She's Ours!

Well the six months have come and gone. Today was our court date to make things official. Macy is now ours for good!!! Yeah! We can definitely call her an Hebert now. It started out being a crazy morning with the weather. Schools were opening two hours late and I wasn't sure if we would still be in court today but everything went well and smooth. I will have to say, from what I have heard about other adoptions this was the fastest and easiest one by far. Macy is the best baby ever. She is the most calm and laid back baby I've had. She has slept through the night since she was one week old, sat up alone at four months and is now crawling at six months and eating real food. I hope Macy knows how loved she is and how blessed we are to have her in our lives. Macy we love you very much and are proud to call you our daughter!



This is the judge that made it all official.



After court we walked across the street to Pucketts for a celebration breakfast. Several of our friends joined us there. Thanks guys for being there! I know what kind of day it was and you were all able to put your errands on hold for a few hours to be with us and let us know that you all really care. Thanks again, that means the world to me.



This is Macy during most of the breakfast. One day she will know how special and loved she is by everyone but for now she'll just try and get some sleep.



This is Jason and our attorney Ned. He did a wonderful job and we appreciate all the hard work he did. He definitely went above and beyond anything that he had to do for us. Thanks for everything.



Here is a picture of my sweet friend Laura and her baby that is Macy's age. I know they will be great friends.



This is a picture of my dear friend Kristi with Macy. Macy may actually grow up a little confused by thinking that she has two mothers since when we are together Kristi just loves to hold and love on her. I think she is actually just positioning herself to one day become Macy's mother in law. Kristi thanks for coming out in the freezing icy rain to help make this special day even more special.

Our Sweet Angels Birthday

Today is our sweet Mary Owen's 5th birthday. I know she is in Heaven right now having a party but I am so sad I'm not planning one for her. It has been 3 years since we lost her but it seems just like it was yesterday. I don't have the words to describe how much I miss her. I think about her all the time and my heart aches to hold her. My parents were here this weekend and we started out the day going to the grave and decorating a Christmas tree for her. This is something we've done every year then we send balloon up to Heaven for her. Madison wanted to send a family picture and a letter to her so we tied it to the balloons and watched it fly up in the air. We have great friends who always make sure we are not alone on these special days so we went over to their house for dinner. Thanks for making this day a little better.


If tears could build a stairway,
And memories were a lane.
I would walk right up to heaven,
To bring you home again.

No farewell words were spoken,
No time to say goodbye.
You were gone before I knew it,
And only God knows why.

My heart still aches in sadness,
And secret tears still flow.
What it meant to lose you,
No one will ever know.

You and angels around Gods happy throne,
I would have held you closer if I had known.

Happy Birthday sweetheart. We all love you and miss you very much.

How Would Jesus Want Us To Celebrate Christmas?

This video really makes you stop and think about how crazy we all get with getting and giving gifts and then you watch this video and you feel dumb when there are people in this world that just need water or food. I hope this makes you stop and think again about the true meaning of Christmas.

*** To hear the sound with this video you will need to make sure that your speakers are on and will also need to press pause on our music player down on the left hand side of our page prior to pressing play so that you can really enjoy it.

The Real Grizwald!

This is a great video, I hope you enjoy it as much as we did. I think it brings out the Christmas spirit (or kid) in us all. You will need to press pause on our music player down on the left hand side of our page prior to pressing play so that you can really enjoy it.

Basketball Star!

She may look like a Pro Player but this is the first time Madison has played in a basketball game!

This is Madison running the court with her good friend Rebecca.

Husting for the loose ball.

Making the attack plan.

Here we go again!

How we spent our Fall Season.

The kids working on their Jack O Lanterns.

Lots of work but tons of fun.

I may have really huge feet but I am really-really cute!

I'll take these two Mom.

Introducing Iron Man, The Astronaut, Monster Girl and Puppy Dog.

Two Sweeties with lots of Sweets!

The Kid Crew - Madelyn, Macy, Maddox, Abigail, Morgan and Madison.

The girls spending some time with Flat Stanley.

This tent is for kids only!

Morgan, Maddox and Abigail having some fun with their Gran.

Sweet Abigail's 2nd birthday!

Another Amazing Story!

I was at Kristi's house Thursday but had to leave early so I didn't get to hear all of her story. The short time I was there she was such an inspiration to me that I wanted to get her message out to all of you. I have borrowed a dear friends post to tell her story. I could not have said it any better.


Let me introduce you to Katie. She is a 19 year old passionate girl from Brentwood, TN who has spent the last amazing year of her life in Uganda caring for hundreds of precious children. She went on a whim and a call from God last year after she graduated from high school. She not only teaches school to 150 kids, she has 10 kids in her home in Uganda that call her "mommy". She is home in the US for a few months before she heads back to her children and her life there. She has seen first hand the impact that Christ,food,love, school, and education has made in these kids lives. Now, as she is back home for this short time, a few of us are coming together to help her reach her goal for these kids. She has quickly realized that she can't do this alone. She needs people here to sponsor these children. She has 150 kids and has 44 of them sponsored for the next year. Visit Katies Blog and get inspired. Her stories are amazing and inspiring. Contact her to see how you can personally sponsor one of these precious children.


Gwen O (with her new interem care baby), Katie, Kelly


Katie at our get together today talking of her experiences in Uganda. She told one story of a 4 year old, 20 pound little girl that was left to die from Malaria because her family thought she was cursed. When Katie found her she immediately took her to the Dr who said she would not make it through the night. She had 107 degree fever and was dieing. Katie said she has never known what it was like until then to "Pray without ceacing". She prayed for that little girl all night long as she lay beside her in her bed. She would wipe her head off with a cool rag throughout the night and pray some more. Well this little 19 year old, with a miracle from the Lord, nursed this baby that was left for dead back to health. When she tried to return the healthy child back to her family they were furious with Katie for trying to return a "cursed" child. As she and the child both left in tears, that was all she needed to hear and she took that child home with her and Katie had her newest child that now called her "mommy".Stories like Katies as well as the stories of adoption that have come from these amazing women that God has placed in my life just keep me so in awe of God and all His wonder and Blessings.


This is baby Macy for those of you who remember me posting of her amazing story several months ago. I just absolutely love this child. God let me cross paths with her birth mother who was going to leave Macy in the hospital and then walk away. This mother intrusted me enough to let me lead her to this child's family that God planned for her from the beginning of time. God spared this beautiful, sweet little miracle from ending up in the system that thousands of babies end up in each year and just get lost in the shuffle. All because two people crossed paths.


Macy and her mom, Angie.


Of course, I had to sneak a pic with her.


Picture, courtesy of Nathan.


Suzanne,(holding one of hers) who has 4 biological kids and two domestically adopted children.


Tracy, with Levi who is from Ethiopia. She is wanting to go back for more.


Many thanks to Kristi for hosting a fantastic morning get together. Nathan had a blast running around with his cousin, Hal. Let me give you a quick run down of some of these amazing women in this picture. Kristi (has 4 bio kids and is adopting a baby girl from Ethiopia) Charlene (has 3 bio kids and is waiting for her baby girl from china), Tracy(has 2 bio kids, 1 from ET and is going back for more),Katie(has 10 kids in Uganda that call her mom),Gwen (has 2 bio, 2 girls from China, and is going to ET for 2 more),Suzanne(has 4 bio kids, and 2 domestic adopted boys),me(my 5 bio and 1 from ET). I love all these women because we are all alike. None of us are super moms, none of us have it all together, none of us went into this knowing anything about adoption or what God was calling us to. We all can say the words "I was scared", "I've thought about adoption" and we all can say, I said "YES" to it. Is it life changing....Yes. Many lives changed for the better. Is it a step of faith.....Yes. But thank God we only have to take the first step and He carries us the rest of the way.

Our Gatlinburg Getaway!

Never Tell was the name of the beautiful cabin we rented this past weekend in Gatlinburg TN.












This was Madison holding a bird at the Christmas Village and below is a picture of all of us.

We went to a place called Kid Country which was lots of fun. It had lots of kiddie rides that were perfect for our kids.







You can't tell but Jason and Madison are on this go cart . They had lots of fun going fast around the track. In fact they started in the last position and passed everyone to take first place. Morgan was going to go but decided he would wait until next time.



Madison and Morgan in the big red tub that was in our cabin. They both saw it and could not wait to climb in. Maddox got in but then decided he wanted out.







The arcade game was the most fun. We all enjoyed playing these old games.

We all had so much fun on our fall break. The weather was cool and it was a relaxing family time away from home. Now its back to school and our normal routine of life.