i could think of a million cheesy one liners.
some clever ones too.
but really, there are no words, except...
ladies and gents, meet our new daughter, elsa.
{photo courtesy of motley family blog}
our sweet, 3 year old little elsa.
just got news that we passed court and now we wait for her to come home...which is looking like february now.
just got news that we passed court and now we wait for her to come home...which is looking like february now.
i'm so glad ya'll can finally meet her.
she's absolutely beautiful! so so excited for you guys.
ReplyDeleteshe's lovely. Congratulations!
ReplyDeleteShe is gorgeous, and I'm so happy for you.
ReplyDelete[normally just a reader and not the commenting type]
how awesome! she is looks so darling in the picture. i can't imagine how happy you must feel right now. hope the time flies by until you meet her!
ReplyDeleteShe is gorgeous!!! She does look like Hadley!!! Can't wait for her to snuggled into your arms!!! :)
ReplyDeleteOMG she is beautiful!!! Words can't express how you must feel!!! Congratulations!!!!
ReplyDeleteahh that smile! She's gorgeous! How exciting, I can't wait to read about her homecoming! February will be here before you now it!
ReplyDeleteShe is so beautiful! It really is incredible how much she looks like Hadley, that smile! So excited to meet her. :)
ReplyDeleteShe is beautiful, look at her pretty smile!! Congratulations!!!
ReplyDeleteI just exploded with excitement for you guys! What a wonderful Christmas gift!!
ReplyDeleteshe does look like hadley! she's precious!
ReplyDeleteOhhhhh my! What a little pose that one has. Beautiful! So happy for your family!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI haven't commented on your blog before (at least I don't think I have) but this certainly is worth it! What an exciting post and a GORGEOUS little girl! I love her name, too! Congratulations :)
ReplyDeletebeautiful! i'm so excited for you guys. congrats em!
ReplyDeleteAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!
ReplyDeleteShe is adorable. Look at that smile.
So are you practicing the hair :D
Just precious!!
ReplyDeleteYay! Congratulations! She's beautiful =)
ReplyDeleteeeeeeekkkkk!!! she's a doll, and i'm so glad you got word before Christmas!! what a gift that is! God is so good!
ReplyDeleteShe is beautiful! She will fit in perfectly with your family! God is good! Congratulations!
ReplyDeleteAhhh! As soon as I saw a pic I knew it was her and I seriously reared up. She is beautiful!
ReplyDeleteYay! She's beautiful and looks like a perfect fit for your family! She does look like your other daughter - crazy! I must be connecting with your family because my eyes filled with tears the moment I saw Elsa's picture.
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, what a wondeful little angel.
ReplyDeleteI'm shedding tears of joy for you and your 5 beautiful children, I'm so happy for you all.
May God bless you all for giving this little girl a second chance.
Ohhhh Emily, I am only a very new follower of your blog!!! I just started following yesterday.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your fantastic news, Elsa is just gorgeous and I am sure (judging by previous posts) that lil Elsa will be a very precious member of your family.
And her siblings will love having her around in the new year.
Wishing you and your family a Very Merry Christmas And A Truly Wonderful New Year.
Luv Shaz xoxo
congrats Anderson family! can't wait to see photos of Elsa with her new brothers and sister! she is just beautiful! and, her little smile looks like Hadley's!
ReplyDeleteshe. is. adorable. :)
ReplyDeleteShe is soooo beautiful!! Can't wait for y'all to have her!! Praise God :)
ReplyDeleteBIG huge tears in my eyes!
ReplyDeleteshe is beautiful!
congratulations!
might be the best christmas present one could ask for!
She is beautiful! The smile on her face melts my heart. Yahoo... Congrats my friend. xo
ReplyDeleteSqueeeeeee!!!!! I'm so excited for you all!!! And her smile
ReplyDeletefits right in with the rest of your kiddos!!! Praise the lord! Can't wait to hear about life with her!!
Im going to guess this is the best christmas present ever!!
She is just perfect! Beautiful!
ReplyDelete"Though we are far apart, we still share the same earth and the same sky"
A nice thought to get you to February!
Merry Christmas Anderson Crew!!!
Warmly,
Elizabeth
This makes me cry. Congratulations Andersons!
ReplyDeleteShe's gorgeous! Congratulations!
ReplyDeletelove this so much! love her!! she's beautiful & looks like such a sweet soul. will continue praying!
ReplyDeleteWhat a sweet Christmas present for you all! She is absolutely precious and I'm sure February can't come soon enough for you! I haven't been following long so I'm not quite caught up on details but what country in Africa is she from? So excited for you guys!
ReplyDeleteshe's just the sweetest thing i've seen! big congratulations
ReplyDeleteHands down the best, most beautiful Christmas present ever. She is so beautiful! How old is she????
ReplyDeleteShe is precious! I am so excited for y'all. We will keep praying over here for safe travels and fast processing of paperwork!
ReplyDeleteAwesome! I am on the IAG list and was bummed to see you didn't pass. Can't believe you did so soon! Excited she has a family now, totally precious.
ReplyDeletein. love.
ReplyDeleteShe's gorgeous!! You must just be over the moon. And you were so right...she looks like one of you..her smile is so similar to your other kids. I'm so excited for you!!
ReplyDeleteShe is precious. What a smile. COngratulations.
ReplyDeleteI have 3 biological children and one adopted child that came to live with us when he was 4.
Merry Christmas
She's beautiful! She DOES look like your other kids!
ReplyDeleteoh, elsa. she's just beautiful. keeping my fingers crossed you get to bring home BEFORE february.
ReplyDeleteYaay!! She is beautiful!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! She is a beauty! We just got home from China with our newest little girl. I am a new reader of your blog and have been keeping up with your process. Can't wait to hear more updates. Will keep you in my prayers! :)
ReplyDeleteWooooWHOOOOO!!! She is beautiful! So very excited for your family!
ReplyDeleteShe is gorgeous! So excited for you all! We are adopting from Ethiopia and I can't wait to see our smiling little one...after we finish all of the paperwork!
ReplyDeleteWhat a special Christmas gift! You and your family are going to be such a blessing to sweet Elsa!
ReplyDeleteMuch love!
Oh my heart, she is precious! So excited for you, Emily & crew! :)
ReplyDeletemerry christmas much???!!! what blessed news. such a beautiful, beautiful girl. a beautiful girl that is now yours.
ReplyDeleteShe's a beauty!! Congrats to your family.
ReplyDeleteOH! I am so very happy for you! She is absolutely beautiful!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful little girl! Congratulations!! This is such exciting news!!
ReplyDeleteCONGRATS!!! Amazing Christmas gift, huh? She is a beautiful little lady!
ReplyDeleteShe's stunning!!! Congrats!
ReplyDeleteHow cute is she????
ReplyDeleteCongrats!!!!
Ahhhh!! LOVE!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beauty!! SO excited for your family!! XOXO
ReplyDeleteoh I just got chills!! Congratulations! She is precious, and I am so happy for you guys!
ReplyDeleteMerry CHRISTmas!! :)
she is perfection. congratulations!
ReplyDeleteShe's beautiful! What excitment. I look forward to reading about her homecoming.
ReplyDeletewhat a cutie! congrats and merry, merry christmas :)
ReplyDeleteoh, my. i think my heart just exploded a little bit in my chest for you all :)
ReplyDeletePraise God!!! What a wonderful gift. She is absolutely precious and will fit right in with your family. So excited for you all!
ReplyDeleteShe is beautiful! I am so happy for you guys!!
ReplyDeletethe day I saw her in the IAG newsletter .. I knew she would be perfect for your family! What an amazing day to remember PRAISE GOD!! so excited for you!
ReplyDeleteShe's beautiful and looks so happy. Congrats!!
ReplyDeleteit is funny how you can be touched by the lives and happenings of people you have never even met...and yet I sit here in tears. Amazing! May your family be abundantly blessed and experience the presence of God during this time of growth and transition. Thank you for setting an example in caring for the least of these and calling them your own.
ReplyDeleteI am with you Julie! I have chills and I am quite teary. She is such a gorgeous little girl and I am so incredibly thrilled for you! May God bless your family to the overflow point. So happy!
ReplyDeleteshe is precious, congrats!
ReplyDeleteAs I type my mouth is open wide from the shock of seeing that beautiful little face! I am so happy for y'all! Praise god! She is going to fit right in to that super cute fam of yours!!!!! Yay!!! Happy happy happy day!!!
ReplyDeletecongratulations! From a fellow adoptee, I am beyond thrilled for Elsa!
ReplyDeleteWe can't for you to get to your forever home, darling girl!
Oh my goodness! She's lovely, she looks a lot like Hadley :) Just presh. Can't wait to have her come home to you!
ReplyDeletexo
Okay I started following your blog last week some time and love your blog, your family, and you.
ReplyDeleteand I just started weeping when I saw this post.
I was adopted and adoption is something so near and dear to my heart.
My heart is leaping with joy for you guys.
I cannot wait for you guys to get your little girl!!!!!!
ah!
Praying everything here on out goes smoothly. And that the Lord is preparing this little ladies heart for what shes about to experience. So excited for both of you girls, and your family.
Love,
Kerri
She is beautiful! Congratulations!!
ReplyDeleteOH MY GOODNESS. i'm tearing up and have the chills. what a gift from the Lord. she is beautiful, emily. what a day that will be when you are all together. oooh! merry christmas friend!
ReplyDeleteSHE. IS. GORGEOUS. Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteOh, Emily! I have chills. Literally chills. Waves of them. There are no words. She is beautiful. Congratulations!
ReplyDeleteCONGRATULATIONS!!!!!
ReplyDeleteAmazing! What wonderful news!
ReplyDeleteSo happy for your family!
oh. my. god. she is absolutely adorable! so happy for you and your family!! cant wait til this little one comes home for good!! congrats guys.
ReplyDeleteabsolutely,
ReplyDeletepositively,
stunning.
thrilled for you.
xoxo.
YAYAYAY!!!!!! Love to you all. She is beautiful!! A true blessing. XOXO
ReplyDeleteShe's beautiful! She looks like she could fight right in with your crew. February will be here before you know it!
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ReplyDeleteLittle lady has some attitude! Congrats!
ReplyDeleteWhat an amazing Christmas blessing. She is precious. I get chills just thinking about it! I am so excited with you! Congrats!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your amazing news. Miss Elsa is beyond beautiful. She looks like she will fit right in with the Anderson family! Oh happy day!
ReplyDeletesweet girl !!
ReplyDeletei'm so happy for you !
Wohoo! She is just beautiful! I cant wait to see more of her, and for you to get to hug her sweet neck!
ReplyDeleteholy cow.
ReplyDeletei am crying buckets.
she is so beautiful and i am so happy for your family.
she really does look like hadley!
this is so perfect.
:)
Oh I cannot even stand the beauty that is radiating out of that photo, that smile and those eyes and that hair!! You are truly blessed and praise God that you have this good news to go into the Christmas weekend with. Congratulations!!
ReplyDeleteshe is precious!! I am so happy for you! :)
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely beautiful... I know your hearts are full of love and expectation. Congratulations!!
ReplyDeleteABSOLUTELY beautiful!!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations!!! She's beautiful!
ReplyDeleteYAY!!!! Emily!! I am SO happy to hear that!!! Congrats!!! Now we just need to pray her home!! She is so beautiful!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite post in 2010 of yours...my favorite in 2011 will be the embrace the camera with the two of you together!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful girl Elsa is! And what a beautiful family she now has. Congratulations to you all on such a sweet addition to your lives! Merry Christmas and ALL the best in the new year.
ReplyDeleteshe's beautiful! she totally has the family smile!! congrats this is amazing! Merry Christmas!!
ReplyDeleteoh wow. she is beautiful... i can't wait to see her in your arms.
ReplyDeletecongrats. and may feb. come soon this next year.
SO SO excited for you guys!!
ReplyDeleteshe.is.precious!
What a blessing! She's beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThis just gave me chills! You're right she does look like Hadley. Merry Christmas!
ReplyDeleteshe is amazing and I am so over the moon for your family!!!
ReplyDeleteseriously, can't stop SMILING just for YOU!!!
xoxo
tara
cutie pa-tootie! I'm sure she's super excited about getting to go home to you too!! Yay!
ReplyDeleteMercy me. She is a doll! Can't wait to see the first family picture! :)
ReplyDeletegod speed elsa. you are so precious and blessed and now you get to learn about jesus! ♥
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! A Merry Christmas indeed!
ReplyDeleteAmazing news! She is beautiful and I am sure you can't wait to have her in your arms. Congrats!
ReplyDeletewow! what exciting news!! she's a lovely little girl with such a cute smile!! congratulations to you guys. :)
ReplyDeleteShe's so sweet! I can't wait to hear more about Mr. Anderson's time with her.
ReplyDeleteThe perfect addition to your wonderful family! Congrats! xo
ReplyDeleteShe is beautiful! You will all make a gorgeous family.
ReplyDeleteoh my goodness. she is beautiful! congratulations.
ReplyDeleteshe is beautiful!!!! what an exciting time for your family and such a wonderful christmas present..happy holidays!
ReplyDeleteShe is absolutely beautiful!
ReplyDeleteLove her sweet smile and those amazing eyes! What a happy, happy New Year for y'all!
ReplyDeleteYour daughter is absolutely beautiful!! I can't wait for her to be in her new home with her brothers and sister. Praying for an easy transition. May the Lord Bless you and your sweet family!
ReplyDeletep.s I just stumbled on your blog last week and it is seriously cute ; )
What a merry Christmas!!! She is beautiful. Congratulations on the finished court date! I am so happy for you guys!!
ReplyDeleteSo happy for you all! What a wonderful Christmas Blessing!
ReplyDeleteYou're right. There aren't any words. What a blessing - for her and for her family!! So sweet. Love her.
ReplyDeleteI am so behind on my reader and I am so glad I didn't miss this one!!! Congratulations Emily and fam! She is beautiful and you are all so lucky to have been blessed with each other! Prayers my dear!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteShe is beautiful. I just stumbled upon your blog! I'm so glad!
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