All Things Bright And Beautiful

Grace is 3 months old yesterday. The countdown to April 16th is 17 days.....we are so excited to be getting closer to getting you baby girl! Our agency gave us permission to get a recordable storybook. The reason we decided to this is that we wanted Grace to get used to hearing our voice. Our caseworker told us the foster family agreed to play it a couple times a day for Grace to get used to our voices. We chose the book - "All Things Bright and Beautiful" for Grace. This story, based on the hymn "All Things Bright and Beautiful," lets you tell a child how unique and special she is."

Fun Facts about the Hallmark Recordable Books:

Recordable Storybooks from Hallmark feature exclusive voice-capture technology that enables a person to record each page of a book and have it played back over and over as the recipient turns the pages.


The recording will not be lost, even when the batteries need to be replaced.

Hallmark introduced Recordable Storybooks in September 2009.

Consumers have found many creative ways to use Recordable Storybooks, including:


Parents stationed overseas in the military have recorded books for their children waiting for them at home.

Grandparents and other family members who live far away have recorded the books for the children they love as a way to be with them even when they can’t be physically present.

Family members took turns recording each page of a book for a loved one in a nursing home.

Adoptive parents have recorded a storybook for the child they were waiting to adopt in another country so the child would recognize their voices.

An entire family recorded a storybook for an adult child who lived overseas and couldn’t be with them for the holidays.

New Pictures

Last week we received new pictures of our sweet baby. Hannah Grace at 8 weeks is 11lbs and 6 oz, she has gained 5 lbs since birth. We were told she is a happy baby with a sweet temperment. Eric said that the bottom picture, she is winking at him. Hannah Grace already has her daddy wrapped around her finger.

The court date is still April 16th. As long as everything goes as anticipated in court, our adoption agency will have our placement ceremony April 19th. As of today, we are 40 days from our answer to prayer. Thank you Lord for this sweet child you have entrusted to us. We get more and more excited with every passing day!