Praising the Lord for 8 Precious Years!

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Happy Anniversary to the most wonderful husband and daddy......I love you!

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New Fabrics and an Apron Sale!

Several new fabrics are up....fun for the fall, and a few choices that you could "tweak" with a festive hairbow and make work for the holidays as well. (I'll be posting a few more throughout the day......in between loads of laundry:)

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An Apron Sale!

Today until Wednesday, August 4th..

any child's size apron......$15

Ladies Sizes........$20

Aprons are fun for birthday and Christmas gifts....extra fun in sister or Mother-daughter matchies!

Would you like free shipping on your sale apron order?!?!?!

Just invite your Facebook friends to follow Flitterbugs, share about this sale on Facebook, or email your friends and tell them about Flitterbugs....and I'll pay your shipping!

Pop on over to see my new fabrics......and choose some of your favorites for a fun apron!

"Katie" Dress SALE!!!

SALE!

"Katie" dresses...just $20 each....shipping is included in the price.

Just email me or leave a comment if you would like to buy one. I will mail them out in the morning. Scroll down to see sizes and a description......

The "Katie" dress is Evangeline's favorite...a turtleneck fits great underneath for a year round dress!

(left to right)

Size 18-24 months: Limeade-SOLD

Size 2: Plain Jane Aqua

Size 2: Buggy Sage-SOLD

Size 3: Roesbuds-SOLD

Size 4: Le Poulet Pink and Orange

Size 4: Paisley Frogs Blue

Size 5: Ambrahic Tiles Orange-SOLD

Size 5: Eiffel Tower-SOLD

Size 5: Poppy Oz-SOLD

Size 6: Spring Flowers-SOLD

Size 6: Splashy Rose-SOLD

Flitterbugs at the Beach:)

My wonderful parents let me and the kids bum a trip to the beach with them:) It was such a special week, and would have been just perfect had Kenny been able to come. For the kabillionth time, sweet Evangeline let me take some Flittebug pictures. Yes, she did get the promised trip to the shell shop afterwards!

I am finishing up the last of a stash of 'Katie" dresses for a sale tomorrow....and an apron sale to come later in the week!

So, How is the Adoption Going?

A few months ago, I was bursting to tell everyone about our adoption progress...and I couldn't wait for someone to ask about it.Now, everyone asks...and there does not seem to be much to tell. Every agency, every country...in some ways, every adoption is different. With out domestic, birthmother placement, and with our agency...this is probably how the "call" and remainder of our adoption will play out.

*We are officially done with everything we can do! Today marks the 2 month mark of being "paper pregnant". We are just waiting:) With our agency, we are not told when our profile is shown. Basically, once our caseworker left our home from our final homestudy, we will not hear anything until that call comes. I think this is a wise way for our agency to go about adoption...they have bee doing this for a long time, and they work hard to protect both the rights and freedoms of a birthmother, and the emotions of the adoptive family.

*Every adoptive momma longs for that phone the ring and for that blessed sentence to be spoken from her caseworker. One day, our phone will ring. It could be next week, next month or next year. We long to hear the words, "We have situation." Probably, though every situation is different and there is no way to be sure about anything...probably our little one will be placed in our arms very soon after that call comes. We really don't have set expectations of how everthing will play out.

*Yes, we hope to have a semi-open adoption, depending on the situation! This will be up to the birthmother and at the discretion of our agency. I am so thankful that Covenant Care works diligently to protect the birthmother, baby and adoptive family!

A few months ago, I was beginning to feel frantic. There are over 147 million orphans worldwide who need a home. Our state's foster care system is full of precious little ones in need of love and security. Our love for birthmothers grows deeper by the day, and how we long to pray for and love our birthmother by name. It is hard to just wait when you desperately want to welcome a child into you home. If you had told me that after 2 months on the waitlist I would be calm, that I would go from jumping every time the phone rang to just discovering that I have answering machine full of messages that I have not checked in over a week....then I would not have believed you! Over the past 2 months, the Lord has filled me (on most days!) with peace, my heart with rest. Sure, I daily long to for our little one(s) to be placed in our arms, but again, and again, and again, He has reminded me....spoken to me the voice of truth.....and I find myself content in His truth:

*I cannot "save" and adopt every child who needs a family. God does not "need" any of us to take care of those He has created! In His great mercy, He has called and encouraged our family on the journey, and all glory be the Him for allowing us on this journey!

*Before the foundations of the World, God knew I would be, He new Kenny would be, He knew who this little would be. It is He who knits together life, and it is He who will bring this life to us, in His time, not our. Nothing we can do will speed this up! (And in the end, I think we will look back and be glad we could not change a thing!)

*I want our baby, the one the Lord has known and set apart for us. I long to love our birthmother, the one for whom our heart so hurt. If we have to wait a month, year or decade for our baby and our birthmother....we will do it! I look at the faces of Evangeline, Landis and Samuel....I would do pregnancy, labor and that scary complication over, and over and over for those little lives. One day, I will look at the face of our baby, and I will say, "I would wait over, and over and over for you!"

In the end, the timing, the details, the finances, the fundraising, the waiting......He will make it beautiful in His time. For once, I am glad I am not in control! All I must do is sit back, love the 3 little ones He has placed in my care, bask in His pace and praise Him for guiding us on this journey......and one day, probably when I least expect it....that phone will ring! All glory be to Him, Who Was, and Is, and Is to come!

NOW JUST $8!!!!!

I was sorting the kid's closet, looking for some smocking.....and found box of Flitterbugs left over from a trunk show I did a couple of months ago. These are all new, never been worn, dresses, skirts and ruffle pants.

NOW JUST $8 plus $2 shipping!!

Just leave a comment or email me if you would like to buy one.....first come first serve!

(the Flitterbug dresses are all sold...but there are still ruffled sundresses, skirts and pants!)

Ruffled Sundresses
Size 5: Field of Flowers

Size 4: Pink Birdcages-SOLD

Skirts
(left to right)
size 4: Spring Fling
Size 5: Little Red Riding Hood -SOLD
Size 12-14: Lava Leaves


Ruffled Pants

Size 4: Christmas Dots

Size 4: Metro Market Chickens Red

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Just email me or leave a commet if you would like any of these outfits for just $8!!!!

I will mark them as "Sold" as they sale!

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The Winner of the Apron Giveaway is:

Alisonmancuso@.......

Congratulations Alison.....I will email you directions.

My parents are letting the kids and I tag along on their beach/fishing trip next week!

I have a couple new styles to put up when I get back,

plus

a big sale on aprons and the "Katie" dress!

Thank you for being a part of our adoption journey!

Giveaway....Win a "Miller" Apron..for Ladies or Girls!

Would you like to try out the new "Miller" Apron?!?!

Win one for yourself, your mom or your little girl!

To enter the giveaway, just leave a comment (or email me your comment).

For an extra entry, share Flitterbugs or this giveaway on Facebook....leave an extra comment!(See the "Tell Your Friends"

tab on the left of this page? Just click on Share on Facebook!)

Winner can choose any apron size and fabric of their choice.

Winner will be drawn on Saturday!

The "Sarah" Skirt and "Miller" Apron!

A Flitterbug for Girls and Ladies...... The "Miller Apron!

Feminine and fun....great for girls and ladies! Perfect for you Mom, Aunt, neighbor or as a hostess gift.

Choose 2 to 3 different fabrics for me to make your apron out of, or tell me your favorite and I will pick a coordinate to go with it!

Comes Sizes:

Girls: Small (1-4), Medium (5-8) and Large (10-12)

Ladies: Small to Medium (2-8) Medium to Large (10 and up)

And new skirt design......The "Sarah" Skirt

You choose the length.....long and lovely or wear short with leggings!

Choose up to 1,2,3 or up to 4 different fabrics! The "Sarah" skirt is fun....there is not a "front" or "back", so your little one can mix it up! Great for a year round, weekday and Sunday skirt. The elastic waistband makes for an easy fit.....you will get many seasons out of a "Sarah" Skirt!

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On a side note....it has been brought to my attention that my site could be competing with another adoptive families site. I do not desire a spirit of competition or frustration between families on the same journey and with the same heart. I pray that adoptive families can journey together and fund raise alongside each other with encouragement, not competition! I apologize and am deeply sorry if I have upset or offended any of you with my site. That being said, I am working very hard to go back, change and "tweak" my patterns and draft new patterns and ideas so that I do not impose on "Poppy Dip". So, you will notice a few changes in the coming weeks. I must pray and trust that the Lord will bring the customers and provide the finances needed to fund our current and future adoption. If you do not like the changes that I make (or if you are not in adoption blog world and have no idea what I am talking about!) then by all means head over to "It's Poppy Dip" and help Sallee and her family on their journey to their 3rd adoption from Ethiopia. I look forward to seeing the little one the Lord has set apart for Sallee and her family!

Ooops!

I had planned on posting more smocking for sale over the weekend, and the new skirt and apron designs on Monday, but I had forgotten that Kenny would be out of town with his Seminary classes....and I would be without a computer. Ooops! Hubby is back, the computer is back, and I am working on getting the pictures and posts up now!