Travel Dates!

We got our travel dates today! We are scheduled to travel Jan 25-the 29th. I can hardly believe that it is less than a month away. Things are falling into place now. I just picked up some little boy clothes from another adoptive mom in town and got a list of great travel tips and packing ideas. If any of you other moms have a good packing list please let me know! If everything goes as planned I should have a baby shower before we leave. So this means for all of you followers that in about 30 days we will be able to post pictures of our little son. Stay tuned...

An Early Christmas Present

Thank you all for the prayers and encouragement you poured out on us before our court date. The judge did in fact wake up, go to work and approve our case!! I'm so grateful to the Lord for answering our prayers. We have two babies to celebrate this holiday season our savior Jesus and our little guy Malakai "M" Murphy. MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

We still have to wait for our official court decree in order to find out when we will travel, but it looks like it will be the end of January or the first week of February. I can't believe it will be in one month!

My sleep has definitely been affected by the adoption lately. I have had two different dreams that we got our kiddo home and it was a girl instead of a boy, but this is because I've been looking at all my blog friend's beautiful girls that have come home recently. Also, last night I woke up ever single hour and each time I did I would pray that if the court hearing was taking place that hour that we would be approved. Mom's always have that 6th sense and wake up when their kids need something, but I have to say that was impressive from half way around the world;) We are so happy and excited to have this news passed on to us much sooner that we thought it would be THANK YOU AGCI!

The day has come!

Okay, the big day has arrived...well, in Ethiopia anyway. It is now 6pm here in Mountain time, but it is 4am in Ethiopia right now. In a few hours the sun will rise, court officials will wake up and head to work, and then they will hear a case of a family in Montana and a little boy from Hannah's Hope. They will see that everything is in order and will joyfully approve this adoption deeming "M" legally our son! At least this is our prayer. Unfortunately, we will not know for a while, but it is happening in only a few hours none-the-less. Join us in prayer tomorrow! We would REALLY like to travel at the end of January.

Hang in there little guy will be there soon...

10 Days

Well we have just been doing the holiday thing and waiting for our court date. We only have 10 days until it happens. I just really wish we could find out sooner than the 5th of January, that is torture! I have mixed feelings about this period of the adoption. On one hand I feel like we should be getting so much more prepared and excited, but on the other hand it has been the least involved part of the whole process. In the paperwork phase we were so busy with forms, plans, home study etc. and then on to the waiting list where each month we got an update and moved forward. Then the referral came and all that we had to get done for that but now we just sit and wait. We get no updates on our little guy like I thought we would, no photos like so many other families got while they waited, no info on how our case is proceeding, really nothing at all right now. Oh wait, I take that back we do have to get shots next week...whoopee! I don't mean to sound negative, but it just feels a little empty looking at a picture of a child who will soon be my son but I don't know him, hear him, see him, or feel him. All I have is the connection through a few photos and prayers. I feel like I have to keep my heart in a semi guarded state in case we do not pass court the first time, but at the same time I want to start preparing for the new attachment and life that will be a part of our family. It reminds me a lot of waiting for labor. I started thinking two weeks before my due date that I could have my daughter ANY TIME...well four weeks later she popped out 14 days late! I don't do well with that any-moment-now type of waiting for long periods of time. I'm glad I have Christmas keep me occupied through this time of torn emotions. I just can't wait until we have travel dates, then I will be able to whole heartedly start preparing. I just can't wait to hold that little guy.