Unsuccessful Court Date

Well today January 21, 2009 was Simon's court date and we did not pass. One piece of information was missing from his adoption paperwork. I'm told it used to be very unusual not to pass through court the first go around. Now it is very unusual to pass court the first time. The Ethiopian government is becoming pretty strict about passing adoptions without all of the proper paper work.
So today I have passed through many phases, I have cried, I have been mad and now I know there is nothing I can do about it, but wait until March 5 for our next court date.
This is a true test of patience.

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!

Hawaii 2008

We just spent 8 fantastic days in Hawaii. We stayed on Oahu, it was so beautiful. Wow is it hard to come back to reality. Lots of rest and relaxation and a whole lot of food eaten!! We had so much fun! I thought the boys just might turn into fish they spent so much time in the water.
Now it is back to real life again! Dang it!
No changes on the baby front we are still just waiting on a court date. Hopefully we will find out soon.

Our Family Trip To San Diego

Dr. gives his stamp of approval

October 27, 2008. I took our babies records to the Dr. today. Luckily he was able to look over them and get back to us all in the same day! I noticed on the medical report there sure isn't a lot of information. The Dr. said the baby looks healthy from what the Ethiopian Dr. has stated. That is just what we wanted to hear. From here we will officially except our baby with IAN and we will now wait for Abebe to get us a court date in Ethiopia. Hopefully this wait will go quickly, now that we have seen our baby it is going to be very hard having him over in Ethiopia and us in Utah.
I hope they take good care of him!