Ready!

First, I just had to share this - my mom came over yesterday and gave me this pendant. It was my Grandma's and it is two hands praying - on the back it says "God Answers Prayers" I have been wearing ever since. I love it.

Here's the status right now- bags are packed and all are under 50 lbs! YAY!!! (I'm pretty proud of myself here. :) Dogs are moping because bags are packed. I'm feeling fairly calm and READY TO GO!!! I wish I had more time to write about how I'm feeling - all of the emotions. I will say this- I've been busy packing and focusing on that, then I'll pick up a baby sun-hat, or a onesie to fold, and suddenly it hits me - we are going to meet our baby, our son. Amazing. That's the only word that comes to mind.

Please say prayers for a safe journey for us and for all the other families traveling to meet their little ones. I feel so blessed to have you all following on our journey - I am really hoping we are able to post while we're there!

Here's a picture of us taken last night- just for fun. The next one we post should be of a family of three!!

TRAVEL DATE!

This has been an exciting week. Our friends got their referral, then we passed through court, and now... we have a travel date! And, it is in 2 weeks!! We are planning to leave August 4th. Our embassy date is August 8th. My head is swimming with things to be done, not to mention the extreme excitement level of seeing our little baby boy for the first time!!

I'm so excited - that's all I can say. And, I have a lot to do. :) Tonight - we're off to the Ethiopian restaurant with a few friends to celebrate. And then tomorrow I'll get to work!

Oh, and if you want to see some more pictures from our referral day - go to the CHI Blog. I love the one of our social worker, Erin, and our Program Director, Sharon, seeing Micah Yabsira for the first time - it is priceless. (I think that is what the first pic is - I could be wrong, but it's a great picture anyway :)