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We will have court on Tuesday and come home on Wednesday. I'm thinking I wont blog over the next few days just because we are so busy it is hard to keep up with it. Everything is fine and we are doing really really good. I am working on a post about why I respect the process to adopt from Eastern Europe and I can't wait to finish it.
Love you all!
Friday, February 3, 2012
Today was a good day.
Thursday, February 2, 2012
How court went today..
Court didn't go as we expected. We were there for an hour and a half and I thought it was going pretty good (as good as that sort of thing can go), she was asking us tons of questions which we had great answers for (well at least I think so) :) then she said she needed to take a break. She came back and said she wants us to have psych. evaluations done in Eastern Europe before she will decide. We are going back to court tomorrow at 10am and she will tell us where we will be going for our evaluations then we will go back one day next week for court where she will decide if we can adopt Baby A. I am of course bummed out but I am also filled with peace knowing that God is sovereign over all of this and I fully trust Him! Love you all! Please keep praying! Please don't post our names or Baby A's name if you ask others online to pray about this for us. I DO NOT want the media over here finding out what is going on!
I was listening to Emilio's sermon on Philippians 4:1-7 before I went to bed last night so I was filled with peace as the court hearing was going on. I kept saying Philippians 4:4-7 over and over and over during court I kept saying my hope is in the Lord not in what this judge tells us. God is faithful and amazing and right in all He does and I trust Him!
We love you all!!! Please keep praying for us and for the judge!
Please don't post our names or Baby A's name if you ask others to pray for us online. We DO NOT want the media over here finding out what is going on.
Love you all!
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Day 7 (2nd trip)
Sorry I didn't post anything yesterday I totally forgot to do it...
This wont be a long post either because we still have a lot to do to get ready for court.
I am so blown away by God's faithfulness to us. It amazes me that in 12 hours we will stand before a judge and tell her why we want Baby A to be our son. God has blessed us so much and I can't wait until Baby A is officially our son.
We are going to let y'all know (hopefully tomorrow) if the judge approves our adoption but it is EXTREMELY important that you all know you CAN NOT post online anywhere his name and say he has been adopted until after the 30 day wait is over. I know it's lame but it could result in us not being able to bring him home if we don't do this the right way. I am totally bummed out that we can't share his name, pictures or any of the fun details but in 30 days you had better believe that you will be overwhelmed with the amount of pictures and details you will be seeing. And when I give the go ahead you can post details wherever you want :)
Please be praying for wisdom for us during court. I am so nervous and so ready for court to be over. More than anything we pray that God is glorified through all of this and that His name will be made great. This has nothing to do with us but everything to do with glorifying our great God and savior.
This wont be a long post either because we still have a lot to do to get ready for court.
I am so blown away by God's faithfulness to us. It amazes me that in 12 hours we will stand before a judge and tell her why we want Baby A to be our son. God has blessed us so much and I can't wait until Baby A is officially our son.
We are going to let y'all know (hopefully tomorrow) if the judge approves our adoption but it is EXTREMELY important that you all know you CAN NOT post online anywhere his name and say he has been adopted until after the 30 day wait is over. I know it's lame but it could result in us not being able to bring him home if we don't do this the right way. I am totally bummed out that we can't share his name, pictures or any of the fun details but in 30 days you had better believe that you will be overwhelmed with the amount of pictures and details you will be seeing. And when I give the go ahead you can post details wherever you want :)
Please be praying for wisdom for us during court. I am so nervous and so ready for court to be over. More than anything we pray that God is glorified through all of this and that His name will be made great. This has nothing to do with us but everything to do with glorifying our great God and savior.
So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. 1Corinthians 10:31
Monday, January 30, 2012
Day 5 (2nd trip)
Today was our best visit yet! Baby A is back to normal and was a joy to be around today. He was happily playing in his bed when we got there. His nanny fed him breakfast then sat him at his little table so we could play. The first time we went to Eastern Europe I was a nervous wreck the whole time he was at his little table but today I was fine. He is very strong and sits well by himself. We played with his race cars and made cool car noises. Then he wanted to take a ride in his new car so we did that for a few minutes but he decided he wanted to go in his old car so one of the nurses put him in there. He loved the freedom of moving around where ever he wants on his car. All the nurses would ask him "where is Papa?" and he would point to Jason and say "tom" which means there, then they would say "where is Mama?" and he would point to ME!!!! and say "tom." He now knows that I am Mama!!! If they ask where Olga is he points to his nanny. Then it was time for our lunch. They are so excited to feed us lunch. Olga told us there is an old proverb that says something like you should treat your guests better then you own father. She is always very hospitable. We had chicken noodle soup, apples, and oranges. It was really good thankfully because if it wasn't I'm sure we would still eat it just to be polite. After lunch we played with Baby A while he sat in his bed. Jason had Baby A cracking up by having a frog puppet eat the finger puppets then spit it out. Baby A loved that game and kept handing the frog to Jason when he would put it down because he wanted to keep playing. Then I asked if I could pick Baby A up and his nanny explained what spots hurt on him and told me the best way to pick him up. She handed him to me because at first he didn't want me. He wanted his nanny but he let me hold him for about 15 minutes. We walked around and I told him what everything was in his room. We even danced a little which I loved. He is such a sweet baby and is getting very friendly.
Kenya I was showing Baby A your picture and I would say "this is your sissy" then I would say "where is sissy?" then he would point to you picture and say "tom" which means there. He knows that you are his sissy. He loves looking at your pictures. Kenya Baby A only likes to go to sleep in his stroller so you will have to help me get him to sleep by pushing him all around the house in his stroller. He is going to love having you as his big sister.
Toward the end of our visit he was getting really tired so his nanny had Jason go out in the hall and push him in his stroller to get him to sleep. It was so sweet getting to watch Jason put him to sleep! While they were doing that Baby A's nanny, our translator and I all had a great talk. His nanny told my how glad she was that he was going to our family. She said as soon as she heard he had a family she started praying for us. She said she loves him and will miss him but family is best. Then I told her how excited we are to be taking him home but I am also so sad for her because I know that he is like a son to her and she is going to miss him so much! We talked for a long time and I told her that we would keep in touch and we will send her pictures. She told us how sick he was when he first got to the hospital and how he wouldn't even eat from a spoon when he first got there. He couldn't even hold his head up and she said he was covered in blood when they got him to the hospital he is in now. He was 11 months old when he got transferred to the hospital he is at now. I told her how thankful we are for the care he has received. It was a really neat time of getting to know her. She really loves us so much and I think the first trip she was just trying to figure out if we really loved Baby A and were willing to take care of him. Once she realized that we do love him I think that changed everything. I love her so much and my heart is truly broken thinking about how sad she will be once we do get to bring him home. After that we headed home. I can't wait to go back tomorrow. I started recording our conversation so I can show Baby A when he is older. I have a lot more questions I want to ask her tomorrow so hopefully that will work out.
We are going to spend the rest of the day hanging out at our host families house then tomorrow we will get to see our sweet boy again. I am going to miss him so much when we come home we have really bonded a lot this trip.
Love you all!
Kenya I was showing Baby A your picture and I would say "this is your sissy" then I would say "where is sissy?" then he would point to you picture and say "tom" which means there. He knows that you are his sissy. He loves looking at your pictures. Kenya Baby A only likes to go to sleep in his stroller so you will have to help me get him to sleep by pushing him all around the house in his stroller. He is going to love having you as his big sister.
Toward the end of our visit he was getting really tired so his nanny had Jason go out in the hall and push him in his stroller to get him to sleep. It was so sweet getting to watch Jason put him to sleep! While they were doing that Baby A's nanny, our translator and I all had a great talk. His nanny told my how glad she was that he was going to our family. She said as soon as she heard he had a family she started praying for us. She said she loves him and will miss him but family is best. Then I told her how excited we are to be taking him home but I am also so sad for her because I know that he is like a son to her and she is going to miss him so much! We talked for a long time and I told her that we would keep in touch and we will send her pictures. She told us how sick he was when he first got to the hospital and how he wouldn't even eat from a spoon when he first got there. He couldn't even hold his head up and she said he was covered in blood when they got him to the hospital he is in now. He was 11 months old when he got transferred to the hospital he is at now. I told her how thankful we are for the care he has received. It was a really neat time of getting to know her. She really loves us so much and I think the first trip she was just trying to figure out if we really loved Baby A and were willing to take care of him. Once she realized that we do love him I think that changed everything. I love her so much and my heart is truly broken thinking about how sad she will be once we do get to bring him home. After that we headed home. I can't wait to go back tomorrow. I started recording our conversation so I can show Baby A when he is older. I have a lot more questions I want to ask her tomorrow so hopefully that will work out.
We are going to spend the rest of the day hanging out at our host families house then tomorrow we will get to see our sweet boy again. I am going to miss him so much when we come home we have really bonded a lot this trip.
Love you all!
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Day 4 (2nd trip)
Hello again! Jason and I are still doing great! We got to the hospital at 11am today and Baby A was sleeping and still not feeling well. His nanny told us we could go in his room but told us to be really quiet because he hadn't been sleeping well. We were very tired but as soon as we sat down he saw me and started screaming. I tried to push his stroller and get him back to sleep but he was having no part of that. His nanny came and got him and walked around with him for a little while. He was not happy at all. She fed him lunch and treated some blisters he had and he was still miserable. We knew he wasn't going to really enjoy company toady so we were prepared to just sit and stare at our sweet boy again but about an hour after we got there he was ready for company. I pushed him in his stroller for a long time and told him all about what was to come. I told him we were going to be adopting him, I told him about the plane ride home, I told him to make sure he loves on his nanny because she is going to miss him, I sang songs to him then I shared Psalm 139 with him. As I was telling him what that verse said I started to cry and I could hardly get the words out. I told him how special he is and how much we love him. I told him that his life might not always be easy but God is so so faithful. My prayer is that he will always know how special he is and I pray he uses his life for God's glory.
Then they wanted to serve us lunch which was super sweet. We had some kind of soup which was really good then they brought us what they called lazy stuffed cabbage and bread. It was so sweet that they wanted to feed us! After lunch we went out of his room and Baby A was playing on his car. We sat on the floor and played with him for a about an hour. He loved getting to move around using his car. He would come see me and check out the video camera then he would go see Jason and they would play. I really think he is starting to like me more which is so exciting! His nanny walked through where we were playing several times and he never cried or wanted to stop playing. Today was our best visit with him and I hope tomorrow goes just as good! We took his pictures for his passport today!!!! We did it at the hospital so I hope we took some they can use. We are not bringing him home yet but I guess they start getting things together early. Our visit lasted for about 4 hours today!!!
After we left the hospital we went to the Flea Market. It was so neat, the buildings in Eastern Europe are amazing all of them are so beautiful even at the flea market. We had a really good and kinda crazy time there. Jason had some fresh roasted meat and yummy bread. I enjoyed a few bites of his but wasn't too hungry so I didn't get my own.
Today was a fun and crazy day and I am looking forward to tomorrow.
Then they wanted to serve us lunch which was super sweet. We had some kind of soup which was really good then they brought us what they called lazy stuffed cabbage and bread. It was so sweet that they wanted to feed us! After lunch we went out of his room and Baby A was playing on his car. We sat on the floor and played with him for a about an hour. He loved getting to move around using his car. He would come see me and check out the video camera then he would go see Jason and they would play. I really think he is starting to like me more which is so exciting! His nanny walked through where we were playing several times and he never cried or wanted to stop playing. Today was our best visit with him and I hope tomorrow goes just as good! We took his pictures for his passport today!!!! We did it at the hospital so I hope we took some they can use. We are not bringing him home yet but I guess they start getting things together early. Our visit lasted for about 4 hours today!!!
After we left the hospital we went to the Flea Market. It was so neat, the buildings in Eastern Europe are amazing all of them are so beautiful even at the flea market. We had a really good and kinda crazy time there. Jason had some fresh roasted meat and yummy bread. I enjoyed a few bites of his but wasn't too hungry so I didn't get my own.
Today was a fun and crazy day and I am looking forward to tomorrow.
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Day 3 (2nd trip)
Today we left the apartment around 10:30am to head to see Baby A. He was sleeping on his nanny when we got there. She put him in his swing so we could watch him sleep. He is so sick right now and it was so sad to see him in so much pain. He wasn't sleeping very peacefully and moved around a lot. Even when he was awake he kept his eyes closed because he was just not feeling well. We were there for about 3 hours and during that time he only opened his eyes for a few minutes. Once he saw us though he was really happy and kept smiling at us. He didn't want us to hold him but he was glad we were there. If you ask him where something is he says "tom" which means there. So his nanny would ask him "where are the shoes?" and he would point and say "tom" It was so cute! We told his nanny that we were going to be leaving for the day soon and she said we could stay as long as we wanted because she really enjoyed us being there. What an answer to prayer! We needed to head back to our apartment because our host family was going to be taking us out that night so we did end up leaving but it is so great to know she likes to hang out with us. We were telling her bye and we thought Baby A was asleep but then he started waiving bye. It was so so cute! Then we said "paka" which means bye and he said "paka." We were so excited because that's the first time he has ever said that!
Before we left the hospital my stomach started hurting and by the time we got home it was hurting a lot. Once we got home I took a 3 hour nap. I have been a lot more tired this trip then I was on the first trip. I woke up from my nap feeling refreshed and my stomach stopped hurting.
We left with Nicole and Rob (our host family) around 5:30pm and walked to the metro so we could go have dinner with them. This was our first time on a subway of any kind and it wasn't scary at all ha. I thought it was going to be crazy and we were going to have to push our way in but it was pretty chill. No one talked in the Metro at all. We laughed at one point and got a lot of stares. We ate Lebanese food (I think that's what it was) and it was really good. We had so much fun hanging out with them and we were laughing the whole time. One the way back it was -16 outside and I felt like my face was going to be frozen by the time we got back to the apartment. Only my face was cold but man it was soooooo cold!
We had a great day and we hope Baby A will feel better tomorrow. We will be heading to the hospital again at 10:30am to see our sweet boy!
Love you all!
Before we left the hospital my stomach started hurting and by the time we got home it was hurting a lot. Once we got home I took a 3 hour nap. I have been a lot more tired this trip then I was on the first trip. I woke up from my nap feeling refreshed and my stomach stopped hurting.
We left with Nicole and Rob (our host family) around 5:30pm and walked to the metro so we could go have dinner with them. This was our first time on a subway of any kind and it wasn't scary at all ha. I thought it was going to be crazy and we were going to have to push our way in but it was pretty chill. No one talked in the Metro at all. We laughed at one point and got a lot of stares. We ate Lebanese food (I think that's what it was) and it was really good. We had so much fun hanging out with them and we were laughing the whole time. One the way back it was -16 outside and I felt like my face was going to be frozen by the time we got back to the apartment. Only my face was cold but man it was soooooo cold!
We had a great day and we hope Baby A will feel better tomorrow. We will be heading to the hospital again at 10:30am to see our sweet boy!
Love you all!
Friday, January 27, 2012
Day 2 (2nd Trip)
Hey guys! Jason and I are doing good just tired (it's 11:55pm on Friday right now).
We got to go spend a few hours with Baby A today! He was asleep for about half of the visit so we just watched him sleep. It totally felt like when we brought our kids home from the hospital and we would just watch them sleep. We would have friends come over and we would say "sorry if this is boring to you but we love watching them sleep." That's what is was like, we just loved getting to watch our sweet baby. He was scratching a lot today more than I have ever seen him. He woke up several times when he was sleeping and I got to push his stroller back and forth to help him fall back to sleep. Once he woke up he was super fussy. I think his eyes were hurting because his nanny put medicine in them he could hardly open his eyes. We were able to get him to smile a few times but overall he was not happy. His nanny was really sweet and was having me help with different things today! Jason got to help with his bath. In fact he held Baby A (on his blanket) while his nanny bathed him. We had to leave right after that though because we needed to get our medical exams done.
Our medical exams were... well... not the most fun I have ever had but I sure am glad that part is over. We had to see 8 doctors who interview us and examined us. They said we passed and they are just waiting on the blood work.
Please be praying that God would give us wisdom during court. We have already been asked some questions that were hard to answer and I know it won't be easier with the judge. We will not be asking to have the 30 days waived (because we were told not to) so we will come home on February 3rd and return in March to pick him up.
I can't wait till we go to court on Thursday. I am super nervous but I am just praying and reminding myself of Philippians 4:6-7 (Emilio the timing on that message was perfect!).
Thank you so much for all of the support!
We got to go spend a few hours with Baby A today! He was asleep for about half of the visit so we just watched him sleep. It totally felt like when we brought our kids home from the hospital and we would just watch them sleep. We would have friends come over and we would say "sorry if this is boring to you but we love watching them sleep." That's what is was like, we just loved getting to watch our sweet baby. He was scratching a lot today more than I have ever seen him. He woke up several times when he was sleeping and I got to push his stroller back and forth to help him fall back to sleep. Once he woke up he was super fussy. I think his eyes were hurting because his nanny put medicine in them he could hardly open his eyes. We were able to get him to smile a few times but overall he was not happy. His nanny was really sweet and was having me help with different things today! Jason got to help with his bath. In fact he held Baby A (on his blanket) while his nanny bathed him. We had to leave right after that though because we needed to get our medical exams done.
Our medical exams were... well... not the most fun I have ever had but I sure am glad that part is over. We had to see 8 doctors who interview us and examined us. They said we passed and they are just waiting on the blood work.
Please be praying that God would give us wisdom during court. We have already been asked some questions that were hard to answer and I know it won't be easier with the judge. We will not be asking to have the 30 days waived (because we were told not to) so we will come home on February 3rd and return in March to pick him up.
I can't wait till we go to court on Thursday. I am super nervous but I am just praying and reminding myself of Philippians 4:6-7 (Emilio the timing on that message was perfect!).
Thank you so much for all of the support!
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Don't really feel like blogging but I wanted to share our court date...
This past week has been such an emotional roller coaster for me.
I know of 3 other families that are adopting from the exact same place as us using the same agency. Three of them got emails saying our coordinator in Eastern Europe was going to be asking for court dates on the 17th of January. I was so excited but I wasn't sure if we were getting one since we didn't receive the email everyone else did. I emailed our coordinator in America and asked her if everyone was getting a court date on the 17th and she said yes. I was so excited I told everyone that we would be getting a court date on the 17th.
Friday the 13th I emailed our coordinator in America and told her that we hadn't received the email everyone else did and I just wanted to make sure she knew that we could travel ASAP. She email me back and said our coordinator in Eastern Europe didn't include us in the email either because it was an oversight or all of our paperwork wasn't ready yet. She said we would not be getting a court date on the 17th and I was devastated. I must have just completely misunderstood her and thought we were getting a court date.
I talked to some of the ladies at our church about it and they just shared scripture with me and prayed for me. I felt so much better after that. I know that God is sovereign over all things and I know his timing is perfect but sometimes I just need to be reminded of that. I was totally at peace with not getting a court date yet and I would just keep getting the house ready until we got a date.
Then Saturday the 14th I had the worst headache and I was just laying on the couch trying to get my head to stop hurting. Then Jason saw online that Tripp had passed away and I was so so sad. My head hurt so bad that I couldn't really process all the emotions I was feeling. Sunday during worship it hit me though and I lost it. I cried and cried as I was overcome with grief. I was so sad for Courtney and so sad that Tripp had passed away. I was of course relieved that he wasn't suffering anymore but Courtney still lost her baby and my heart couldn't even handle the emotion of it all. I couldn't help but cry and mourn the loss of sweet baby Tripp.
Then on Tuesday the 17th I was so excited for all my friends who would be receiving their court dates. My friend Kelly called me and I thought she was going to tell me what her court date was but she said "have you checked your email?" I said "no, why?" She said "because you GOT YOUR COURT DATE!!!!" I said "SHUT UP!!!, YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME.....!!!!!" I was so excited I couldn't believe it. I said "okay I have to call Jason, talk to you soon." Then I looked at my phone and saw I had a text message that Jason sent me it said "WE HAVE OUR COURT DATE!" He can't really talk on the phone at work so that's why he sent me the text. We were both so excited.
Then Tuesday night Jason , Kenya and I drove to Louisiana to go to Tripp's funeral. Wednesday was his funeral and I blogged about it here. It was so devastating and heart breaking.
Then we came back home and have been getting ready to go to Eastern Europe every since.
I feel like my heart is torn in two. Half of my heart is so excited to be so close to adopting Baby A but the other half is devastated and still mourning the loss of Tripp so please know when I blog about how excited I am I am also as equally sad thinking about Courtney and Tripp. It is a very strange thing going through my heart right now.
So now here is the exciting news WE LEAVE TOMORROW FOR EASTERN EUROPE!!!! Our court date is FEBRUARY 2ND!!!!!
Please be praying that the Judge will approve our adoption and please be praying if it is God's will that they would waive the 30 day wait so we can bring him home with us this trip.
Here is how it will all go down..
*we leave tomorrow to head to Eastern Europe and we will arrive on the 26th.
*as soon as we land we will head to have blood work done
*Friday the 27th we will have our medical evaluations done and I'm guessing we will get to see Baby A.
* we should get to see him every day we are there.
*then Thursday the 2nd we will go before the judge and they will read over our whole dossier (which includes our home study financial forms, medical papers, and tons of other things) then we will be asked a lot of questions regarding why we want to adopt Baby A, how we plan on caring for him... I'm not sure what all we will be asked but I know it will be a lot.
It is still very important that we are not linked with Baby A online ANYWHERE so please don't post his name and say we are coming to adopt him or anything like that. I will let everyone know when it is safe to spread the word.
That is the latest news. Please join us in praying for God to be glorified through all of this and for His will to be done!
Thanks,
I know of 3 other families that are adopting from the exact same place as us using the same agency. Three of them got emails saying our coordinator in Eastern Europe was going to be asking for court dates on the 17th of January. I was so excited but I wasn't sure if we were getting one since we didn't receive the email everyone else did. I emailed our coordinator in America and asked her if everyone was getting a court date on the 17th and she said yes. I was so excited I told everyone that we would be getting a court date on the 17th.
Friday the 13th I emailed our coordinator in America and told her that we hadn't received the email everyone else did and I just wanted to make sure she knew that we could travel ASAP. She email me back and said our coordinator in Eastern Europe didn't include us in the email either because it was an oversight or all of our paperwork wasn't ready yet. She said we would not be getting a court date on the 17th and I was devastated. I must have just completely misunderstood her and thought we were getting a court date.
I talked to some of the ladies at our church about it and they just shared scripture with me and prayed for me. I felt so much better after that. I know that God is sovereign over all things and I know his timing is perfect but sometimes I just need to be reminded of that. I was totally at peace with not getting a court date yet and I would just keep getting the house ready until we got a date.
Then Saturday the 14th I had the worst headache and I was just laying on the couch trying to get my head to stop hurting. Then Jason saw online that Tripp had passed away and I was so so sad. My head hurt so bad that I couldn't really process all the emotions I was feeling. Sunday during worship it hit me though and I lost it. I cried and cried as I was overcome with grief. I was so sad for Courtney and so sad that Tripp had passed away. I was of course relieved that he wasn't suffering anymore but Courtney still lost her baby and my heart couldn't even handle the emotion of it all. I couldn't help but cry and mourn the loss of sweet baby Tripp.
Then on Tuesday the 17th I was so excited for all my friends who would be receiving their court dates. My friend Kelly called me and I thought she was going to tell me what her court date was but she said "have you checked your email?" I said "no, why?" She said "because you GOT YOUR COURT DATE!!!!" I said "SHUT UP!!!, YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME.....!!!!!" I was so excited I couldn't believe it. I said "okay I have to call Jason, talk to you soon." Then I looked at my phone and saw I had a text message that Jason sent me it said "WE HAVE OUR COURT DATE!" He can't really talk on the phone at work so that's why he sent me the text. We were both so excited.
Then Tuesday night Jason , Kenya and I drove to Louisiana to go to Tripp's funeral. Wednesday was his funeral and I blogged about it here. It was so devastating and heart breaking.
Then we came back home and have been getting ready to go to Eastern Europe every since.
I feel like my heart is torn in two. Half of my heart is so excited to be so close to adopting Baby A but the other half is devastated and still mourning the loss of Tripp so please know when I blog about how excited I am I am also as equally sad thinking about Courtney and Tripp. It is a very strange thing going through my heart right now.
So now here is the exciting news WE LEAVE TOMORROW FOR EASTERN EUROPE!!!! Our court date is FEBRUARY 2ND!!!!!
Please be praying that the Judge will approve our adoption and please be praying if it is God's will that they would waive the 30 day wait so we can bring him home with us this trip.
Here is how it will all go down..
*we leave tomorrow to head to Eastern Europe and we will arrive on the 26th.
*as soon as we land we will head to have blood work done
*Friday the 27th we will have our medical evaluations done and I'm guessing we will get to see Baby A.
* we should get to see him every day we are there.
*then Thursday the 2nd we will go before the judge and they will read over our whole dossier (which includes our home study financial forms, medical papers, and tons of other things) then we will be asked a lot of questions regarding why we want to adopt Baby A, how we plan on caring for him... I'm not sure what all we will be asked but I know it will be a lot.
It is still very important that we are not linked with Baby A online ANYWHERE so please don't post his name and say we are coming to adopt him or anything like that. I will let everyone know when it is safe to spread the word.
That is the latest news. Please join us in praying for God to be glorified through all of this and for His will to be done!
Thanks,
Thursday, January 19, 2012
We love you Tripp and Courtney!
Jason, Kenya and I drove to Louisiana Tuesday night so we could be at Tripp's service on Wednesday. It took about 9 hours to get there. Normally Jason and I can't last long on road trips but Jason never got tired and drove the whole way there. Kenya did great on the trip, she read books and played on the Kindle Fire most of the time until she fell asleep. I really enjoyed getting to spend time with Jason and Kenya (when I wasn't sleeping).
Jason always makes this face when I take a picture of him driving.
Kenya and Mommy :)
I had never been to Louisiana before and one thing that really surprised me is how much water there was. I'm sure that is a well know fact but really there is water EVERYWHERE.
On the drive down there it was dark so these pictures are from our trip home.
We got to our hotel at about 2AM (I think) and we all crashed out.
We woke up and got ready for Tripp's service but had some time to spare so we drove to New Orleans to get some real Cajun food. We didn't know where we wanted to go and the first place we went wasn't open yet so we ended up at the Rajun Cajun. The outside looked SUPER cool but the inside looked like a Italian restaurant (which is fine if your name isn't "Rajun Cajun").
The food was really good! I was brave and got gator sausage over jumbulia and fried green tomatoes! Even though the food was good I only took a few bites cause I couldn't get over the fact I was eating gator :)
As we drove closer to the church all the buildings in the little town were covered in red balloons and red ribbons. I couldn't help but cry seeing the love this town has for Courtney and Tripp.
We walked into the church and there were people in line waiting to see Courteny and the rest of Tripp's family. As we waited I almost decided to get out of line because I knew Courtney was most likely exhausted and I'm sure was ready to just sit down. I thought about it though and I knew if I didn't give her a hug I would regret it so we stayed in line. As I walked up to Courtney I could feel the tears coming on, I told her who we were and then I lost it. We hugged each other and I told her that Tripp has changed the world forever and we love him so much. I told her how much we loved her and that we were praying for her. Knowing what it is like to lose a child you wouldn't wish that pain on anyone and I would have done anything if I could have taken her pain away. Then she introduced us to her Mom and sister. Courtney and her family are amazing! I pray I can be half the mom that Courtney is.
As we walked to the back of the church to find a place to sit I saw Patrice. I have missed her so much so it was great to get to hug her. Then Bella's Dad Tim came over and I gave him a big hug. We all talked for a few minutes then went outside to take a few pictures.
Kenya was shy at first but soon jumped into Patrice's arms and just snuggled with her.
Then we met more of Courtney's family. They are the sweetest people ever! Courtney's Aunt kept asking us if we were hungry or needed any water. Then after the funeral and before we left to head home she asked us again if we wanted any food or water for the road. I was really blown away that she wasn't just thinking about her pain but she really wanted to make sure we were taken care of.
We love you Tripp and we will NEVER forget you. You have changed the world forever sweet boy.
Please keep Courtney and her family in your prayers over the next few days, months and years. I love you Courtney, thank you so much for sharing your baby with us he has changed my life forever!
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