ABOUT US:
My name is Sandra Collins and I'm
27 years old. Everyone calls me Sandia though (it means 'watermelon' in Spanish
(I'm half Mexican). Thanks Tia's!) I'm a bit of a nerd, quirky, and not
always comfortable in my likes and dislikes. But God has been showing me how to
embrace my uniqueness, as He is the one who made me that way. I was born in
Arkansas and have lived here most of my life. We lived in Lennox, Iowa for a
few months and then in Kansas City, Missouri for 4 years before moving back to
Northwest Arkansas.
KC is my husband and he is 29 years
old. His legal name is Catlin, so don't get confused if you see that on his
Facebook page! He is definitely a Southern gentleman. KC was in the Army and
was deployed to Iraq. He received his Honorable Discharge papers in 2011 and
has been an "ordinary citizen" ever since. KC was born and has lived
in Northwest Arkansas his whole life. His mom and dad have lived in the same
house since he was 6 months old!
KC and I have been
married since April of 2006. KC was the first boy I ever went on a date with
and I was the first girl he ever went on a date with. I was 17 and he was
almost 20. We watched The Day After Tomorrow at the theater. We were both too
nervous to really pay attention to it. Haha! We dated off and on for the next
few years, as he was deployed to Iraq 3 months after our first date. Finally in
the fall of 2005, after dating for our 3rd time, we decided to pray long and
hard about our relationship because we knew we were wanting this to lead to
marriage. Long story short, we got married the following April.
That October we found out we were
pregnant with Caedmon. He was born on May 30th, almost 2 months after our first
anniversary. We were elated! Then in June of 2008, we found out we were
pregnant with Oliver. We were a bit nervous, as we had planned to wait until
Caed was at least 18 months old to have a second child. But we were soon
excited with the idea of them being so close in age.
She’s a beautiful 4 year old from
the Northern region of Ethiopia. We’ve been told she loves soccer and loves to
sing to anyone who will listen. She’s also a big fan of coloring and has
already mastered outlining the characters before coloring them in. She also
loves hopscotch. We were excited to see a short video clip of her hopping from
one side to the other.
Caedmon is 7 years old and will be
starting 2nd grade this fall. He absolutely loves it. He's even
shown a love of reading, just like his mom and dad. He is VERY outgoing and
loves to make people laugh. His love language is affirmation. He loves movies
and quote them as well as his momma can.
Both of the boys are excited about having a little sister. But Oliver has already developed this fierce protection for her. He remembers to include her in future plans already; Caedmon is starting to do this now. Oliver came to me one day and said "Mommy, I wanna go to da beach. Can we go wif *Bertie* when she gets here?" He's never been to the beach before, but didn't want to go without her.
He's always wanting to get things
for her from the store - clothes, toys, books, movies, etc. Caedmon came to me
the other day - out of the blue - and said "Mom, pinky promise we can go
back to Mickey Mouse World when she gets here". He had his pinky sticking
out the whole time he was talking. Haha.
As you can see, we are all SO
excited about Bertie coming home. We should be traveling for our first trip by
the end of June or early July. We’re praying we’re all home together by August.
Feel free to email me at collinsadoptionfund@gmail.com
if you have any questions. I’m happy to talk about adoption.
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