Almost Home Auction for Caleb and Addisyn!!!!!

AUCTION IS NOW OVER!!!    WILL BE EMAILING THE WINNERS VERY SOON!    THANK YOU TO ALL WHO PARTICIPATED!   GOD BLESS YOU!!!!!    JENNIFER IS NOW HAVING AN IPAD GIVEAWAY FUNDRAISER, HEAD ON OVER TO HER BLOG TO CHECK IT OUT!   BUY SOME TICKETS TO HELP GET CALEB AND ADDISYN HOME!  THEY ARE TRAVELLING VERY SOON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!     http://www.browneyesandbarefeet.blogspot.ca/


Since fundraising to bring home our beautiful daughter, God has shown me what He can do and what He will do to get orphans into their families.......God sets the solitary in families.....He will move mountains to bring them home, whether it be the mountain in a reluctant spouses heart, a financial mountain, the mountain of a cold heart, He will move it if it stands in the way of getting a child into their family's waiting arms!    And one of the best parts about it, He uses us to help Him do this!   Amighty God, creator of the universe, uses us to help Him!  That amazes me!    Let us be His hands and feet today and help get 2 more waiting babies home to their forever family!      Let me introduce you to......Caleb and Addisyn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

Caleb and Addisyn are currently waiting for their Mama and Baba to come and get them!     Caleb is 17 months old and Addisyn has just turned 2 and they are both waiting in China!    There Mom and Dad are paperchasing for them right now but are very close to receiving Travel Approval and they still need lots of help to get there!

So this auction is to help bring them home!!   All money raised here goes directly to their fundraising efforts.   Right now they are working on orphanage donations (x2) and travel fees (x2)!!!   We would be most grateful for your help!         AUCTION WILL START TODAY MONDAY MAY 7TH AND RUN FOR 2 WEEKS UNTIL MONDAY MAY 21ST WHICH GIVES YOU 2 WHOLE WEEKS TO BID ON YOUR ITEM, MAKE SURE YOU WIN YOUR ITEM, AND BEST OF ALL HELP JENNIFER'S BABIES COME HOME TO THEIR FAMILY!!!!  YOU CAN READ MORE ABOUT THEIR FAMILY AT   http://www.browneyesandbarefeet.blogspot.ca/




ALMOST HOME AUCTION FOR CALEB & ADDISYN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
                   ALL ITEMS ARE NEW WITH TAGS UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED
PLEASE ALSO NOTE THAT YOUR BID DOES NOT INCLUDE THE SHIPPING COST OF THE ITEM, I WILL KEEP THAT AS LOW AS I POSSIBLY CAN SO THAT THE FAMILY GETS THE MAXIMUM BENEFIT FROM THIS AUCTION    SHIPPING COST WILL BE INCLUDED IN YOUR INVOICE         PLEASE EMAIL ALL BIDS TO    elisabeth.schaap@videotron.ca     AND SPECIFY WHICH ITEM YOU WOULD LIKE TO BID ON AND HOW MUCH, I WILL KEEP THE BIDS UPDATED ON THIS POST       HAPPY BIDDING!!!   AND THANK YOU!!!!!

                     FIRST ITEM IS A LITTLE GIRLS DRESS BY RALPH LAUREN IN SIZE 2

ADORABLE LITTLE DRESS, PERFECT FOR SUMMER!

STARTING BID $10

NEXT ITEM IS AN ADORABLE SET OF LADYBUG HAIRCLIPS!!!!

                                                                CURRENT BID IS $5  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



NEXT ITEM IS A BEAUTIFUL 2 PIECE OUTFIT IN SIZE 18-24 MONTHS BY CALVIN KLEIN

                                                             STARTING BID IS $15



NEXT ITEM IS A TOO CUTE MINNIE MOUSE 2 PIECE SET IN SIZE 18-24 MONTHS

STARTING BID IS $10

  NEXT ITEM UP FOR AUCTION IS A DOLPHIN FIGURINE BY SWAROVSKI, ACTUAL VALUE OF THIS ITEM IS OVER $200

                                                                 CURRENT BID $35  !!!!!



NEXT UP IS A BOYS SIZE 24 MONTHS DALLAS COWBOYS OUTFIT FROM NIKE!

                                                           STARTING BID IS $10





          NEXT ITEM UP FOR AUCTION IS A CHILDRENS CHRISTIAN CHRISTMAS DVD

                                                                 STARTING BID $5




                                NEXT ITEM UP FOR AUCTION IS A PLUSHY PILLOW!

                                                        STARTING BID $5




                 NEXT ITEM UP FOR AUCTION IS AN ADORABLE GIRLS SHIRT IN SIZE 14

SHIRT IS BRAND NEW, NEVER BEEN WORN, IT IS JUST CREASED FROM BEING FOLDED!
                                                            STARTING BID $10






NEXT ITEM UP FOR AUCTION IS A LITTLE GIRLS HEADBAND THAT SAYS "little sister"

                                                              CURRENT BID IS $15    !!!!!!




               NEXT ITEM UP FOR AUCTION IS A BEAUTIFUL PHOTO/MEMORY ALBUM
                                               ARTWORK INSIDE IS BY SCHIMMEL

                                                                STARTING BID IS $5



        NEXT ITEMS UP FOR AUCTION ARE LITTLE GIRLS HANDMADE HEADBANDS!

                                                              CURRENT BID IS $5  !!!





                           NEXT ITEM UP FOR AUCTION IS A LITTLE GIRLS HEADBAND

                                                               CURRENT BID IS $3  !!!!!!



                            NEXT ITEM UP FOR AUCTION IS A HANDMADE HEADBAND

                                                             STARTING BID IS $2






       NEXT ITEM UP FOR AUCTION IS A BOOK OF DEVOTIONS FOR GRANDMOTHERS

                                                               CURRENT BID IS $3







                      NEXT ITEM UP FOR AUCTION IS A LITTLE GIRLS DRESS IN SIZE 2

STARTING BID IS $10

NEXT UP IS A REALLY CUTE PICTURE FRAME

                                                                 STARTING BID IS $3





                 UP NEXT IS A PAIR OF GIRLS ONE PIECE PJS BY GERBER SIZE 18 MONTHS

                                                                 STARTING BID $3




                  NEXT ITEM IS A HANDMADE BRACELET IN YOUR CHOICE OF SIZE

 CURRENT BID IS $5  !!!!!!!!!!!!

AND NEXT IS ANOTHER HANDMADE BRACELET IN YOUR SIZE CHOICE

                                                           CURRENT  BID IS $5 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!




                    UP NEXT IS A TRIO OF CHIRISTMAS BOTTLECAP NECKLACES

                                                                   STARTING BID IS $5




NEXT UP IS A BEAUTIFUL TOTE BAG FROM THIRTY-ONE IN YOUR CHOICE OF COLOR WITH FREE PERSONALIZATION

                                                              CURRENT BID IS $15!



NEXT UP IS A LITTLE GIRLS BOTTLECAP NECKLACE THAT SAYS 'LITTLE SISTER"

                                                              STARTING BID IS $3




                             NEXT UP IS AN ADORABLE SET OF PJS SIZE NEWBORN

                                                             CURRENT BID IS $5





                NEXT UP IS A SET OF REAL PEARL JEWELLERY STRAIGHT FROM BEIJING!

                   ADJUSTABLE BRACELET WITH MATCHING EARRINGS AND GIFT BAG
                                                                  STARTING BID IS $25



                                   NEXT UP IS A HANDMADE HAT IN 0-6 MONTHS

                                                           STARTING BID IS $3




          NEXT ITEM IS A LITTLE GIRLS SIZE 2 DRESS STRAIGHT FROM BEIJING!

                                                           STARTING BID IS $10



                   NEXT ITEM IS A PRESCHOOL AGE CARD GAME BY GARANIMALS

                                                            CURRENT BID IS $5  !!!



NEXT ITEM IS A PIGGY BANK IN THE SHAPE OF A REALLY COOL CHEETAH PRINT SHOE!

                                                           STARTING BID IS $5


NEXT ITEM IS A SET OF TWO BRACELETS, THEY COULD BE WORN TOGETHER, OR ELSE I CAN MAKE THEM IN TWO DIFFERENT SIZES FOR A MOTHER/DAUGHTER SET   ---- THE YELLOW AND BLACK IS ONLY AVAILABLE IN LADIES SIZE SMALL/MEDIUM AND THE POLKADOTS IS AVAILABLE IN ANY SIZE

                                                             STARTING BID IS $10


LAST ITEM IS A HANDMADE BRACELET IN GIRLS SIZE 12+ OR LADIES SMALL

                                                             CURRENT BID IS $8   !!!!!!!!!!



AUCTION WILL RUN FROM TODAY    MONDAY MAY 7TH UNTIL MONDAY MAY 21ST  SO YOU WILL HAVE 2 WHOLE WEEKS TO GET YOUR BIDS IN, WIN YOUR ITEMS, AND BEST OF ALL HELP JENNIFER'S BABIES COME HOME TO THEIR FAMILY!!!!!!      PLEASE EMAIL YOUR BIDS TO     elisabeth.schaap@videotron.ca    I WILL UPDATE THE BIDS ON THIS POST REGULARLY SO YOU CAN SEE IF YOU ARE STILL WINNING!    THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HELP, AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU!!! 

No Greater Joy Mom: a matter of life and death

No Greater Joy Mom: a matter of life and death: Friends, today I come to you with a situation which is truly a matter of life and death.  A situation where one little girl's life hangs in ...

I marvel at my God

Sometimes things are so busy these days that I realize  that I am just going about my day, sometimes rushing around, without taking the time to realize and acknowledge the miracle that my daughter is.....

To thank my God and my King for all that He has done for her and through her in our lives.....

I was watching her fall asleep beside me last night, snuggled right up into my face, her soft and chubby little arm wrapped tightly around my neck, and I stopped and realized that I am just so focused on being a mom, and trying to get things right that it had been too long since I thanked Him for my miracle....

So I did, I thanked Him right then with a whispered prayer, and I am going to thank Him now, out loud  right  here on this blog!

And hope that someone reading this would be encouraged by all that HE has done for her and for us, her family who loves her so very much.


I will list all of the changes that I see in her since I gotcha day....we have been home here one month and one week, and her gotcha day was March 11th.

When she met me she was terrified....I stormed the heavens for her little heart to be comforted ....not even 24 hours later she was hugging and kissing me

When she met me, for the first night at least she would not eat or drink.....I prayed as I feel asleep with her that night, and the next morning she was gobbling the whole breakfast buffet

For the first few days she was very very afraid that food would be taken away from her, and she would hoard it in her mouth,  if I gave her an apple she would hold it for hours, even after it was finished.....but then she started sharing with me, it was the sweetest thing, the whole time we were together in China she always wanted me to have some too, and now she will take the time to chew her food before putting more in her mouth, fear is gone

For the first few weeks, she held onto me while falling asleep (which is adorable) but really tightly because she was afraid I would leave, and much of the time even while lying on me,  slowly now she is starting to fall asleep for nap time  on her own.

In the hotel if I ran a bath she would start to scream and cry and was afraid of the water, she only had 1 bath because I didnt want to frighten her, so I just spongebathed her.....now that we are home, she climbs in with me and will even splash water all over her face and just loves it

For the first 2 weeks or so she threw EVERYTHING!  Including sweet and sour sauce all over the hotel room lol!   She threw toys, food, you name it, it was launched.....now she has stopped doing that

For the first 2 weeks she would pull my hair and head butt me, very hard, and then thought that was really funny, I had to set limits and boundaries because this was not acceptable, and while she fought that in the beginning, she now plays ever so gently with my hair and has stopped head-butting ( a good thing when you have two brothers and a sister at home!)

She had Mama all to herself for 2 whole weeks, and then we came home and all of a sudden there were 3 other children wanting my attention, especially little Noah who is her exact age (2),  for the first few weeks, every single time I picked him up or paid any kind of attention to her brothers and sister she would throw herself on the floor and bang her head and scream.....but when she screamed it was not just a tantrum, it was more of an emotional pain, I could hear it in her cry, and it hurt this Mama's heart so bad that she was hurting like that...and that she did not yet understand that I had enough love for all of them .....it was hard for Noah too,  him and I were trying to reconnect after being seperated and this was hard for him and stressful.    After much prayer, this is much much better now, her screaming is much much less, she will even hold my hand now if I am holding Noah in my arms,  Praise Jesus!

And here she comes out of her shell!

Adoption Day!     First full day with little Fluff, and guess who is no longer afraid???    We were sitting together in the Civil Affairs office, Faith on my lap, and I was showing her a book with pictures of animals inside, and all of a sudden she climbs off my lap and onto the floor and starts to play and smile!    This was magical, because up until now she was very quiet and afraid, and this is less than 24 hours since we have met each other!     We went into the office to have our interview and the lady asked me why I came to China to adopt, and I said, because my daughter was here, she smiled.

Next we were off to the police station for more paperwork, and Fluff really started to play here!   She got down out of the carrier and started running all over the place!     Comes up behind me, grabs me by the cheeks and starts kissing my entire face!  People were staring, it was so amazing!

Snuggie and Sleeping

After meeting my little wonder for the first time,   I carried her (still terrified) up to the hotel room while talking very softly to her and rocked her until she fell asleep on my shoulder (she had a long train ride to get to me that day and when I got her it was suppertime, she was exhausted too) while sucking her thumb (so adorable)

That night we had many hours of paperwork to fill out so I managed to get her into the ergo carrier where she stayed sleeping.      When she woke up she didnt cry, she started to look around, and I talked softly to her while rubbing her head.   Before leaving for the tripI had ordered a necklace from an adoption fundraiser that said "Faith" on it, inside a little map of China,  she reached up while looking right into my eyes and started very gently playing with the necklace, I was so happy! So happy that she was no longer scared!  

We stared at each other for a long time while I told her how much I love her, it was exactly like my three children when they were born, just like when a newborn stares into your eyes to know that you are their Mama, that is exactly what we did, we got to know each other without needing any words.

And after all of that amazing eye contact, she started to talk and point to the fish that were in the aquariums in the lobby of the hotel!

Jesus, my wonderful healer, creator of all things, who knows all things before they ever happen.   Jesus who handpicked this beautiful girl for our family, who knew so long ago that she would be ours.  Beautiful Saviour.

It's our sweet little Fluff!!!!!

Here she is!  Praise God!    Our sweet little Fluff is finally ours!  We are home from China, Mom and baby girl,  and she is amazing!

These two photos are our very first moments together......there was not much time, the orphanage director handed her to me, along with the photo album that we had sent her weeks before for her birthday and told her I was her Mama and that was it......Big, big tears rolled down her cheeks. 

Biggest tears I have ever seen, poor little one was absolutely terrified and nothing I could do would change that, for the moment she was absolutely terrified.    But God's work had already began, prayers were being said on her behalf and we were storming the heavens for her little heart......

Thank you!

Hi Everyone!!!!!

So with less than 2 days till travel I am sooooo excited and sooooo emotional!      Will be meeting my beautiful daughter in just 4 days!!!!!  Praise Jesus!

Thank you so so much to each and every one of you for all of your support and encouragement and help!!!   What a blessed journey this has been.    Thank you so so much to each of you who placed bracelet orders and helped us bring her home!    May God bless each and every one of you.   Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.   

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