Yesterday was our first official ultrasound! We have had a portable ultrasound but this was totally different, we got to see our baby on the big screen :) we also got our first picture and found out we are 11weeks pregnant making my due date Jan 15th. Jan. 15th is my nephew Curt's birthday, Josh's mom's birthday, and my sister's anniversary! Wow! What a popular day in our family.
The baby is doing great, moving around like crazy and growing so quick! We will be able to find out the gender at 19 weeks. I am so excited! It would be so sweet for Liam to have a little brother to play with, but it would be just as sweet for him to have a little sister to watch over. We really don't care either way just very excited to start our family!!!
I am feeling a little better this week, I felt great over the weekend, thought maybe I was over the worst of it but I guess I still have a little ways to go. I am starting to have cravings I have eaten way too much watermelon (thanks Jill!) but I also cannot stand anything too sweet which is good I guess.
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We haven't heard anything from Ethiopia yet, I hope Jimbo is having a very successful week! I am praying he is able to figure out what is going on with Liam's birth certificate and get it fixed and hopefully get our case filed with the Embassy before he leaves. This is a lot so I am not sure he will be able to get it all done, I just really want to get that birth certificate. This was supposed to be the easy part, which is why it is so hard to wait. I am so thankful for our new agents! They have been wonderful so far, Jimbo is great about keeping us up to date and he seems to be doing everything he can to get all of our cases back on track. There are 5 families total from Hope Adoption Agency that are in limbo right now, we are one of the two lucky families who have passed court and are just waiting on our birth certificate and to file with the US Embassy. I feel like if we can get to the Embassy everything will be okay since we will be dealing with the USA!!!
Please continue to lift Jimbo up this week, we is not only dealing with a very busy and stressful week but he is also adjusting to an 8 hour time difference and a totally different culture.
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Wise Child #2
Most of you already know Josh and I are expecting a baby sometime in Jan. I am 10 weeks pregnant, we have our first official ultrasound on June 26th, after this we should get an actual due date after they are able to measure the baby. We are so excited! We were very surprised! Two babies within just a few months of each other wow!! I am very nervous, I was pretty confident that I could handle a toddler with a little practice but now I am going to have a 2 year old and a newborn :) it is a great age difference but most folks have a couple years head start hahaha! I know Liam will love having a little one to play with, it will probably help him adjust since he is so used to being around other children. I just hope we are able to still give him all of the time and attention that he needs. I am very nervous about how I will be able to give him enough attention while pregnant and then even more when the baby comes. Josh is of course very confident :) and knows we will be just fine. I love how he is always to positive and so supportive. I am so blessed to have such an amazing husband, I know God made him just for me.
I have been very sick.....my doctor is very pleased. He said that the sicker I am the better the baby is, this is one happy baby! I thought I had gotten through it last week but this week it came back full strength (yay). I have morning sickness, morning, noon, and night.....I am so excited for the 2nd trimester, I hope that I will feel better.
We have still not heard anything about Liam, I think God is giving me time to get over the morning sickness. I am going to contact our agency today to see if they can tell me anything new. I don't want to bug them since I know they came into a huge mess and I am sure they are being overwhelmed with questions. But I cant wait any longer. I need to know something very soon or I am going to go crazy....
~update~
Our agent will be in Ethiopia all of next week working on getting the cases worked out.
I have been very sick.....my doctor is very pleased. He said that the sicker I am the better the baby is, this is one happy baby! I thought I had gotten through it last week but this week it came back full strength (yay). I have morning sickness, morning, noon, and night.....I am so excited for the 2nd trimester, I hope that I will feel better.
We have still not heard anything about Liam, I think God is giving me time to get over the morning sickness. I am going to contact our agency today to see if they can tell me anything new. I don't want to bug them since I know they came into a huge mess and I am sure they are being overwhelmed with questions. But I cant wait any longer. I need to know something very soon or I am going to go crazy....
~update~
Our agent will be in Ethiopia all of next week working on getting the cases worked out.
Thursday, June 14, 2012
a little news
Our new agent Jimbo let us know that they were not able to get an appointment with the US Consul until after June 19th. He doesn't know an exact date yet but is going to let us know when he finds out. This appointment will just be to register Jimbo as manager of Hope. Once he gets there he should be able to see what is holding up Liam's birth certificate and hopefully get us filed at the embassy. After we file it should take about 2 months from them to process our paperwork and finally give us an appointment to go get our boy!!! We really thought that when we finally passed court it would only be a few weeks till we could go back. It is getting harder and harder to wait. I cant believe we have been waiting on an Embassy appointment since December. This has been a LONG 6-8 weeks.....they should have said 6-8 months. We are getting very excited and anxious to go get him. I hope it wont be much longer. The courts shut down in Aug for the rainy season, I hope that doesn't mean that the Embassy shuts down too. I really hope we can get there before the rain starts. I don't want to have to worry about delayed flights or cancelled appointments, plus I really want to go to the market to get Liam some traditional Ethiopian things for him to have here.
There is a lot going on right now, which is for another day. Just please keep us in your prayers this week!
Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! 5 Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. 6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:4-7
There is a lot going on right now, which is for another day. Just please keep us in your prayers this week!
Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! 5 Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. 6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:4-7
Sunday, June 3, 2012
orphans
I have had a lot of time to sit and think in the last few days. So many things are running through my mind right now. Annie was on television this morning, even though I have seen it several times I think I finally get it. I am so luck to have been raised by both of my parents, parents who loved me, gave me what I needed, and are still there for me today. I think this is something we all take for granted honestly I had never really thought about what it would be like to be an orphan. Alone, scared, unloved, hungry, cold, lonely. What would that be like? Growing up in an orphanage or a foster home always dreaming of the day that my new mama and daddy would walk through that door and take me home. It amazes me how that God's love is just like that, we were alone, scared, lonely, feeling unloved and there was God waiting to call us his own, his child.
It bothers me when people don't understand why we would adopt. So many peoples first reaction is not "wow that is great" its closer to "really? why? oh so you can't have your own kids". Then when we explain that we feel lead to adopt that we are able to have children but want to give a child a home, a mama and a daddy, unconditional love, and more. They still don't get it :) but that is okay because we "get it".
There are so many children in this world who are considered orphans. 147 million orphans worldwide. What can we do; we can pray, we can support funds like feed the children, the clean water programs, there are foster children here in our own community, there are organizations like big brother and big sister, the possibilities are endless. Would we really miss that $20 a month honestly would we? We make excuses why we cant help, why organization are probably not legitimate anyway and just forget that there are millions suffering, starving, and dying everyday. Would we turn our heads if that was our niece or nephew, how about your neighbor, or your own child? I encourage/challenge you to do some research find an organization, find out how you can make a difference in a child's life, a difference that could save that child's life.
I'm getting off my soap box now, but I hope you will consider it anyway. Still no news on our baby boy, we are hanging in there. Getting very anxious again! Please keep us in your prayers, I haven't been feeling 100% lately and I hope I will be back to myself before we go to Ethiopia.
It bothers me when people don't understand why we would adopt. So many peoples first reaction is not "wow that is great" its closer to "really? why? oh so you can't have your own kids". Then when we explain that we feel lead to adopt that we are able to have children but want to give a child a home, a mama and a daddy, unconditional love, and more. They still don't get it :) but that is okay because we "get it".
There are so many children in this world who are considered orphans. 147 million orphans worldwide. What can we do; we can pray, we can support funds like feed the children, the clean water programs, there are foster children here in our own community, there are organizations like big brother and big sister, the possibilities are endless. Would we really miss that $20 a month honestly would we? We make excuses why we cant help, why organization are probably not legitimate anyway and just forget that there are millions suffering, starving, and dying everyday. Would we turn our heads if that was our niece or nephew, how about your neighbor, or your own child? I encourage/challenge you to do some research find an organization, find out how you can make a difference in a child's life, a difference that could save that child's life.
I'm getting off my soap box now, but I hope you will consider it anyway. Still no news on our baby boy, we are hanging in there. Getting very anxious again! Please keep us in your prayers, I haven't been feeling 100% lately and I hope I will be back to myself before we go to Ethiopia.
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