Faith's 9th Birthday

Faith turned 9 years old while we were on vacation in Dubai! It was a fun place for her to have a birthday! For her birthday she decided that she really wanted to go to Motiongate! While we were there she kept saying, "This is the best birthday ever!!" Seriously, it's not very often that you get to spend your birthday at such a cool place!

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Faith's 8th Birthday

Faith had her 8th birthday yesterday. We were all excited to celebrate Faith because she's such an important part of our family! We had decided to keep the birthday celebrations for just our family this year because last year was a much bigger deal. But that didn't make Faith any less special. She's such a blessing to all of us!

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Faith's 7th Birthday!!

Faith turned 7 years old on January 4th. She's such a special part of our family and it was so much fun to celebrate her birthday. She's grown up so much over the last year especially with her new role as a big sister. She's such a blessing and we couldn't be more thankful for her!

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Faith has lost 2 teeth!

Faith has been growing so much! It's crazy to look back a few years ago to when she only had two teeth. Now, she has lost both of those first two teeth.

It's been so much fun for Faith to have her turn at loosing teeth! She loves walking around with a hole in her mouth.

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Faith's 5th Birthday

Faith turned five years old on January 4th!

She was really blessed this year to have her Nammy & Papa here to celebrate with her!

She also got several different celebrations this year because the Christmas Reading had to be scheduled on her actual birthday. The day after her birthday was her big party at her school!!

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Faith turned 4

Faith's birthday was on January 4th and we were all so excited to be celebrating this precious girl! She's our little princess and she has been such a blessing in our family in so many ways!

We had everyone over to our house for lunch that day! Faith was so excited that it was her turn to have her birthday. I still can't believe she turned 4!

Belle is her favorite princess and she had asked me to make a Belle cake for her. She also got to wear a special shirt with Belle!

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Faith's first stitches

I got a phone call from the preschool and the director said, "Faith fell down and you need to take her to the hospital!" I got into the car as fast as I could and soon found out that Faith had a cut on the back of her head. It was obvious that she would need a couple of stitches, but I knew she'd be ok.

I'm actually surprised that Faith hasn't had any other major injuries until now. She's quite clumsy, always falling down or bumping into things. Often times when she's running I find myself yelling, "Faith! Be careful!"

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Faith Day

November 21st is Faith Day at the Saltzman house!! It's the anniversary of when we went to Ethiopia and had her in our arms. A few days later we left Ethiopia with this tiny, precious little bundle! Our lives have never been the same. This girl is such a blessing in our lives!! She's full of spunk and laughter, which is so much fun!

She had been so excited about this day for a while. We had decided that we would go to Johnny Rockets and Faith was ready to order Chocolate flavored Coke! What a treat for her!

It's our tradition for Joseph and Faith to wear Ethiopian clothes on this special day. We talk about how we went to the orphanage in Ethiopia on this day and how happy we were to bring Faith into our family!! Faith got a new name that day! She went from being "Bethlehem" to "Faith Bethlehem!"

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Swimming in May & June

May & June have been good months for swimming! Both kids have grown so much in their swimming skills, it's been so much fun to watch them!

Just the other day they were holding hands jumping into the pool. Joseph said, "I LOVE swimming, Mommy!" Faith said, "This is fun!" My heart is so full of joy when I see my kids happy!

Below you can see a slide show of some more pictures and a couple videos...

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Faith is growing up

It's so much fun to watch this girl grow up! She has such a fun personality. I love it when she gets determined to do things that big kids do.

Just this week she blew me away by deciding to jump off of the diving board! After she does these things she feels so empowered and proud of herself!!

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comparison

Here's a fun comparison of how much these kids have changed in one year. It sure is fun to watch these two grow! Each new stage is so much fun! 

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Faith's Hair

I sure do love Faith's hair. It's different than what I've been used to, but I'm slowly learning how to take care of it. I'm so thankful for the times that I can take her in to get her hair braided at the Ethiopian salon! They are SO good at it! They are also such sweet ladies!

Whenever we get ready to go there, Faith starts practicing the greeting that we know in Amharic. Today she walked into the salon and greeted the ladies. They kissed her and said, "Look how big she's getting!"

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Faith's new friend

One of my new Arab friends has a sweet daughter who is a little younger than Faith. It's so cute to see them playing together. Faith speaks to her friend in English and then her friend responds in Arabic! The other day when they were at our house the girls played dress up...so cute!

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Happy Birthday Faith!!

Faith turned 3 years old on January 4th! She was so excited about her birthday party. I loved hearing her talk about how her friends were going to come celebrate her birthday!! She was most excited about everyone singing "Happy Birthday" and getting to blow out her own candles.

This girl keeps getting more and more fun! She has a wonderful personality. It's fun to listen to her thoughts and watch her play.

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Faith Day Slideshow

Yesterday we had a bunch of friends over to celebrate Faith Day! I wish you all could have joined us to celebrate this wonderful girl! We had ice cream sundaes with treasured friends...what a blessing!

I made a slideshow of Faith. Here it is, I hope you enjoy it: 

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Faith

Faith is growing so much! It's fun to watch her change! She is talking more and more...I love hearing what she has to say!

She always wants to do whatever Jojo can do and that's why she has her backpack on in this picture. Joseph got a new backpack for preschool and we found this one for Faith.

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Conversations with Faith

"What kind of house should we move to, Faith?" "Purple and Pink!" 

"Mommy, I love you a Bushel and a Peck!" "Thank you, Faith!"

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Faith's Quilt

A couple weeks ago, I sewed a quilt for Faith! I've been meaning to do it since before we traveled to get her from Ethiopia. I made one for Joseph before we traveled to get him. Life was much more simple then, I guess. Anyway, I finally finished Faith's quilt and she enjoyed watching me make it! She kept telling me, "I like my blanket, Mommy!" 

I worked really hard to get it finished. I kept thinking of my precious little girl sleeping with her new blanket. I was glad to see how happy she was to sleep in her little bed with her big blanket! 

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Faith turned two!!!

It's hard to believe that our little girl is 2 years old!! She's a very blessed girl...she had 2 birthday celebrations, one in Colorado and one in New Mexico!

Here are some pictures of Faith's birthday:

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Faith Loves to visit!

Here’s a picture of Faith and her Arab friend, Haashem. They’re only a few months apart in age. It’s pretty cute to watch the two of them play together.

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