New Beginnings

Now that we are home with 2 little girls, it's going to be a little harder to keep up with the blogging so we have decided to create a new blog to capture the day-to-day happenings with the Schroders.

We are so excited to begin this new chapter in our lives, please follow us at http://watchourgardengrow.blogspot.com/ .

Thank you for following our journey!

My new room!

Rosa is doing great in her new bed. We had to lower the matress because she loves pullin gup now and I was worried she would fall over. She is crawling all over and I am relieved that she has carpet to crawl on. She fell and hit her head so many times in Guatemala on the tile floors, it was so sad.

Rosa seems to be ok with Max, although he did snap at her once when she was cralwing in his space. We will definitely have to keep a watch on that. We were finally able to hang the johnny jumper we borrowed from our friends Darrell and Ashley and she wears herself out in it. Yesterday she fell asleep in it. She can't wait to get up and walk so she can keep up with Fernanda.


Yesterday Rosa got to take a stroll in the wagon with Bella, she had so much fun!

Change in Plans

Bill & Melodie were not able to get on the flight to Huntsville, so they will arrive in Birmingham later tonight. They are being picked up at the airport there and will arrive home late tonight.

Pray that the girls can handle the change in plans and that they are able to get a good night's sleep in their own beds tonight!

Welcome to the US, Fern & Rosa!!

-Alison

More Delays

Melodie just called. The 9:50 flight has been delayed until 11:00 PM because they had to change out the airplane. When they did, they got a smaller plane and Bill & Melodie are now on stand-by.

All the things for the girls and their car seats are already on their way to Huntsville, so Bill & Melodie don't have enough supplies for the girls if they don't get on the flight. Please pray that there is some way that they can get on the flight and get home tonight.

-Alison

Flight Delayed in Atlanta

Melodie just let me know that they did not make the flight in Atlanta that was set to arrive in Huntsville at 7:43 PM. The next flight to Huntsville arrives at 9:50 PM. Please pray that they can get through swiftly and onto this flight. I'll update you when I hear back from her.

-Alison

Guess where we're going?

That's right, after spending most of the day waiting, I finally was able to get Fernanda's visa appointment for Monday morning, same time as Rosa's!!! Thank you God! Thank you all for praying for us! We are so excited!

So what does this all mean? We are coming home! If all goes well with our appointments, we will be on a flight out of here on Thursday Aug 21st! It is scheduled to get into HSV at 7:43pm. There is a possibility that we may have to take the later flight if we don't make it through customs in time and it gets in at 9:50.

I may not post again before we leave becasue Bill gets here on Saturday and we have a busy schedule for the rest of the week. But I will see you all soon!

August 18th

that is the day we go for Rosa's embassy apointment!!! We are so excited. This is the final step for her. Please pray that everything goes smoothly, that we have ALL the paperwork we need for her and that it is ALL correct. We are hoping to get Fern's stuff moving and get her an appointment near the same date so Bill will only have to travel once. Pray for God's hand in the scheduling!