Oh how I wish it were an easy task to just make a decision. While we were on vacation this past weekend to visit our fabulous friends (pics from that soon) I had this emotion of complete ANXIETY come over me. YOU all KNOW I can't wait to get my hands on our little girl in Ethiopia, to see her sweet face for the first time-hold her and love on her for a week. However I was holding Rylee at the time while he was sleeping, staring at his sweet face and thought "There is NO way I can leave him 2 times for such long trips within a 6 week period to such a far away place". I can't do it. Clearly if i HAD to I would dig deep and find a way.
So I placed an email to our director and asked us what the process would be for one parent to travel for court. It's tenative right now, but after Ryan and I talked about it he was really pretty excited to hear that I would "for-go" my first trip to Ethiopia if we could. The positives really do outweigh the negatives and I am 96% at peace with my decision (I reserved the 4% after I opened up our NEW pics of our baby girl on our way HOME from Vacation last night) But I still really feel good about the decision WE have made. It will save us about $2000 as well, so we're hoping and praying that this is something that works out for us, and the judge will approve just one parent to travel. I have TOTAL faith that Ryan can do this, he has reassured and reassured me that he can do this. Stay Tuned.....
BTW , Ethiopian courts open in like 3 short days! Pray for word on our court date SOON!!!
Monday, September 27, 2010
Monday, September 20, 2010
THANK YOU!!!!
We just wanted to THANK EVERYONE so far who has purchased one of our T-shirts or 3 or 4 or 5..lol! We are so very blessed to have everyone in our lives! To be honest, the money that we have raised for this is such a blessing to help with our adoption costs, but just seeing all of you that are so very dear to our hearts wearing them, makes me more excited than the $$$-They are still for sale, and we will keep our orders open until the 2nd week in December-if you are thinking Christmas gifts, etc please let me know, our next and probably final major order will go in the first week of December!
We have sold over 100 t shirts which has exceeded our "goal"! Courts open in just 10 days, so we are anxiously waiting to find out when our court date will be, which then means we will know when our first trip to see Baby Ezra will be-Lots of mixed emotions right now, can't wait to get my hands on our little girl, but so sad at the thought of leaving Rylee for that period of time and being so far away-please keep us all in our thoughts and prayers that we get through the next 3 months (and then after) without too much chaos!
We have sold over 100 t shirts which has exceeded our "goal"! Courts open in just 10 days, so we are anxiously waiting to find out when our court date will be, which then means we will know when our first trip to see Baby Ezra will be-Lots of mixed emotions right now, can't wait to get my hands on our little girl, but so sad at the thought of leaving Rylee for that period of time and being so far away-please keep us all in our thoughts and prayers that we get through the next 3 months (and then after) without too much chaos!
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
New Video of Baby Ezzie!
So, just got pics last week via email from our directors quick trip out there, and today we got a DVD of all of those pics and live video. Since we can't post pics of her until after our courtdate (which we hope to find out in like 3 weeks)-I will just tell you that she is GROWING! And blowing bubbles, looking around and maybe even has a lil' dimple on her right cheek! She still has TONS of curly hair so I will have my work cut out, OR be setting aside "hair budget" for her for when she comes home! : ) I mean, after all Ryan or I don't pay to get ours done-so what's a lil $$$ to make sure she and Rylee Bona are looking their best! hehe
We are anxiously awaiting courts to re-open so we can find out when our first travel date will be! Then it will be a little easier to "wait" and to have a date to be focused on and we'll have a better, more concrete idea as to when she might be HOME!!! Thank you all for your continued prayers, thoughts, t shirt orders, etc etc! Placing another order next week, so lemme know if you're interested! WE've sold over 100!!! Praise the Lord!!! : )
We are anxiously awaiting courts to re-open so we can find out when our first travel date will be! Then it will be a little easier to "wait" and to have a date to be focused on and we'll have a better, more concrete idea as to when she might be HOME!!! Thank you all for your continued prayers, thoughts, t shirt orders, etc etc! Placing another order next week, so lemme know if you're interested! WE've sold over 100!!! Praise the Lord!!! : )
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