All Quiet on the Homefront

Been way too long since we've given updates and that's mainly because it's been pretty quiet around these neck of the woods. As stated in our previous blog, Ethiopia's courts were closed for approximately 6 weeks, which included the entire month of September. That prevented us from seeing any movement on the list for our Oct 1 update.

The cool thing, however, is that three of our very close friends/family have had such excitement in their adoption journeys the past month or so. It honestly keeps us excited and encouraged as we see people around us making strides and learning in their journeys...all different styles and at all different places. One of our friends, a local family in town got news that their local/domestic adoption was finalized and their daughter is now legally theirs. Awesome.
Another dear friend of ours is with her family (husband and 3 kids) in Uganda right now...been there for 2 weeks and won't return until Thanksgiving! Their family is about to grow from 5 to 7...
Once again--awesome.
(This is their family's blog: http://goodnightdreambig.com/)
And Ryan's sister and her family are about to met their daughter (our neice), and welcome her into their family as they travel to China in a few short weeks. What blessings. (http://prestonpartyofsix.blogspot.com/)

The only news we have received isn't the most encouraging. We have to update our home study and the trail of paperwork that accompanies that. We need to have our fingerprints scanned again for the USCIS and we need our immigration approval extended. But ya know what? These are the things that will bring our son home. And although we have so many stepping stones ahead of us to build the trail, it's being traveled down and we're a-truckin along! There are many many many moments I find myself daydreaming about our travels to Africa in 2014. There are many times I tear up with emotion (or slightly panic) when I think about what it will FEEL like to step off that plane with our boy and have him meet his siblings. And both Ryan and I pray pray pray for this munchkin to be the perfect fit for our family. So our minds and hearts are full and anxious.

Ryan and I have also joined the troops over at http://forthefamily.org/ and will be participating as monthly bloggers/contributers for this great ministry. Check out their blog and be blessed by the many fantastic writers!