Sunday & Monday

The weather here in Addis has been great! We have had blue skies and sunshine since we got here. The temperatures get into the low to mid 70's during the day and into the 50's at night. Sunday morning I got up ate breakfast and then started feeling very sick on my stomach. I ended up sick in bed all day and all night, I am not sure what was wrong but I felt really nauseous and achy. Thankfully we didn't have much planned since it was Sunday so Doran and Micah just hung out together while I was sick.

I felt a little better this morning and was able to get up and get ready for our meeting with Gail at Layla house. We had great news when we got there! The embassy emailed Gail and confirmed that everthing looks good with our case. :) We were so excited to hear that we are one step closer to bringing our son home. Now we are just waiting to hear if our interview will be tomorrow or Wednesday.

As of now our plans are to travel to Jimma, Micah's hometown, on Wednesday and Thursday.

Micah is awesome. He is doing great sleeping and eating for us. He is a joy and we can't wait to bring him home to meet everyone!

GOTCHA DAY!!!!

We made it to Ethiopia!!! After a long 12 hr.45min flight we got in to Addis Ababa this morning at 7:45. It took a bit of time to get thru customs, get our luggage and find our driver. We got to Ethiopia Guest Home around 9:30, put our luggage in our room, changed clothes and ate a quick breakfast. We were both very excited to get to Layla house to pick up Micah.

Walking into Micah's room was amazing!!! He was standing in the crib waiting as if he knew we were coming. :) He immediately started smiling at us and got all excited when we picked him up. We can't believe how much he has grown! Last time we were here he couldn't stand or even sit by himself. Now he is standing up in his crib and and crawling all over the place. He also has six teeth now and two more that are almost through.

It was wonderful being able to pick up our son and know that he was leaving with us this time. No more good-byes!!! He couldn't stop looking out the window on the van trip back to our guest home. We could tell he was trying to take in all the sights at once.

We ate lunch once we got back then headed up to our room. By this point I felt like I couldn't even think straight, I was SO tired. Thank goodness Micah was also ready for a nap! I was able to sleep at least 3 hrs. and felt so much better when I woke up.

Micah loves to hear himself talk! He is so cuddly and loves to be played with. Nothing blesses my heart more than hearing him giggle as his daddy plays with him.

We still haven't gotten confirmation from the embassy, so please keep praying that everything works out!

Leaving in less than 2 days!

Well we bought our tickets today and reserved a room in Addis. :) Our plans are to fly out EARLY Friday morning and return on Feb. 5th. We are so excited to see Micah again. Please continue to pray that we have a safe trip and that all goes well for our embassy appointment next week.

Our latest Picture

Who couldn't love that smiling face! :)

Hard Week

Well we found out this past week that the embassy didn't have all the information it needed for us to get the Jan. 26th embassy date. It was a HUGE disappointment. We were told that our agency was able to get the new documents and were going to submit them by the end of the week. So now we wait once more to see if they have all the documents they need for them to schedule an embassy appointment for us. We are hoping that we will be travelling within the next few weeks. Please pray that we get a positive answer soon!

True Love

Just a glimpse of our first day meeting Micah. :) We are still waiting to get confirmation of a January 26th embassy date. Praying we are on a plane soon! Just a note, you will want to pause the music at the bottom of page so you can hear the video.

Possible Embassy Date

Well we didn't get the Jan. 12th embassy date but just got an email today that said our agency is estimating we will make the Jan. 26th date. We have to wait to get confirmation next week, once we get that we can start making our travel plans. :)

Still don't know!

Have to wait another day.............

On pins and needles!

We found out today that our paperwork has been submitted to the embassy! We are just waiting to hear whether or not we will get the Jan 12th date or the 26th. Should find out tomorrow! Praying we are packing our bags this week. :)