Court Date

We have a court date. It is May 26th. We are super busy the weeks leading up to our court date, so I hope that makes it come quickly and without untamed anxiety. I am hopeful, but not enough to get giddy. I am holding my breath. If all goes well, we could be in Addis in July. Baby girl will be eight months old.

We are ready. Arlo and Aesa are ready. We play "Who loves T?" in the car, each time it melts me when they shout out "I do!" and raise their hands above their heads. Arlo is especially excited. We just returned from a trip out to see my brother and his wife in Massachusetts. They are having a baby in May and Arlo got to feel the baby kick. He sweetly asked my sister-in-law if it was T in there. Tears welled in my eyes for this boy with his sweet heart and I told him T wasn't in Auntie's belly, she grew in another mommy's belly and is in Ethiopia with her nannies until we travel to bring her home. He looked a little sad, a little saddled with the information. What an honor to be his mother.

One more month of holding our breath and emotion, until we can begin the next phase of this process. One more month until we can hunker down and focus on our next goal. One more month that she can grow stronger. One more month to prepare ourselves for this honor of becoming her parents. One more month to revel in our blessings and take seriously and act accordingly with the knowledge of our priviledge. One more month to become better parents/people. One more month of love floating over the ocean. One more month of leaning on our amazing friends who have been there and can help us learn and grow. We are ready and step willingly into each day of this next month, we are honored and humbled, we are blessed so much by this little one already. I greet the next days with open arms, and hope that we will be moving closer to T in one more month.