Thank you for following our journey

Yes, the time has come to end our blog ( 2weeks3bargers blog ). Most of you know we have a lot going on. We are moving two times in the next 6 months.. Once we get settled in our new home I will start blogging again. As a matter of fact I already named the blog.
www.bargerfamilyfun.blogspot.com - So please check back in about 6 months.. maybe 7. It has been so fun sharing our wonderful journey with you!! Here are some pictures to tide you over..
Lots of Love,
The Bargers

Gotcha Day!

It has offically been One year since we adopted Joseph!! Where has the time gone? He has grown so much in the past year. We took Joseph to a Japanese Steakhouse for dinner and he loved it !! We've enjoyed every single second we've had with him this year.. Robert took the day off so they could have some Daddy/Joseph time.. We wanted to make today special and let him know how much we love him. We can't imagine our life without him! He fullfills us in so many ways. I have enjoyed/loved using the "Mommy title" all year!! I love it.. I waited so long to be a "Mommy" We have been so blessed by Joseph.. His sweet little face just melts our hearts everyday. Robert and I love spending our time with him. He has brought so much happieness to our family.. way more than we could ever have anticipated. We love going in at night as he sleeps and just stare at him. Joseph, Mommy and Daddy love you beyond words.. you are the sweetest little boy and we couldn't be any prouder to call you our SON.. Happy 1st Gotcha Day!!!

Catch Up

Yep.. it has been forever since I updated the blog. I think everyday someone asks me.. When are you going to update your blog?? To be honest it is just very hard to find the time. When I get home from work I want to spend my time with Joseph, not the computer and the weekends are just filled with the million things I didn't get done during the week. Here are some pictures from Christmas and Joseph's surgery. For those of you who don't know, Joseph had surgery on his left hand 2 weeks ago today. They separated his fingers and they put a cast on his whole arm so everything could heal. He is doing great. Tomorrow morning he gets the cast off!! He has been such a trooper!!

Happy 2nd Birthday Joseph!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy Birthday to the best little boy ever!! It was such a great day. We celebrated with a party shared by good friends and family. It was all about Blue's Clues here... That is Joseph's favorite show. We are so happy to be celebrating with our son. He has brought us the most amazing joy. We couldn't feel more blessed.
WE LOVE YOU JOSEPH!!
Mommy and Daddy

Our Trip to Arizona

I wanted to share some pictures with you from our trip to Arizona. Joseph and I flew out on July 30th and stayed for about 5 days. It was a great trip! He finally got to meet his Grandpa Jeffy. It was a wonderful time for them to bond. Grandpa Jeffy enjoyed every single second with him. And of course Grandma Jeanne enjoyed him just as much. We basically just layed low.. it was VERY hot.. I mean HOT!!! If you turn your oven on 500 degrees and open the door you might get the idea of what it is like.. I hope you enjoy the pictures!

Update on Miss Sophia

Just wanted to thank everyone for praying for Sophia! She went into the hospital on Wednesday ( 7/23) and was released Friday(7/25) at noon. She is doing very well...Tricia said she is back to her old self and is healing very nicely. I believe she has 1 more surgery to go and that will be this fall. Again, thanks for praying for her.

Miss Sophia!

I'd like to take some time and share about my friend Tricia's daughter Sophia. Tricia and I were on the same path with our adoptions. We had the same dates and planned to travel together along with Kateri. Well, as all of you know the wait continued to grow longer and longer.. Shortly after Robert and decided to adopt Joseph Tricia and her husband decided to adopt Sophia.. They traveled to China 2 weeks after Robert and I. Tricia and I have become good friends over the last 2 years..she has been a continued source of encouragement since we've both been back from China. She is a great mom and her kiddos are blessed to have her.

Tomorrow Sophia is having surgery so I'd like it if you could say some prayers for her. I had Tricia email me about what exactly they are doing so Here is what she said. "Sophia's story:
Sophia was born 9/1/06 in Luzhou City, China. She is from the Sichuan Province. This is the province where the earthquakes happened in May. Sophia's "Gotcha Day" is March 17th. She was born with cleft lip, cleft palate, and an imperforated anus. Her cleft lip and imperforated anus were surgically corrected in China. Her imperforated anus was sugically corrected September 22, 2006 at the Luzhou City Medical Hospital. Unfortunately, the surgery did not fully correct the problem and she will be having reconstruction surgery this fall. Her cleft lip was repaired in March of 2007. Her palate surgery will take place on July 23rd at A.I. Dupont Children's Hopsital in Wilmington, Delaware. She will be in the hospital 3-4 days after her surgery!

Please keep the Hostert's in your prayers... Sophia is such a sweetie and Tricia and I have started planning an arranged marriage for her and Joseph =) ( Just Kidding!!!). Here are some pictures to share.