New Pictures Of Simon

Today IAN emailed 2 new pictures of Simon. It is amazing what a difference a month and half makes. He looks like he is getting so big. He is so beautiful. I thought for sure Simon would look unhealthy in the new pictures, I've had it in my head since day one that the children in orphanages are not fed well or taken care of well. I was wrong, Simon looks so healthy and happy. They are taking wonderful care of him. I felt great after seeing his new photo's other than he is growing so fast and I'm missing out on time with him. I can't wait for the court date to arrive that will put us within weeks of traveling to Ethiopia to pick him up. Speaking of traveling, David and I went to the health center to get immunizations the other day. Wow, do I feel lucky to live in the USA. So many diseases and things that I have never even heard of, so many things we never even have to think about living in the US.

Simons Court Date

It is December 3 and I just received an email from Andrea at IAN. We have a court date scheduled for Simon...
January 21, 2009 is the lucky day!!
Very exciting news for a Wednesday. I'm beginning to see light at the end of this tunnel.

Sele Enat

Still no word on our court date. I know when we are able to pick Simon up the wait will be forgotten. However, the wait for different things throughout this process is a killer!
We did find out recently that Simon is in an orphanage in Addis Ababa, called Sele' Enat pronounced (Seal-Nat). The word Sele' means "in place of" and the word Enat means "mother". I did see pictures of the orphanage and from what I am told it is the bigger of the two orphanages.
My next step while we wait is to find out if we can send formula over for Simon in hopes that he stays nice and healthy!