Court Trip

We got the official word today that we passed court!!!! "Z" is officially our lil man! We now wait 4-6 weeks to get our date to go back to Ethiopia and bring him home. The time in between is when the court is getting his birth certificate and paperwork ready to legally come into our country. We got home this past saturday from what was a very long flight (18hrs) but so worth the trip. We met Z last tuesday for the first time and within the first ten to 15 minutes he was smiling and laughing for us. God is so awesome and He has given us a beautiful lil boy! Also we feel in love with the Ethiopian people! it was such an amazing trip. We went with a group that we feel so blessed to know and we are praying that we get to all travel again very soon! Also something very cool we met Z for the first time on tuesday and Brent and Brooke brought (well mostly Brooke but Brent was there) our newest niece Kyndall into the sunny lil world! Praise God everyone is doing so well!!!! We are truly a blessed family!!! :)

Awesome News

We leave in 13 days!!! We were not expecting to get an update on "Z" before we left and we got one today!!! He is doing really good and we got some more pictures that brought me to uncontrollable tears! I agree with a dear friend of ours that told us that we are going to cherish these pictures later. We definitely do now but i know when we look back years from now these pictures will still bring tears to my eyes. We are so in love and can not wait to let him know!!!! :)

19 Days

We have 19 days until we leave for our court trip!!! We are getting excited to meet "Z"! As long as we pass court he should be home end of January/ beginning of Feb timeline! Which is quickly approaching. We have had people asking so I thought I would post here and give a list of items that we are collecting as donations to take to the orphanage. Please don't feel obligated to donate I just wanted to get the list out there. Here are a few items that we are collecting:
cloth diapers
diaper rash cream
formula
onesies/clothes (any size)
wipes
liquid vitamins
No stuffed animals(they are too germie :) )
We can't leave anything specifcally for Z either, whatever we take is shared by all the children.
We have already started packing and we are getting ansy to get on that plane. Thank you all so much for your prayers!!! :)

Court Date!!

So I haven't been very good about writing but life is flying by and we are trying to keep up! We got our court date on monday for Dec 17th!! Which is great to have a real date to look forward to. We will be in Ethiopia on Dec 14th and stay til the 17th and pray we pass court! The next question has been why wouldn't we and it seems to all come down to if all the paperwork is correct. We have heard of people not passing because someone used white out on their paperwork. We should be good but praying doesn't hurt. If all goes well we should expect lil "Z" man to be home a the end of January( just in time for snow!) We are so excited to be moving ahead in the process. We are also sad and excited for my brother Brent and his wife Brooke who are expecting their second princess in Dec. But sadly she is going to be a hawaiin princess. We are sad to see them leave but are so excited for their next adventure on the little island! So please keep them in your prayers as well. Life hasn't slowed down one bit and then when I think about Z it seems to drag it is crazy and weird how that works! We just wanted to let everyone know our great news.

Thanks!!!

REFERRAL!!!!

Hey Everyone!

Friday we recieved our referral for a 25 month old little boy!!!! He is ADORABLE!!!! We can't post any pictures or post his name for legal reasons but trust me he is perfect!!!! We also found out that he should be home for Christmas!!! What an awesome God we have and He has blessed us!!!! For the blog will will call our baby "Z". We still will be traveling to Ethiopia 2 times. We now will be waiting on updates and our court date. we will let everyone know when we get either one. I can't believe that this is all flying by and i hope it continues to so our little man will be with us forever very soon!!! We also want to thank everyone for all the prayers and support; it has made us feel so loved!!! Thank you! :)

Why are we adopting?

Well, this is loaded question; not really but it is a popular one. Jason and I decided last year that we were ready to see where God would lead us if we completely let go and we are going to Ethiopia. We had been trying for awhile to start growing our family; without luck. We were definitely discouraged but it really wasn't a sob sad story more just ok now what story :) I had begun to ask God some questions about what he wanted from us; after a very serious prayertime God answered and opened the door for us to go on a Haiti medical mission trip. Jason was onboard and so away we went. We had a great experience and kinda found the courage to take new steps when we got home. We looked at a lot of different options and decided on international adoption. If anyone has further questions on the matter we are happy to discuss those in person. :) We went to the first meeting and agreed that our baby was waiting in Ethiopia!

That is why we are adopting; like I said it is probably a similar story to others you might know but we are so excited for our story to unfold.

First Day

To be honest with everyone I am not the tech savy one in this marriage (surprising I know) so be patient with me. We really want to keep everyone up to date on what's going on. It is hard to remember who we have told what to, so please don't take it personal! We are so overwhelmed with support from everyone and couldn't be more grateful for all of you! I will add our story as soon as I make sure I am blogging correctly soon. Please if anyone has any questions please ask! We are happy to answer any questions even the uncomfortable ones :)

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