Decisions

We had to make a decision.  Will's orphange can not wait any longer for Abigail's paperwork to be completed.  So, we have agreed to send Will's papers to court.  We will just keep praying that Abigail's paperwork gets done. 

Still waiting on Abigail's paperwork

Will's paperwork has been done.  However, Abigail's has not.  We don't know why.  But, her orphange has not gotten it done yet.  This is what has been holding us up.  We just found out we may have to travel twice.  We are waiting and praying Abigail's paper work will get done and we can get them together.

We didn't even know until now that it would be possible to go twice.  Apparently, this has happened before.  We will do it if we have to.  But, it will cost a lot more and it will be heart breaking to not bring them both home.  Also, we don't know how to work it out.  Who goes for the second trip and who stays behind.

Sue had advised us from the start that Abigail's orphange was slower in getting the paper work done. 

More pictures

We just got more pictures and a video. Will is such a charmer!!

We could have our children home by October

If the embassy does not close down for the rainy season. Then, we could have them home in October. Otherwise, it will be sometime late November or December. Still, this would be before christmas.

Sue found out the courts would close. So, it looks like Nov 3 or 17th for a court date. She says she is sorry this will take so long. It is not so long when you are used to China.

Abigail medical issue

We got Abigail's medical report. She has a misshapened head. It says there are no neurological issues. The agency wants to know if we still want to adopt Abigail. We said we would pray about it. But, we already feel she is ours. We could run into issues if she were our biological child.

I did some research on the internet. This is not necessarily a big issue. If she was in the US then they would do a simple MRI to make sure there is no swelling and put a helmet on her head. However, she is Ethiopia. We will just have to get her home.

Our pediatrician is not concerned.

We called the agency and told them. It doesn't matter. Please, proceed with the adoption.

Sending toys

We were able to send toys to Will and Abigail.  Just something small.  We sent a photo album to each.  We sent a little play phone to Abigail and a couple of cars for Will.  Brooke and Katie Rose picked out the toys, of course. 
 

Everyone comments on those eye lashes

Will has the longest eye lashes! All the ladies are jealous. Of course, the orphanage is putting him in whatever close they have on hand. We have a picture of him (which I will not post for his sake) which shows him in a shirt with pink writing saying "I'm a cutie!" How embarissing for him.

I'll save it for his first girl friend :)

Pictures of Will

Pictures of Abigail

Issues with Abigail

We were told that Abigail's orphanage is slow. We should perhaps consider another child. Sue would let us know if there was another girl in Will's orphanage. She removed them both from the listing of children.

We had decided on Will but would let he know about Abigail. More praying.

Choosen

Becky called me at work. There was a baby girl on the website. She had just been posted. She wanted to know what I thought. I signed onto the website from work. She was so beautiful. Becky was already in love. We said we would both pray about it and look more when I got home. Becky call the agency. They said she was available, just let them know.

When I got home, we looked again. We were both sure. Then, we found Will's picture. I was sure of him.

How do you choose?

The process for Ethiopia is so differnt from China. With China, they select the child for you. (Of course, we know God really does this). But, with Ethiopia, we were presented with a photo gallery of children, beautiful children, all in need of a home. To make things more difficult, the children come with a history. You get to read some of their story. You find your heart going out to all of them. We looked a lot at the children. We had considered many of them. Sue, with the agency, was trying to convince us into two boys ages 7 and 5. That's the same age as Brooke and Katie. We would have virtual twins! We did pray about them. But, we really wanted younger and did not feel God was telling us that these were our children. We did not want to change the age order. We felt Katie was ok with this. She likes being the baby. Brooke likes being the oldest. It would be difficult for her if she wasn't.

- Bill -