Monday, May 11, 2009

We are home and LOVING Gracie!








Our lives are fully blessed and we completely celebrated with our incredible friends and family yesterday! Gracie Ayantu is wonderful, totally happy and fits in perfectly with our family. Our trip to Ethiopia was fantastic and totally life changing. We are humbled and honored that Ethiopia has allowed us the gift to raise one of their country's children, Ethiopia is an amazing country and we are forever grateful. Thank you to all who have prayed us through this incredible journey. We will fill you in on more details and pictures as we get some more rest and catch up with life.

With much love and blessings,
Mat, Stacey and Gracie (and the 4 boys who cannot get enough of their little sister!)
P.S. Beckings, We are MISSING you guys something terrible! Love you tons! Please kiss Ms. Solie for us.

17 comments:

Kendell said...

So happy you are home! Gracie is so gorgeous and just precious! Congrats and lots of love!

Kendell

Joshua and Lydia Rich said...

Congrats guys! She is beautiful!

Leah Reeves said...

Hurray pictures! What a beautiful baby girl. You are blessed and I am so happy for your family.

~Leah

Kiss kiss to Gracie

The Andersons said...

Oh wow - so amazing. Congratulations! We are so happy for you guys and look forward to meeting you all someday!

Anonymous said...

she is so cute! i cant wait to meet her. i am so glad that you guys are back, i was waiting to hear an update! wow, how amazing is our God? no words can describe what the adoption journey brings into your lives... woo hoo! talk soon, chica!

Anonymous said...

WELCOME HOME!!!! What a beautiful little girl you have!!!

Jessica said...

Welcome home! We can't wait to hear all about the trip and how she is doing. Thank you so much for checking on our little guy, it means the world to us to know you guys were there loving on him!!

The Woodalls said...

Oh my goodness....what a cutie. She is just adorable and looks so happy. What a wonderful addition to your family. I hope I get to meet her some time. Good luck with everything, although she looks to be adjusting just fine. CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!

Lory Howlett said...

love it-love it-love it! What a doll! What a happy family! What a great summer you're all going to have! God bless, Lory

Jabber said...

Congratulations on beautiful, sweet Gracie!!! The pictures are awesome...cannot wait to hear all the details of your experience in Ethiopia!!! :) Love you!
Katie Hisgen

michelle said...

Stacey and Matt

so very happy for you! Gracie is a doll! What a journey, I am anxious to hear more. Love to all

Anonymous said...

Congratulations, Truman family! She is beautiful, and so fortunate to be in your family. God bless you all as you settle in. Praise God for how He has orchestrated every detail, and delights with you. Thanks for sharing photos. Can't wait to meet her and see you! Love to you all,
- Debbie

Paddy said...

Stacey, Mat and Family,
Gracie is a beautiful little girl! So happy that you are home with her. May your journey continue to be joyous and wonderful.
Paddy

Chantelle said...

Cannot wait to see you kids again! I am missing little Gracie's never ending smile! I cannot believe how much Solie is changing! She is making all kinds of noise now and ROLLING OVER!!!! CRAZY!!!
God is so so good and I am happy we got to spend our time with you guys.
Big love
Chantelle

Leah Reeves said...

More pictures please!!!!!!!

Lisa said...

Oh my goodness ... I've been so busy and not looking at any blogs and didn't know you had come and gone. Yet the last few weeks you've been on my mind to call you so many times. She's beautiful ... I must come see her. Now I need to figure out how to get emailed your blog updates.
So happy for you and can't wait to read the updates.
Hugs,
Lisa and family

Chantelle said...

Dear Truman's....Update your blog for gosh sake! We need a Gracie update!
Love
Becking Crew