The Girl Who Won Them Over

December 18, 2016 Michelle Cuthrell

Before we brought Joy to our home, I was a bit worried for her.

I mean, we live in boy world. The sound of falling picture frames and clashing foam noodle light sabers is the background music of my life. And I was a little concerned about how I would protect this sweet thing from these gas-passing, constantly wrestling, incessantly-discussing-the-size-and-shape-of-their-poo-and-other-unnamed-things delightful little boys.

And then I watched three boys fall in love in 5 seconds flat with the first child without a penis to ever reside in their home, and I realized that THIS girl — half by means of her affection and charm, half by way of her confidence and sheer toughness — can totally hold her own.

Joy to the World!

December 17, 2016 Michelle Cuthrell

JOY TO THE WORLD! Our girl has come!

Introducing a Girl to Boy World

December 14, 2016 Michelle Cuthrell

On the eve of becoming a temporary mama to a GIRL for the very first time in my home, may I just make a confession?

I'm getting nervous.

Not just nervous about what to DO with a girl. (When all else fails, purchase a 14-pack of bows on Amazon and fake it ‘til you make it. According to my sweet girlmom friend, "The bigger the bow, the better the mama." My new colorful collection of hair accessories says I am a girl mom BOSS.)

But how to protect one in the midst of boy world.

I bought a brush (because getting these boys to use the TOOTH kind is already a battle — I don’t even KEEP one around for the hair), I borrowed boots, I bought bows ... but none of my friends had a full armor body suit in a children’s size 7. Nor did they have gas-blocking nose plugs, noise-cancelling children’s ear phones or booger defense shields that might protect this sweet thing from the waste that is flung from the noses of these boys on a daily basis. And I'm starting to worry about how I can protect this sweet superhero from this lovely mess of dirty, loud and crazy chaos that is about to change her world.

Breaking for Joy

December 1, 2016 Michelle Cuthrell

Our team will return to the blog and Facebook page once our 7-year-old superhero-in-waiting arrives on December 15!

Read about Joy and why we're hosting her HERE.

You can help change Joy's story this winter simply by sharing it! "Like" the Of Capes and Combat Boots Facebook page now to follow the pictures and videos that won't appear on the blog while Joy's here. Or sign up for email alerts.

In the meantime, oogle over THIS precious video, which has our whole team head over heels in love with the little girl we get to call ours for one month this Christmas. <3

#changejoysstory #changetheorphanstory #sharejoysstory

Introducing Joy, Our NEW Winter Superhero

October 5, 2016 Michelle Cuthrell

When a family stepped forward to not only adopt but also HOST Lin, the winter superhero we had thought we would be hosting in just two short months, our family rejoiced.

With Lin’s beautiful forever family submitting the initial paperwork to bring him home, that made 132 million orphans in the world … minus one.

But it left our family with a void. There is nothing we wanted to do this Christmas more than love on and host a superhero who needed a VOICE. Without Lin as our winter superhero, we didn’t know who we should become advocates for.

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