Orphan Sunday video at our church...

1 month down...

That's right we have been on the waitlist for 1 month now. It feels as though this month has flown by, and with the holidays coming hopefully it will go by even faster. I pray we have to wait only 7 more months till we see our precious baby E! At times it stills feels unreal that next year Matt and I are going to be parents.

Check it out...

http://abbafund.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/hadopting-every-waiting-child-in-the-us/

Passing the time...

So I have become one of those bloggers who never posts. But I have been busy busy busy, which is good to help pass the time as we wait for "the call".  Not really expecting that for another 7-8 months though. So what have I been doing?? Well first Matt and I worked hard to make our Halloween costumes. I saw a picture of two little kids dressed up as this and thought it was so cute so I decided to give it a try. Matt made my costume and I made his. Here we are at my friend Rachel's Halloween party...

I also signed up to take a beginning quilting class with my sister and my free time has been spent working on this...I will post pics of the finished quilt once I get it done. The class is at Karen Gray's shop, which I love.

More exciting news!!!

So I have some very exciting news that I have recently been given permission to post. Are you ready for it??? I am going to be an aunt!!! My sister and her husband are expecting and are due at the end of April. Like me, my sister struggled with getting pregnant and I praise God that she has this life growing inside her now. I am reminded of one of my favorite verses: For I know the plans I have for you..plans to give you a hope and a future. God’s timing is so perfect and I am so blessed that our baby will have a cousin to grow up with. I pray that these babies will be the best of friends. I am also very excited that we get to go through the baby planning phases together of picking out our nursery. It is a struggle not to spend all my free time at work looking at baby bedding, cribs, toys..etc. When I see my sister it is also a constant reminder to pray for her, and Baby E as I know he/she has been conceived and is growing and developing at this very moment. Crazy to think about.

Waitlist!

Matt and I found out that as of yesterday we made it onto the waitlist for our adoption!! My heart is just over flowing with excitment. So what does that mean to be on the waitlist? That means that Matt and I will be waiting and waiting until we receive a call saying they have a referral / baby for us. The referral includes pictures, developmental info, and any medical info that they have. Currently the average wait time for an infant is 8 months..but it could be shorter or longer than that. I am so excited!! So after we accept our referral then we get a court date in Ethiopia which will be a couple of weeks later (we do not have to be present for the court date). If we pass court then the baby is ours!!! Sometimes people do not pass court on the first time due to several reasons. So after we pass our court date we make plans to travel over and pick up our baby. Yeah!!

Did you know that there are 147 million orphans out there today? 147 million. In Ethiopia there are 4.8 million orphans waiting for a family to care and love for them.

 
Ethiopian Orphans from Simon Scionka on Vimeo.