TODAY WE RECEIVED OUR PROPOSAL!! That's right. We have a very special little girl coming to us. She is 5 months old today! Her birthday is May 18th. She weights approx 15 lbs and she is in good health. She is absolutely gorgeous :-). Now the real wait begins. We still have to wait for immigration and for the Ethiopian courts to legalize the adoption. We have been told that this process takes between 4 and 9 months. Jeremy took the afternoon off from work and we took the boys out for ice cream even though it was raining. I don't think it has really sunk in for them yet. Tomorrow or the day after, Jeremy and I will go out for Ethiopian food to celebrate. A couple of days ago my sister in law asked me what I wanted for my birthday (which is coming on the twentieth) and I told her that all I really wanted was our child proposal. I knew was going to be soon, but I didn't really think that it would actually come in time for my birthday. Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me, happy birthday dear me... Yeah... I'm just a little giddy. Sorry for the super giant font... can you tell I'm a little excited?
Our family's journey to bring our daughter home to Canada from Ethiopia. We are waiting for a travel date to bring home our beautiful little girl. Our adoption agency is CAFAC and we have been in progress for nearly two years so far.
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4 comments:
good for you..happy happy birthday and have fun....
Yay yay yay yay! So happy for you guys! A very happy birthday to you Leah :)
More congratulations for you! Thanks so much for sharing the special news. We are excited every time we hear another family will soon be united with their little ones. It makes all the waits and frustrations worth it in the end.
Now we'll count down to your travel date! We're praying for everything to be speedy for you.
Sheri
Congratulations!!! We are Bill and Lisa. We received our proposal 21/2months ago and can't wait to also go get our girl who is two. All the best to you!!
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