One year ago, we received an email from "E" at All God's Children that we had been approved for the Ethiopia program. I remember waiting for that email checking multiple times a day. We were so excited! It's amazing how much has happened in one year.
One month ago, we went to court exactly to the day to declare that we had spent time with Justus "D" and that we would love him as our son and we wanted to proceed with the adoption. After a few questions, she said told us he was ours....Just like that.
It made it official. It made it real. He's ours....
I can't wait to feel like he's ours....to go to Hannah's Hope, swoop him up, and twirl him around. Squeeze him, play cars "makinas", read him stories, have him sit on my lap, ride in the van together, take him back to the hotel and sleep in the same room that first night....dress him in his new pj's, brush his teeth, watch his eyes light up as he watches a TiVo'd Sesame Street on Trevis' computer for the very first time, play in the back alley of the hotel kicking the soccer ball, watching him eat at the hotel (b/c he never would eat when we were there).....ohhh.....it's so close...sometimes it hurts. How can you love someone so much?
Please pray that we hear "clearance" from the Embassy on Monday and get that date on the 17th or 18th or the next day that the doors are open.....
oh yeah...Tonight, there is a movie about adoption coming on. It is called "Change of Plans". It looks like it's gonna be great!! So thankful FOX is showing this. It comes on at 8 ET/ 7 Central.....Check out the trailer below...
2:30 Change Of Plans Trailer from Moms4FamilyTV.com on Vimeo.
With Much Love,
Ya'll are getting so close to bringing him home!! YAY! And glad you told me about this movie...going to do DVR it right now! :)
ReplyDeleteExcellent movie, Melanie! Thanks for letting us know it was on tonight!
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