Were so happy-so happy TOGETHER!!!

It has been awhile since I last updated our blog, but we are doing well and life is so good. We are just absolutly all in LOVE with Hadassah Zafua. We have enjoy every day with her. We see Gods awesome love and ways as we look at her. We are in awe at the miracle of all 4 of our dear children. Life is a MIRACLE. We are fearfully and wonderfully made. It is so amazing to look at her and think where she has been in her little short life and know know she is home with her family by Gods grace for us all. We are thankful beyond words. How great is our GOD!!!

Its a WONDEFUL life!

We are enjoying all 4 of our children! We had a fun harvest party and all dressed up. Cecilia and Hadassah were princesses, mommy queen, Dominic king, papa and Remi were pirates. Here are a few other photos of our doll. Cecilia and Dassie have an amazing bond!

JOY

We are all doing great! Our little miracle Hadassah Zafua has been home almost 5 months now!!! She has brought us unmeasureable JOY! We are all so in love with her. She has the most amazing way with people. When you hold her her reaches our and gently touches your face and smiles at you. She is now crawling and pulling to stand at nine months! She is so precious and sweet. She knows her mommy and papa is very attached. She is still nursing and finds comfort in being close. Hadassah is in love with her brothers and sister and thinks they are very entertaining and laughs at them. She loves to play peek-a-boo and responds with belly giggles. She has really thrived and is gaining weight. She is now almost 20 pounds! She is so affectionate and loves to give kisses and snugle. She is a delight! We are so thankful for her and look at her with admiration, love, and hope. We know God has great plans for her life. Because of her beaming way other families have approached us and asked about adopting from Ethiopia.

Dominic is almost 5 and is doing great. He is very smart and loves learning. He loves to be with his family and is very protective of his brother and sisters. He is so affectionate with Hadassah and he and Cecilia have an occacional disagreement about whose turn it is to hold her, for how long, and who she like best!

Cecilia is 4 and is doing well. She is growing up into a wonderful little girl. She is an amazing help to me with everything. She is in love with Hadassah and never seems to tire of her. She is always wanting to hold her, change her, feed her, and bathe her. Cecilia and I love to do art projects while the boys play wild with swords and Hadassah sleeps. Cecilia is so fun!

Remi is a cuttie pie. He just is so charming and it covers up for so much mischief. He has a sparkel in his eyes and an adventure to discover all the time. He makes us all laugh and enjoy simple things. He brings life to our family. He is very possesive of Hadassah and gentle with her! He has done so well with having a new baby in the family. He does not like people to ask if they can take her home. That will set him off!

We are so thankful and humbled by the precious gift of our children. We know raising children is a great responsibility and we rely on God for his wisdom, grace, and prespetive.

LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Billings Gazette Article

Today August 27th there is an article in the Billings Gazette about our adoption experience. For those of you who are looking at our "Blog"for the first time today I want to say thank you for your interest and care for adoption and family. I encourage anyone intersted in helping children around the world and specifically Ethiopia to consider sponsoring a child through Mission of Mercy. We visited the project in Addis Ababa and it is truly and amazing place that is doing a beautiful work for the children. There are 600 children waiting for sponsors. Some truly are waiting outside because they are not sponsored. I detailed our experience here on the blog at "our day with mission of mercy." To learn more about sponsoring a child go to missionofmercy.org
To get the clearest picture of our journey to Ethiopia go to "Update from Matt and Amanda in Ethiopia"
If anyone wants to contact us with question you can email us at matthewdesarro@hotmail.com
A little update. Hadassah is now 12 pounds she is getting chubby! She is full of life and doing amazing! The kids are so in love with her and continue to care for and love her in such a tender way. We thank God for the gift of family! How could we ask for more. We are truly blessed! May God recieve all the glory and honor for bringing our little Hadassah home!

More to come from the DeSarro Family!

This picture was taken Sunday the 22nd of July. We were blessed to share about our trip at church. Our family is all together now and we are all so full of peace and our heart are overflowing with JOY!
As far as the "blog" there is more to come. We still have not shared our last 2 amazing days in Africa or our incredible homecoming. We are so thankful to so many of you who have blessed us and been such an important part in seeing Hadassah come home to her family. We love you all and thanks God for the wonderful friends and family we have to share life with.
Cecilia and Hasassah are wearing matching outfit from my uncle Robbie and aunt Susan. Ceci has been waiting to ware them for at least 3 months and was beside herself Sunday morning when she got to dress her sister and then herself in these beautiful outfits. Rob and Susan are so special to us and are blessed to have 2 of the cutest little ones from Ethiopia. They have darling brothers who are 1 and 3. We used the same agency and had wanted to travel together, but their process went a little faster. We are so excited to have Ethiopian cousins! We love the Wempe family!
So check back there will be more to come in the next week or so. It is hard for me to do Internet as you can imagine with 4 dear little ones. We only have dial up which does not work with pictures so I have to go to the ranch. Thanks again to all we love for being a part of this joyful experience!

Little "Dassie"

Sweet sister Cecilia fondly calls her baby sister "Dassie."
I have to say it is cute and we love it when the kids say "you fill my heart with sunshine my little Dassie"- Dominic
It is easy to see why we are all so happy and having such an awesome time having our little one home at last.
Hadassah has gained almost 2 pounds since we have been together and is now 22 inches. She was just so tiny! She is now outgrowing new born clothes and diapers. She is doing awesome. She is so full of smiles and life. She is bright eyed and smiling almost all the time. She has slept through the night twice now. She loves to nurse and I am praying my milk supply will continue to increase because she is a hungry growing baby! When we smile at her she raises her eye brows and smiles back. She is now giggling- life is AWESOME!!!!

Little baby doll

This picture is for her mammy Janice. She loves this picture. This was taken our third day with our darling. Oh she is a sweet heart!!!