Bringing Home The Newest Smith: pictures

6/2/16 Dropping the check in the mail for our first fundraiser

6/9/16 Counting and organizing our Tshirt fundraiser

6/21/16 Signing our contract with our Adoption agency.

7/26/16 The start of our epic yardsale

8/28/16 Our Sweet and Savory Adoption Fundraiser (Thank you to Chef Jeff!!)

8/28/16 Our Sweet and Savory Adoption Fundraiser (Thank you to Chef Jeff!!)

8/28/16 Our Sweet and Savory Adoption Fundraiser (Thank you to Chef Jeff!!)

8/28/16 Our Sweet and Savory Adoption Fundraiser (Thank you to Chef Jeff!!)

8/30/16 Our first homestudy appointment!!

9/4/16 God has given the most amazing community who have loved Lyla from the start

9/6/16 Always organizing our yard sale donations

9/8/16 The cutest yardsale helper ever.

9/9/16 Our unbelievable yardsale donations. God is seriously awe. some.

9/10/16 Yardsale Fundraiser

9/10/16 If I had to show you a picture of God's provision, this would be it. These friends are the tangible hands and feet of Jesus.

9/17/16 These sweet kiddos had a lemonade stand just to help us bring our Lyla home

9/22/16 Always staining and always calligraphy.

9/28/16 Counting our puzzle pieces

10/2/16 Incredibly grateful for this way of fundraising that God gave us!

11/10/16 A big hit for Christmas and our calligraphy fundraiser

11/11/16 Todd is always an amazing helper. And is always calligraphy going on around here.

11/12/16 Mimi and Pop kept M so we could finish 10 hours of adoption training

11/13/16 This is what my November looked like

11/13/16 Our small group has carried us through this adoption journey

11/25/16 More helpers

11/29/16 Mamaw helping to finish our nativity scenes

11/29/16 Papaw and Pop working hard for Lyla

11/20/16 Sweet donations for adoption fundraisers from dear friends

12/1/16 Calligraphy Workshop Fundraiser

12/1/16 Calligraphy Workshop Fundraiser

12/2/16 Calligraphy Workshop Fundraiser

12/2/16 Emily helping to knock more nativity pieces out

Screenshot on 12/3/16. A timely reminder of God's provision and faithfulness.

12/9/16 A fraction of the calligraphy ornaments ordered to help bring our Lyla home. I love that these ornaments will hang on Christmas trees year after year and will always be a reminder of the love of our little girl.

1/2/17 A small collage of some of our amazing family and friends wearing the shirts to support our adoption of our little Lyla.

2/3/17 Our amazing silent auction fundraiser that was not only a blast, but was an incredible tool to show God's glory, when He provided over $9,000 in one night.

2/3/17 Our highly successful raffle that was raffled off and brought in over $2000.

2/3/17 The beautiful night of our silent auction

2/3/17 Silent Auction

2/3/17 Todd and Cody did an amazing job catering our silent auction with delicious Korean food

2/3/17 Laura Lindstrom McGee graciously donated her amazing talents and painting to be auctioned off

2/3/17 Updating our friends and family on God's miraculous provision so far

2/3/17 Silent Auction

2/3/17 When Nikki and Adam won the Mexico resort raffle for their honeymoon!

2/3/17 Silent Auction

2/3/17 Mom and Dad won the painting auction and I couldn't be happier that we always get to stare at this amazing painting!

2/3/17 Silent Auction

2/3/17 Silent Auction Painting

2/19/17 What an incredible truth in "Adopted For Life." We have witnessed this firsthand and know we will continue to experience this in the days to come. God is our great provider.

3/27/17 [The day we emailed Holt to ask for more information on Lyla] I could never explain all of the ways God has spoken to me throughout our adoption process, but they are constant. This picture was incredibly timely, as I was very fearful to email our agency as I knew Lyla's background family history was going to be complicated and have it's unknowns, but God continuously reminded me that He never leaves me on my own. He made me to be strong and courageous.

3/28/17 Again, God holding my hand daily and reminding me of His truths, as we were staring into the future God had planned for us.

3/19/17 Working through the night and couldn't get Lyla's picture out of my head.

3/29/17 Getting Lyla's medical information together to take to our pediatrician. And praying for God's guidance has we hear what our awesome pediatrician had to say.

3/29/17 More reassurance that my only responsibility is to obey and follow Jesus. he takes care of us and the rest.

4/8/17 Constant encouragement and confirmation

4/12/17 Seriously, y'all. Constant confirmation.

4/29/17 Like over and over He reminds me that He is good.

5/14/17 First Mother's Day knowing about Lyla. We bought M a train and L a plane from the cutest booth at the Chattanooga Market. Madilynn picked Lyla's out and we sent it in her first care package.

5/21/17 So we have made these amazing friends (who are actually adopting Maylee, the first little girl we pursued in November 2016) that sent us the sweetest care package when we told them we were matched pending homestudy with Lyla! Matching outfits for M and L.