We are adopting children from Liberia!  We are sooooooooooooooooo excited!  We have sent in the preliminary application and been approved and have now sent in the next big application.  Our next step is the homestudy.  We are going through Children Concerned, which we learned of through Above Rubies.  If all goes well, the adoption should be finalized around June of next year.  We cannot officially "claim" any children until the homestudy is approved, but our hearts are so very drawn towards a pair of siblings - Christian (5) and Princess (8).  We are lifting them up in prayer each day as a family and praying that they might join us and become our very own children.

On a different note, several people have contacted me wanting to know how we did a high fat diet for our baby.  We have been giving her 3tsps of fat each day.  We give her 1tsp of virgin coconut oil, 1 tsp of red palm oil, and then 1tsp of either one of those again or of heavy cream.  We just mix them right on into her foods.  For example, you can use a fork to mash up fresh banana and the teaspoon of virgin coconut oil into quite the tasty concoction. 

Love, Dawn