tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43132057070890813612024-03-08T19:04:14.216-05:00cason & colleencasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12416258814360099224noreply@blogger.comBlogger95125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313205707089081361.post-25659081902598492622018-02-10T00:48:00.000-05:002018-02-10T16:47:47.183-05:00What's in a name?: Junia Aiden Edition
Junia less than 100 seconds old...
So, it’s been a while since we blogged… almost 3 and a half years actually, since that was when we last had a child. Life just isn't as unique as when we lived in Kenya, and we're a little busier than we were then as well.
Regardless, as is our wont, here is a blog about the name we gave to our fourth child, who was born on January 19th, 2018.casonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12416258814360099224noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313205707089081361.post-5844171122107699482014-10-30T02:08:00.000-04:002014-10-30T21:47:51.948-04:00What's in a name?: Blaise Ramsay Edition
“So… you named your kids after cathedral ruins, a thorny African tree… and a nerdy large-nosed Frenchman who died over 350 years ago?”
...
Well, yes. Yes we did.
This is America after all, not Iceland. We can name our children whatever we want.
As is our wont, this is a blog post about the name we chose for our son. If you’d like to read the prior posts about the rock (Cashel) and casonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12416258814360099224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313205707089081361.post-2238807802822820352014-06-21T12:27:00.000-04:002014-06-21T12:27:26.346-04:00Two ThingsPart 1: Finalized
With Judge Petrie! Thanks for the pics, Jenny!
BabyGirl all dressed up for her big dayThanks for the pics, Aunti Michelle!
Acacia Grace officially became our daughter on Thursday… ahh, what a great day! We went before the judge, who happens to be an elder at our church, and swore that we would take care of her, provide for her, and bring her up in a loving home. casonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12416258814360099224noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313205707089081361.post-65667751668645799182014-05-20T00:38:00.001-04:002014-05-20T12:12:57.891-04:00An attempt at an update
These two cuties keep us plenty busy
So... who has time to blog anymore? We didn't do a great job blogging after we had one child (and bought a house in the same weekend), so could we really be expected to blog prolifically now that we have two?
Well, here it goes: An attempt at an update.
We love Acacia. So much. She is such a sweetheart, and has such a fun personality. She casonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12416258814360099224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313205707089081361.post-58412057258266957042014-02-23T17:58:00.002-05:002014-02-24T00:15:46.467-05:00What’s in a name?: Acacia Grace edition
All 4 of us! Cacia was being a little shy
As someone who tends to be cynical and pessimistic at times (my wife says “Ha!” to “at times”), Acacia’s adoption has been incredible so far. To date, it has gone so smoothly, quickly, and easily, that I honestly haven’t been able to enjoy it as much as I should because I keep thinking something is about to go wrong. We have been so blessed by so casonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12416258814360099224noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313205707089081361.post-2032978012971707302014-02-20T17:15:00.000-05:002014-02-20T19:15:41.333-05:00We have a baby girl!
A new little bundle
Colleen last posted on our blog some thoughts she’d been having about adoption because of situations our friends are going through and also because were were starting the adoption process again. Our plan (which, we should have learned by now, never work out like we expect) was to finish our home study early in 2014 with the thought that we would be matched with a casonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12416258814360099224noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313205707089081361.post-65551943446929014532014-01-19T15:38:00.000-05:002014-01-20T17:03:20.246-05:00Adoption Thoughts
Thanks Brian for the family pic!
I’ve been thinking about adoption almost constantly these days. As Cason and I start the adoption process again, and as friends around us are in varying stages of adoption or pregnancy, it has been in the forefront of my mind like it hasn’t been since before Cashel was born. Recently a friend of mine experienced a failed adoption and called casonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12416258814360099224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313205707089081361.post-55870048037134132292013-06-22T07:11:00.000-04:002013-06-23T15:20:53.448-04:00Long Overdue
Wow. We’re the worst. I had every intention of keeping this site updated with monthly-ish posts, but it has been 6 months since we last blogged. I can’t believe it! Actually, I can believe it, but I do wish we’d make more time. Having a new house and baby definitely makes finding time more difficult! Anyway, here’s a brief recap of the last few months with lots of Cashel pictures:
Ourcasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12416258814360099224noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313205707089081361.post-70468966833112577182012-12-23T01:46:00.000-05:002012-12-23T10:40:26.255-05:00So much to be thankful for!
In the court room with Judge Petrie (photo courtesy of Brian Ramsay)
Hey, this is Colleen. I've been waiting to make this post for a while now and I'm so excited to be able to say that Cashel's adoption has been finalized!
Christmas Party! (photo courtesy of Charlie Ramsay)
It is difficult to express how overwhelmingly happy and thankful I am for the blessing the Lord has given us in casonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12416258814360099224noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313205707089081361.post-48175224430849596542012-11-26T00:17:00.000-05:002012-11-26T00:17:14.040-05:00Cashel: 3 Months of our little man
Our Little Bundle (Thanks to our friend Rachel, from Selah Photography, for taking some shots of Cashel)
This cute little guy makes it tough to get any blogging done!
Wow. Being a dad makes it tough to get anything done! I had grand plans for blogging and getting projects completed on our house this fall, but not much of that has happened since Mr. Cashel came into our lives casonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12416258814360099224noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313205707089081361.post-58633033980117827932012-09-16T12:10:00.000-04:002012-09-16T12:12:35.339-04:00The Whirlwind: 2 and a Half Weeks of CashelFriends and Family ~
Thanks so much for your prayers and support for us. Can't believe that Cashel is already over two weeks old! They say time flies once you have kids, but WOW... these two and a half weeks have been a complete blur!
Here's the Cliff's Notes version of the last few weeks for us since Cashel was born August 28th....Colleen and her mom stayed with Cashel in the casonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12416258814360099224noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313205707089081361.post-37265247845472427152012-08-28T15:04:00.002-04:002012-08-28T15:06:18.193-04:00What's in a name?: Take 2
Banner week of all weeks in the Wittig family. Friday afternoon, Colleen and I closed on our first home purchase and immediately began cleaning and moving in. All weekend we stripped wallpaper, dealt with plumbing issues, tore up horrible carpet, and hauled our possessions across town with the invaluable help of my parents and some great friends.
We were in the throes of moving,casonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12416258814360099224noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313205707089081361.post-82906003131932469952012-08-01T20:52:00.000-04:002012-08-02T11:09:39.361-04:00Thoughts on Chicken
I apologize in advance for the type-os and weird links in this post... our computer is not working, so I had to post this from an iPad.
Last week I read in 1 Peter as part of a Bible study with a friend, and it brought to mind the state of moral and political discourse I was witnessing on the internet, especially from Christians. I am primarily referring to what the CEO of Chick-fil-a casonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12416258814360099224noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313205707089081361.post-38428764307849898842012-07-08T18:18:00.000-04:002012-07-08T19:04:14.691-04:00From Colleen
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I thought that we would react emotionally to the news, but I guess we are all cried out from Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday. We are both just so numb... so cold. I found out on my way home from work.&casonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12416258814360099224noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313205707089081361.post-44011933900998867382012-04-04T15:42:00.011-04:002012-04-04T18:28:19.645-04:0048 hours of thoughtsBlogging is therapeutic for me. It helps me organize my thoughts, reflect, and process what has happened. I've reread the post that I wrote after we lost the triplets at least every other month since we left Kenya. It has helped me remember that place... those thoughts and emotions. It's almost like past me is writing to present me. I've seen how I've changed casonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12416258814360099224noreply@blogger.com108tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313205707089081361.post-65206147932743938912012-04-03T10:56:00.001-04:002012-04-03T17:14:01.119-04:00We're losing our sonUpdate on the previous post:
While we were in holding and praying over Asher today, we received some devastating news. The birth father wants to care for his son, so contingent on a paternity test, Asher will be taken from us.
This is the second cataclysmic disappointment for us as far as adopting children in the last year and a half, so we're obviously questioning many things right now.
casonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12416258814360099224noreply@blogger.com32tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313205707089081361.post-72917454675722126902012-04-03T07:16:00.006-04:002012-04-08T19:03:46.738-04:00Call to PrayerYou may have seen from our last few posts on Facebook that our joy in adopting Asher has been devastated with difficult news and an uncertain future. Saturday evening we posted that Asher was officially ours, which, as far a we knew, was true. The only person who could circumvent our adoption was a birth father who didn't know his son existed... which is exactly what happened. We had been casonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12416258814360099224noreply@blogger.com37tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313205707089081361.post-63952177275488296482012-03-31T17:12:00.009-04:002012-03-31T17:27:58.426-04:00What's in a name?
We've learned over the last two days that Asher loves to hold onto our fingers while he's sleeping... and we love it too!
For a few days last week I had been mulling over some thoughts for a blog post about how we'd announce our baby boy's name. I had even typed out a few lines... and then Wednesday happened. Our boy came 2+ months early and ours lives turned upside down with onecasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12416258814360099224noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313205707089081361.post-37444625155354649692012-03-29T12:50:00.001-04:002012-03-29T13:07:02.436-04:00A Large Meatball Sub
My hand on my boy
Wow. What a ridiculously crazy, wonderful day.
Proud momma
After arriving at the hospital yesterday, Colleen was back and forth between Asher and his birth mom all day, which was amazing. My mom got to the hospital in the early afternoon and Colleen's parents arrived a few hours later. Unfortunately, the grandparents couldn't go into the NICU to see theircasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12416258814360099224noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313205707089081361.post-33712293768740622752012-03-28T12:28:00.000-04:002012-03-28T12:28:06.360-04:00Asher Ramsay WittigAs Colleen said in our last post, we are in the process of adopting. I recently started a post with an update on the how the process is going and about how excited I am to be a dad. However... what is it they say about the best laid plans of mice and men?... Ah, yes... they often go awry.
Our birth mother's due date was supposed to be mid-June, so we thought we had plenty of casonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12416258814360099224noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313205707089081361.post-67898973414321035192012-03-03T10:33:00.001-05:002012-03-03T19:01:23.990-05:00Growing our Family!
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Quite a bit has happened since then, so we’ll give you a quick rundown of the highlights... and promise to post more often than every 9 months in the future. Can’t believe it has casonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12416258814360099224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313205707089081361.post-11003638768015072172011-04-08T16:42:00.001-04:002011-04-08T16:52:57.126-04:00Air/Road Trip - CaliforniaIn our last post, I mentioned that we're taking some time to visit friends and family while we're trying to figure out where we want to live and what we want to do next.
We left Wooster on the 25th, and have been traveling around ever since - we've been in Indianapolis, Southern California, and Atlanta so far, and our currently in Marco Island (Florida). Next week we'll go to Fort casonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12416258814360099224noreply@blogger.com0