Still waiting....and shots today!

Well here we are, still waiting...haven't heard a word.

The only thing I have heard was that courts will stay open until Aug 8th, then they close for a month and a half. So if we don't get our court date before they close, then we are looking at not meeting our son until late Sept, or Oct, then waiting for embassy etc etc...won't be until Dec or even 2012 before Abraham can come home.

Waiting is so hard.....

Jeff and I both got our Hep A shot today..we opted out of all the other options.....Jeff has a phobia of needles and he had to lay down as he turned white and started breaking out in a sweat! I always thought his fear of needles was exaggerated...guess not!

They are a few families that have letters to give to Abraham..so at least he knows we are thinking of him.

I am hoping the next post here is entitled, WE HAVE OUR COURT DATE!!!

Until next time.........

And even more waiting....

It's been 2 months now since we accepted our referral for our son.  On June 10th we FINALLY received the picture of our boy opening up his gift package from us. We also found out that our case has been submitted to court as of May 31st.  So we are in the system there and now we just wait for the official court date for Jeff and I to appear in court and legally adopt our son.

He now officially knows about us, has seen our faces and knows he's being adopted and coming to live in a place called Maine.

Can you imagine what is going through his mind as he lays down at night to sleep?  "Will I like my new family? Are they nice? Will they like me?"

Someone did share with me that they knew of an adopted child who told them that they used to lay awake at night pondering those very questions, and they were 6 yrs old at the time. 

Big changes for this little guy.  We know we are gonna love him to pieces and that our family is one crazy, fun and laughter filled home, but he doesn't know that right now.  All he knows from the pictures is that he is gaining 7 siblings, a dog named Patience, 3 cats and his new house is brown and there are lots of trees.  Snow..what's that?

We have been blessed by so many families that are going down for the court dates, they have been gracious to snap pictures of our handsome son. And oh is he handsome!  His smile is contagious! And each family that has met with him has said the same thing..."yu have the most wonderful son, he is a super sweetie! He's so cute! He's not shy, quiet, but not shy, he will hold hands and he participates in everything....."

And the best info we received from 1 lady was that "Abraham is the top in his class, he is so smart and always is ready to give the answers in class."  I pray that someday that flows into always being ready to give an answer to the hope that lies within you..the hope of the Gospel of Christ..oh may our son be a godly man!

So maybe the A Beka Kindergarten curriculum will be way too easy for him?  Oh well, it will be great to start with that so he can learn English anyway..we'll breeze through the easy stuff.

These families have also been so kind to deliver letters to Abraham. Kiara and Kayla have been busy drawing pictures for him and I have printed out other pictures of our house, pictures of his picture on our fridge so he can see how excited we are to have him.  So far he has received 2 letters from us, a 3rd letter just went out yesterday in the mail to a dear Christian family who will be leaving soon for Ethiopia to pick up their 11 yr old son. She said she would try really hard to not only take pictures of Abraham, but also video! I told her we haven't heard his voice yet and she said she will get him talking for us..I am going to bawl!!

I can't wait till it's our turn to bless these families and take their letters to their children for them and take pictures of their children for them.  We are waiting on pins and needles everyday, hoping that "You Got Mail" noise is from AAI saying, we have your court date..buy your plane tickets...

I love you son..my dear sweet Abraham. Mommy is praying to hold you soon.  Until the next update.....

Teach Me Lord to Wait.....

Many have asked how's it all going, has Abraham received his packet yet, does he know about us yet? Do you have a court date yet...

Well.....I don't know is something I have been saying alot lately.

This waiting time is truly the hardest...more so than all the paperwork and homestudies...knowing that we have this sweet 6 yr old son in Ethiopia that will be in our home and yet we can't even say hello to him right now, this is so hard.

Most people say that this is the time that you read up on all you can about Ethiopia, older child adoption etc..

So here's something I have found out, not sure how much of it is true but it caught my attention because we live in Maine, and in Maine you hibernate for almost 4 months in a year...what I mean by hibernate is that we don't step foot outside (at least I don't) and you stay inside cuddled by a heater...or as I call it...My Precious....:)

Anyway, I read an article that spoke about Ethiopian children and vitamin D. These children, while in Ethiopia, spend a lot of time outside..playing etc.  And they absorb a lot of natural sunlight. It gives them great health usually, lots of good natural vitamin D.

However there were some folks who, like us, live in cold climates where we don't venture out as much, and they found that their adopted Ethiopian children were getting sickly, almost had autistic type symptoms which they linked to lack of Vit D..interesting....

So Abraham, mommy will be stalking up on Vit D for you when you come home!

A few weeks ago for my birthday we went to the MassHope Convention in MA.  I was so excited as I purchased the entire A Beka Kindergaten curriculum, same one I used for Kayla and Kiara, for Abraham. I know some of it will be easy for him, but I can't think of a better curriculum to start him out with his English.  I stare at it everyday, anticipating the day we tear it apart and open the books to Day 1 and hearing him say A is for Apple, A says A..A...A.....

Waiting is hard but I am trusting in the Lord's timing and praying that Abraham is safe and healthy and I hope I get news soon that he knows about us.  If he does know, then I hope that sweet smile of his is even bigger now.

I love you my son...keep smiling knowing we are coming soon.