Wednesday, October 27, 2010
shopping for greer
Monday, October 25, 2010
flights - check / excitement - check
i just got off the phone with our travel agent and have locked in our plane tickets for ethiopia! phew. very exciting and a relief. i was worried because we are traveling so close to christmas that flights would be unbearably expensive, but we are only paying about $150 more per ticket than what we had originally budgeted. also, if all goes well, ethiopian @ir is supposed to be running a sale on flights in february {$999 for a round trip from washington d.c.} so hopefully if our embassy appointment is in february, we can make up the ticket difference then by getting cheap flights. we are officially leaving louisville on december 16th in the evening, and will be arriving back on christmas eve around 6:30 p.m. we're a little sad to be missing ryan's company christmas party and our favorite family christmas eve party, but our little guy is TOTALLY worth it :)
"real life" and blog land}.
Thursday, October 21, 2010
a christmas trip to ethiopia!
Monday, October 18, 2010
waiting for a court date...
so many people have been asking us lately what the next step is for our adoption. sorry i haven't done a great job of conveying that for any of you non-ethiopian adoption folks who might read.
Friday, October 15, 2010
smiling from ear to ear!
we've had several families from our wonderful agency, arise for children, in ethiopia the last week or so visiting their kiddos. one family in particular, lesley and thom, are there now visiting their second son who happens to be in the same orphanage as our little guy. before they left, lesley said that she would try to get some pictures of our sweet nathanel while she was there but couldn't make any promises. either way though, she promised to love on our sweet guy and tell him that his mom and dad were coming to meet him SOON.
Lesley
Thursday, October 14, 2010
adoption is God's plan for us
ryan and i have known for several years now that adoption was God's plan for our family. although until this past year, i really don't think we really had a clue what an important role adoption and orphan care would have in our family. through navigating our first crazy and confusing year of fostering, and also beginning our international adoption from ethiopia, i think He's finally beginning to pull back the curtain a bit and reveal His plans for our future as an adoptive family and as advocates of orphans. and i must say, that we're liking what we see so far!!
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Friday, October 8, 2010
amos story
Thursday, October 7, 2010
court update
we went to court this morning for the boys case. after a 2.5 hour wait, the judge agreed to return the boys to their mother's custody. it was a pretty rough morning but ryan and i are doing alright all things considered. in a way, i'm just glad it's all over. well, except that we now have the daunting task of packing up and moving all the boys' things, and i'm pretty much dreading that.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
it's not too late...
if you're interested in supporting our adoption financially, and would like to get a tax-deduction in the process...it's not too late!
adopted
i was up early this morning putting R on the bus because ryan is out of town. i couldn't go back to sleep, so instead i turned to google reader and boy am i glad i did.