NEWS

I wanted to title this post "Sneak Peek" as I've seen others do, and show a tiny little foot or her cute little lips...but alas, Blogger is still blocked here, so I am unable to post pictures. Oh well!

We have a baby girl waiting on us! She is 2 months old and the only photos we have show her sleeping. She must need lots of it like her mama. We have known about her since July 15, but did not have her medical report. We received her HIV report (negative), but the rest of the bloodwork was not done. So, we proceeded to wait (again) for another medical report. It finally arrived on August 10th, after we got home from Bali. Instead of sending it to the adoption doctor specialist in the States, we took it to her future pediatrician here, and she reviewed it. No red flags, so we formally accepted Baby Girl on August 13th.

This referral was a bit different than Baby A. We were expecting it, so it was not a surprise. The day we were sent her photos I did have to wait about 4 hours to open the email with Shannon. That was not easy, but I managed. When we opened the email, we were both shocked at how young she was. Barely one month old! That is tiny! I wanted to tell everyone I knew, but after Baby A, we were cautious. I didn't send her photo to anyone until last week. Although lots could still happen between now and the time we pick her up, the acceptance is a big deal. I don't think it's quite sunk in yet that she's OURS, but we're getting there.

We are very close to finalizing her name...I will announce it soon! We are going to keep her Ethiopian name as her middle name. I'm not allowed to post her name or picture before we pass court, so that will be awhile. In the meantime, we begin another wait, but we're close to the home stretch. :)