tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9141018968586799503Sun, 01 Sep 2024 23:11:58 +0000OliviaJacksonpreparingethiopiaadoptionfamily timetot schoolbaby soupgiveawaysmissionspregnancyCompassion Internationalparentinghair careSIMThe Destructorplaygroupprayhttp://raising3babesinthe3rdworld.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Paul and DeeDee)Blogger77125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9141018968586799503.post-1154562408491183267Fri, 27 Aug 2010 01:50:00 +00002010-08-26T18:50:02.239-07:00Check it out!!!  www.aarsethfamily.com We will no longer be posting on this website so please make the switch over! We would really love to have your support on our journey to Ethiopia!http://raising3babesinthe3rdworld.blogspot.com/2010/08/its-ready.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul and DeeDee)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9141018968586799503.post-2379316618386563714Thu, 26 Aug 2010 22:00:00 +00002010-08-26T15:00:34.586-07:00preparingSomeone put an offer on our house today!!!!!! Please pray for everything to work out smoothly! I am so excited and a bit impatient:)  YAY!!! Also, I think our new blog/website should be ready to reveal tonight! Sorry that we are having to switch you over to something new but apparently Blogger doesnt work too well in Ethiopia.  We are pretty excited about this new site though because http://raising3babesinthe3rdworld.blogspot.com/2010/08/please-pray.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul and DeeDee)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9141018968586799503.post-5646096825796705121Fri, 13 Aug 2010 16:36:00 +00002010-08-13T09:48:57.873-07:00JacksonOliviaWe decided to take an impromptu trip down to Austin to visit our friends who just moved there by the lake. Just the kids and I went for a couple of nights since Paul had to work but we had a great time! Jackson and Olivia really enjoyed the boat:)http://raising3babesinthe3rdworld.blogspot.com/2010/08/at-lake.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul and DeeDee)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9141018968586799503.post-8575690150949380289Mon, 09 Aug 2010 18:31:00 +00002010-08-09T11:48:22.356-07:00family timeJacksonOliviaWhile you are patiently waiting for our new ministry website and blog I thought I would give you a glimpse into our lives here in Texas. Last week we went to the rodeo with the youth ministry and Jackson has been asking to go back every. single. day. since. Oh and I have misplaced my favorite camera ( don't worry, grandma and Josies, we will find it!) so you will have to forgive me for the http://raising3babesinthe3rdworld.blogspot.com/2010/08/cowboy-up.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul and DeeDee)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9141018968586799503.post-892156751624068411Thu, 05 Aug 2010 13:57:00 +00002010-08-05T07:08:14.710-07:00preparingWe are home but I am BUSY working on our new website, prayer letters, prayer cards, and everything else needed to start raising support!!! We are already in the "under one year time frame" so I better get to work! I know that the Lord will bring in what we need and I always pray like everything relies on Him but I work like it all relies on me! So stay tuned.......the new website should be up http://raising3babesinthe3rdworld.blogspot.com/2010/08/we-ae-home.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul and DeeDee)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9141018968586799503.post-1425743548087894119Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:10:00 +00002010-07-28T16:13:44.358-07:00ethiopiapreparingSIMWe are currently having missionary training in Charlotte, NC and having a fabulous time reconnecting with all of our friends here. It has been an amazing week and it is only half way over! We are so excited to be able to share all the things we have learned this week with you very soon! Be on the look out because we will soon be changing this blog over to our ministry blog to Ethiopia! (Anyone http://raising3babesinthe3rdworld.blogspot.com/2010/07/hello-from-charlotte.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul and DeeDee)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9141018968586799503.post-5382201266784865306Sun, 18 Jul 2010 18:42:00 +00002010-07-18T14:15:43.975-07:00adoptionfamily timeJacksonOliviaOk so I know I said that I would post yesterday but the connection at Great Wolf Lodge was oh. so. slow. We were very blessed to be given this great weekend trip to Great Wolf to spend our very first family day and we really had a blast! (Most people call it Gotcha Day, as in the day we "got you" and while we like that, we really wanted to focus on how God has made our family special. We http://raising3babesinthe3rdworld.blogspot.com/2010/07/family-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul and DeeDee)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9141018968586799503.post-5440492891637092035Sat, 17 Jul 2010 16:45:00 +00002010-07-17T09:58:20.511-07:00ethiopiaJacksonOliviaI forgot to take a picture of the food because we were too busy digging in....most people don't really enjoy Ethiopian food but our whole family LOVES it. Good thing, huh? We are having a great celebration weekend and I will try and blog about our fun tonight and post it in the morning!!!http://raising3babesinthe3rdworld.blogspot.com/2010/07/ethiopian-dinner.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul and DeeDee)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9141018968586799503.post-777189463152355471Tue, 13 Jul 2010 22:55:00 +00002010-07-13T16:22:05.135-07:00adoptionOliviaA year ago today we walked through these gates and our lives were changed..... So much about last summer is a blur, but every moment was worth all the waiting, preparing, and aching to have her home. This summer, this little princess is still just that a total princess. Yep, she has gone from what Almaz (the orphanage director) called the princess of Hannah's Hope to the princess of our familyhttp://raising3babesinthe3rdworld.blogspot.com/2010/07/year-ago-today.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul and DeeDee)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9141018968586799503.post-3772747522224806239Tue, 06 Jul 2010 21:34:00 +00002010-07-06T14:50:33.156-07:00JacksonOlivia"Do you see that puddle?""YES!"blurry but still cutehttp://raising3babesinthe3rdworld.blogspot.com/2010/07/singing-in-rain.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul and DeeDee)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9141018968586799503.post-1685878824475955985Mon, 05 Jul 2010 00:01:00 +00002010-07-04T17:22:42.521-07:00Jackson: Mom, why are we celebrating the end of July?Me: Well, we are celebrating the 4th of July not the end of July.Jackson: Oh........but why?Me: It's America's birthday.Jackson: Who's America?Me: That's where we live.....in the United States of America.Jackson: no, I live in Texas.Spoken like a true Texan.Jackson, Olivia and the cousins Jordan and TannerOlivia was enjoying mothering Jordan..http://raising3babesinthe3rdworld.blogspot.com/2010/07/happy-4th-of-july.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul and DeeDee)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9141018968586799503.post-8754946047447990836Sat, 03 Jul 2010 15:00:00 +00002010-07-03T08:00:00.362-07:00JacksonOlivia What? You didn't know Santa was a fireman with a princess umbrella in the off season?http://raising3babesinthe3rdworld.blogspot.com/2010/07/dressin-up.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul and DeeDee)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9141018968586799503.post-3670359293858247336Thu, 01 Jul 2010 19:22:00 +00002010-07-01T13:02:07.269-07:00preparingSo part of getting ready for living in Ethiopia is selling our house! (Anyone need a house in a Dallas suburb? Seriously? Anyone?) We got this great rental house in the mean time and we are very blessed at how God has given to our family. Here is a tour of our first step in downsizing! (actually its a nice sized house and not really that much smaller than our other house but it doesn't have a http://raising3babesinthe3rdworld.blogspot.com/2010/07/tour-guide-jackson.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul and DeeDee)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9141018968586799503.post-8154461122798524574Fri, 25 Jun 2010 02:50:00 +00002010-06-24T19:53:48.253-07:00Yesterday I went back to the ENT doctor and he punctured my other eardrum and sucked out some of the fluid so I can hear again! I had this done on the other ear last week so now they both have been done:) I am not back to 100% yet. It still hurting a little bit and popping all the time but this all I can live with until it hopefully decides to heal. I go back in a month for a followup so http://raising3babesinthe3rdworld.blogspot.com/2010/06/i-can-hear-again.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul and DeeDee)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9141018968586799503.post-1710194464745526092Tue, 22 Jun 2010 19:12:00 +00002010-06-22T12:13:24.337-07:00a few days late but you'll want to watch it.....it is pure awesomeness.Dad Life from Church on the Move on Vimeo.http://raising3babesinthe3rdworld.blogspot.com/2010/06/happy-fathers-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul and DeeDee)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9141018968586799503.post-8903580910326754650Tue, 22 Jun 2010 01:14:00 +00002010-06-21T18:18:59.465-07:00Today is Day 12 of my horrible ear infection.....well it is no longer an infection but just fluid still in my ear. I have had an entire treatment of antibiotics, a steroid shot, and a hole drilled into my eardrum and fluid sucked out of my right ear. My left ear however is now the culprit and may need to also get the horrible drilling and sucking. It is not fun but neither is feeling like you http://raising3babesinthe3rdworld.blogspot.com/2010/06/day-12.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul and DeeDee)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9141018968586799503.post-1364020575322738289Wed, 16 Jun 2010 04:37:00 +00002010-06-15T21:41:37.545-07:00adoptionWe have met some amazing people through our adoption of Miss Livi and one of the most amazing moms I have ever met is Kristi Johnson. She is a fabulous mom of 5 with the energy level of no one else on earth. She is truly inspiring with all she does and how she inspires others to adopt. Her daughter Lucy Lane came home from the same orphanage as Livi one year ago (just one month before Livi http://raising3babesinthe3rdworld.blogspot.com/2010/06/lucy-lane.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul and DeeDee)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9141018968586799503.post-6591486884741673618Wed, 16 Jun 2010 00:53:00 +00002010-06-15T18:08:27.698-07:00playgroupSorry I haven't posted in the past few days. I have a horrible ear infection (yes, apparently I am a two year old) and I feel like I am underwater. It is the most annoying feeling ever!! Hopefully tomorrow will be better.Today however, our fun summer playgroup (you can click here for posts from last summer on our old blog) went to the fire station for a private tour!! Some of the kids were a bit http://raising3babesinthe3rdworld.blogspot.com/2010/06/summer-playgroup.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul and DeeDee)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9141018968586799503.post-2927254006869467507Thu, 10 Jun 2010 22:40:00 +00002010-06-10T15:48:30.289-07:00OliviaOlivia started her first day of Tiny Dancers at the local rec center. She is oh so fabulous in her "toot toot."http://raising3babesinthe3rdworld.blogspot.com/2010/06/prima-ballerina.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul and DeeDee)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9141018968586799503.post-6993702793426789096Wed, 09 Jun 2010 02:33:00 +00002010-06-08T20:10:50.825-07:00family timeJacksonOliviaWell, we are all moved in and I promise a tour of the new place is coming soon! The kids are easing into their new summer routine quite nicely. Here in Texas, it is the same temperature as the surface of the sun for most of the day so instead of going to bed at 7:30 like we do during the school year, we take long, late afternoon naps and get to stay up late (you know, like 9:00pm). This way thehttp://raising3babesinthe3rdworld.blogspot.com/2010/06/neighborhood-treasures.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul and DeeDee)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9141018968586799503.post-1842730938696173789Mon, 07 Jun 2010 13:51:00 +00002010-06-07T07:41:03.906-07:00OliviaLet's see we left off with snack time so here is big brother enjoying his yummy PBJthis was supposed to be a pink castle bounce house but because we had to reschedule due to the illness of 2010 we ended up with this cute hot air balloon onedecorating cupcakeslooks like this cutie enjoyed it huh?This is Livi getting her doll from Ethiopia. When we were there I shopped like a mad woman to get a http://raising3babesinthe3rdworld.blogspot.com/2010/06/party-time-part-2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul and DeeDee)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9141018968586799503.post-5695556688115332646Sun, 06 Jun 2010 19:24:00 +00002010-06-06T20:32:56.987-07:00OliviaSo I am too tired to upload all of these tonight so I will post pictures in parts since her party was that cool:) ha. We had a Candy themed party at a nearby park and all the kids seemed to really like it. Here is part 1:What candy themed party would be complete without a lollipop outfit with matching shoes?PBJ circle sandwiches and goldfish for the kidshot pink chinese boxes that say Thanks http://raising3babesinthe3rdworld.blogspot.com/2010/06/party-time-part-1.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul and DeeDee)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9141018968586799503.post-8171256666163852441Fri, 04 Jun 2010 22:25:00 +00002010-06-04T15:55:44.965-07:00preparingYes, we are all moved in and unpacked and well, I am exhausted! Moving is such hard work!!! We have a few more things to do to get completely done but we are finally able to let the kids roam without fear that they will be toppled by boxes never to be heard from again:) I hope to be able to post the pictures from livi's party this weekend. But I'll leave you with a few tidbits I learned http://raising3babesinthe3rdworld.blogspot.com/2010/06/we-are-back.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul and DeeDee)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9141018968586799503.post-1636056720992305329Wed, 26 May 2010 15:00:00 +00002010-05-26T08:00:05.623-07:00preparingWe are almost all packed up and moving this weekend! God has blessed us with a very reasonably priced rental house to have while we make our transition over to Ethiopia! The best part for me is that it is so reasonable that we get to move in and then put our house on the market! Yep, no having to keep it spotless with my little ones running rampant! Please pray with us that our house sells http://raising3babesinthe3rdworld.blogspot.com/2010/05/moving.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul and DeeDee)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9141018968586799503.post-2647781687137110986Sun, 23 May 2010 19:12:00 +00002010-05-23T12:52:51.623-07:00OliviaHappy Birthday to our sweet, sweet angel. We are so blessed to have you in our family. We love you more than words can express. You make our days joyful and our hearts full.The first time we saw your sweet face.First time togetherfirst time in a big girl bedfirst kissThe last 10 months of watching you grow into a little lady have been amazing. We pray that the Lord blesses us with many more http://raising3babesinthe3rdworld.blogspot.com/2010/05/happy-birthday-olivia.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul and DeeDee)6