Thursday, March 29, 2012

Going to Ethiopia...fingers crossed

So yesterday was the birth mom's court appointment.  She must pass court before I can attend court.  Except that she missed her appointment.  Because somehow (?) someone else was mistakenly transported the 450 miles from where she lives to Addis Ababa.  Yep, that's right.

As of today, her appointment is rescheduled for April 4, and mine remains April 23.  I have to say it was with some skepticism that I bought a plane ticket today.  My friend Kristina and I will depart Detroit Metro on Wed pm April 18, and arrive back home Sat am April 28.  We will be taking a side-trip April 24-26 the 450 miles north to meet and visit with the birth mom.

My brain is wasted for the day, after all the starting and stopping with dates, calling travel agencies and looking up flights online.  And I did all of this at work, which didn't leave much time for me to do much actual work.  So thanks to all my coworkers for picking up my slack today :)

Friday, March 23, 2012

Finally!!

I got my court date: April 23!

Yay!  More details when I know them.

Monday, March 19, 2012

Starting somewhere in the middle...

Well, I'm not much of a writer, journalizer or blogger but I've been wanting to keep a record of adoption related events so my little girl can read about this experience when she's older.

I am currently in the waiting, waiting and waiting stage...I accepted a referral for a beautiful 2 month old baby girl on January 6, 2012.  My first of two trips to Ethiopia should have happened six to eight weeks after accepting, but I am ten and a half weeks out with no court date/travel date in sight. Mostly I keep it together, but sometimes the delays make me absolutely cuckoo-crazy.

I'm not allowed to post any pictures of her until she's legally mine, so here's a few teasers:

 This is her hand at 2 months old


 And this is her chubby cheek (yes, on her face) at 4 months old


I've been lucky in that I've received updated photos from the agency or from other families who've traveled about every two weeks.

I'll be back when I have news on a court date.