The 20th day of the month rolls around, and it’s time to change the number on the chalkboard.  I remember back to when it read “3 Months Waiting for Baby Sister!” Then as the months went by, it read “16 Months Waiting for Baby Sister!” “24 Months Waiting for Baby Sister!” And now as I look at it, our sweet chalkboard reads “31 Months Waiting for Baby Sister!”  The exclamation point remains, as our hearts are so excited to meet our little one; but more o

The Gladney Center has worked with 21 countries in its 125 year history including: Belarus, Bulgaria, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Honduras, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Nepal, Paraguay, Peru, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Taiwan, Thailand, Ukraine and Vietnam! Learn more about our current International Programs.

We brought home our new 3-year-old daughter from Ethiopia on Christmas Eve 2011.  After over 2 years in the adoption process, I now find myself switching back and forth between disbelief that she is really home and kind of feeling like she’s always been here.  She fits so well in our family (which includes three biological children ages 9, 6, and 4 years old) that when I count up the time she’s