Lila's Slide Show

Hello All! We are so excited that we passed court today! We are now a family of four and can not wait to journey back to Africa to pick up our little angel. Now that we can show photos of our little love, we wanted to post a slide show that we made when we returned from Africa this summer. Enjoy.

Make a Smilebox slideshow

WE PASSED COURT!!!

We "oficially" welcomed Lila Grace Brown to our family today! WE PASSED COURT IN AFRICA and she is now our little girl. We will be leaving a few days after Thanksgiving to pick her up becasue it takes about 5 weeks for her visa, birth certificate and passport! Thank you so much for all of your support and prayers! We feel so blessed! God is Good! As of today we are a family of FOUR!

Love, Tha Browns

Waiting and Praying

We are still waiting to hear news from the court....I will post as soon as we hear something. Waiting and Praying.

XO~The Browns

Court Date...October 22nd!

Hello all...We got word at 2:30 this morning that our court date is officially this Thursday, Oct 22nd! We are waiting and praying! We also want to say a huge Congratulations to the 4 CCI (Celebrate Children International) families that passed court on Monday! God is good!

God Bless,Holley

Court Date?

We think we have good news to share.... but... we are still a little uneasy. Our agency let us know that we "possibly" have a court date for the 21st. Its not 100% confirmed, but I am holding onto the words "possibly." Please pray that our case is heard and we pass. Its been exactly 4 months and 1 day since we last saw our baby girl. The days are creeping by and the wait seems so long. We are holding onto the hope that Lila will be home for Christmas.

The 1st Annual Mother & Daughter Road Trip!

Last weekend my mother and I ventured out on our 1st annual Mother and Daughter Birthday weekend! My mothers birthday was October 3rd and we decided to take a GIRLS ONLY road trip. We packed our bags, loaded up the car and headed up I-45 to a small Texas town known as Canton. For those of you who don't know about Canton...is is a shoppers paradise. There are hundreds of "booths" filled with anything you could possibly ever want or need. They have a huge collection of housewares, food, clothing, shoes, jewelry, furniture,antiques and even pets! We had the best time filling up our canton "push carts" with more things than you could ever imagine. My two favorite buys were...#1...these adorable bows that I bought for Lila that are so huge, you probably won't even be able to see her head when she wears them!#2....this totally cute sign to hang above Lila's bed that says, "The Lord's Princess." Yes....right now I am obsessed with buying little girl stuff! Poor Ethan...he got a bag of honey roasted sugar nuts...but they are his new favorite snack! Throughout the weekend we shopped till we dropped! It was also a very rainy weekend, but we were not fair weather customers...we bought matching leopard print rain boots and kept on going!

We stayed at a wonderful Bed and Breakfast called the Red Bird Retreat! The owner Peggy is amazing! She is so accommodating, the rooms are amazing and the breakfast is to die for yummy! I highly recommend the Red Bird Retreat!

As our weekend came to an end we headed back to Houston!My SUV could not hold one more thing....it was packed to the brim with all of our stuff! We were ready to get home to the boys and I was making tracks! About 100 miles down the road I saw flashing lights in the rear view!!Yes, I Holley Brown was pulled over! I guess Officer "Nice Guy" had pity on us and let us go with a warning!! Praise God! THANK YOU OFFICER NICE GUY! My mother also thought it was funny for the remainder of the ride home to wave the warning ticket out the window to every other cop on I-45...she would then chant, "Come Back Tomorrow Copper....We Already Got One!!!" Its totally amazing that I tuned out normal!!!

We made it back, unloaded the car and have already booked our room at the Red Bird Retreat for next years 2nd Annual Mother Daughter Birthday Weekend!

Side note....The photos are from my favortie store in Canton...The Rhinestone Cowgirl!

XO~Holley

AS for adoption news....we are still waiting in the courts to give us another court date. We are Waiting and Praying.

I wish I had good news to share

I wish I had good news to share. This morning around 2:30 am I recieved an email that the courts did not open today becasue the judges are making their schedules. I honestly dont know what this means for us. I am very sad and trying to rely on faith...although, in times like these sometimes its very hard. As you can imagine, we are very sad but I am trying to be a "big girl." I just feel like curling up in the middle of the bathroom floor and crying all day. But, I have an 8-year-old and and 20 third graders that are counting on me being "me" today. Pray I can pull it off.

Much Love, Holley

Lila's Day Is Here!

Yes Folks......In Addis Ababa, Ethiopia it is officially October the 12th! This is our big day.....this is Lila's big day! This is the day that Lila will "officially" become a member of the Brown family. Please pray for us to pass court today. Hopefully we will receive a phone call in the wee hours of morning. My stomach is in a knot, I cannot focus on anything but the clock, and I want to jump out of my skin! But......I know God is in control.

To be continued............

Our New Video!

Hello All! We wanted to let yall know that we recieved a new video of Lila this week. Our directors husband went to Addis last month and as kind enough to video our our little love. We were so happy to see her smiling face. She was running, playing catch and kicking a ball. She was also singing and dancing with one of her freinds... it was so cute! She is also getting so tall, her little legs are getting so long.

We are counting down the days until our court date....4 days to go! PLEASE pray we pass the 1st time.

God Bless~The Browns

We Got A New Court Date! October 12th!

Hello All! We have great news to share....Our agency contacted us this morning and we have a new court date on October 12th!!! We are so excited! This means that we will be one step closer to bringing our daughter home. Andrew and I will not be traveling to attend our court hearing, we have someone from our agency that represents us in Africa. After we pass court, we will travel in 3 to 5 weeks to pick up our daughter. What a blessing it would be if Lila was home for Thanksgiving. God is good. Thank you so much for all of your support and prayers.

God Bless,
Holley and Andrew

Our Prayer Request
1.) We pass court on October 12th!
2.) Lila is doing well and that she is enjoying her last few weeks in Africa.

I also wanted to let yall know that Ethan is finally over the Swine Flu and is going back to school tomorrow.