Six weeks down.........

Well it has been six weeks since we passed court and just one day shy of six weeks since I held my little one.
  Will you think with me for just one minute... I want you to imagine dreaming of having a child...waiting for the child knowing he is out there somewhere...holding that child....hugging him and smelling him...listening to him giggle...and then giving that child back not knowing when you will see that little person again.   Perhaps that will give you just a small sense of the challenge that this is for Len and I.  Joshua's room is ready now.  He has some clothes in his closet.  A shelf in the kitchen for his bottles and formula.  I am doing my absolute best to try and stay positive and to rest in the Lord.  I know this is all in his hands but I am so darn impatient!   We still have heard zippo about our Embassy date.  So in hopes of getting my "Ethiopia fix" we are going to Ethiopian Diamond in Chicago.  A good friend that I work with brought us there a few days before we received our referral.  So yummy!  This time we are bringing the girls and some family members and other friends.  I cannot wait to be there and just BE!  Heaven!  Tomorrow is no shoes day....will you have naked feet?  I will!  Please continue to keep those families who are on the paperwork roller coaster in your prayers!  Thanks!

Are Things Coming Together???

Well it has been a busy week.  I would do anything to crawl back into my bed for some good quality sleep in my new and improved bedroom!!!

Len has spent every minute of his entire Spring Break moving stuff, painting and moving stuff again!  The bedrooms look awesome.  The new carpet was installed.  I am still going thru closets, of course, but we have really cleaned house in a BIG way!  Thanks Len, you are a superhero!

On the Joshua front, a couple of things.  I have heard nothing still from our agency regarding being submitted to the US Embassy.  :-(  But we have seen a bit of movement and a God thing for sure!  We need to add our little one to our health insurance.  So we asked our friends at Dove to provide the necessary paperwork.  They did and he will be added on Monday at Maine Schools.  But here is the God thing.....he has a different birthday!!!  Now how can that happen, typing error perhaps.  We are going to celebrate whatever day they give us as we will never know the true birthday of our precious Joshua as we know nothing about his birthmom.  So we have an extension on my dream...can we be in Ethiopia on April 19th?  If so.....we will celebrate Joshua's birthday!

On another "coming together" moment, our backpack that has been on backorder for three weeks for the trip has shipped out of the REI warehouse.  The infectious disease specialist moved up Sarah's appointment from April 8th to April 1st!  So Sarah is ready to go!  And she is just sooooo excited.

I am so thankful for the wonderful little envelope that I opened yesterday from Dove.  It had my little one's birth certificate inside with our names listed as his parents!  So fun to see the real stuff!  Even if it is just a copy.

Please continue to pray for our paperwork as well as the families that are in Ethiopia and cannot move to the next stage in the process to be able to come home.  They are truly struggling and are being tested.  Please pray for their paperwork to be processed so they can come home to the United States.

I told my dad yesterday that we were going to Ethiopia in April, boy I hope so!

Have a restful weekend!

Michelle