On Cloud Nine

I am sorry it has been a while since I have posted. I am trying to get our soon-to-be son's blog up and running. It is started but not very far. Check it out at ourinvisibelly.blogspot.com.

We received our court date for Ethiopia last week. The date is only 6 days away now and came faster than we expected. Seems like everything with this adoption since the first of the year has been very quick. So the court date is scheduled for April 23rd. As long as everything goes okay with court and we get the birth certificate quickly, we will be traveling a few weeks from that time. It is so unreal to me that this has actually happened and we have arrived at this point.

We are busy trying to get everything ready. I am studying and poring over others packing lists and trying to figure out what to bring, especially for a boy whose size we aren't really sure of. We will probably ending up bringing things in several sizes.

We have been trying to contact the guest house in Ethiopia that we most want to stay at. It is not fancy like the Sheraton resort in Addis but looks very nice and we have heard excellent things about it. From emails and other's comments, I already feel like I know the woman who runs the place, Helen. So we hope she will have room for us. It is much cheaper than staying at an American hotel and much more of an experience. Perhaps we will stay at the Sheraton one night??

I discovered today that we get custody of our child as soon as we are in Addis and ready so that is very exciting. I thought we would have to wait several days. It seems to be different with every agency.

We are also trying to find a place to move into in Aurora before we travel. We decided that it would be best not to uproot our little one again so soon. So we will try to find something and just move the necessities before we go.

We will receive all our immunizations on Arpil 29th. I believe we will be getting: Hep A, Typhoid, Yellow Fever, and 2or 3 more. We will also be given sleeping pills for the plane ride and jet lag, Malaria meds if we decide to leave the capital city, and a treatment for Scabies which we have been told our little guy has. I am not too fond of needles so this will be quite the adventure for me. Maybe it will cure me!

I am also trying to order and purchase all the things we will need for this new baby. Not a whole lot but definitely still keeping me busy.

It is such an exhilirating time for us but please remember us in your thoughts and prayers. May God be with us in all the details and preparations.