Lee, Amy, Lilia and Kaiser












The countdown is here!

| at 8:48 PM

We leave for Ethiopia 6 weeks from today!!  We will be leaving on December 11th and arrive in Ethiopia the night of the 12th (which happens to be my birthday and the best present ever!)  We will see our little man the next 3 days, and then head to court on the 16th.  Then we leave the night of the 17th and make it back to Denver at noon on the 18th.  We have so much to do until then!  We are still taking donations if anyone is interested!  We get 4 free bags and are trying to fill them all.  Plus gifts for the nannies and the kids in the state orphanage.
Our dear little South Jeffco Sabercats lost their playoff game today and we are sad about it.  It was a great year and we are proud of them!
Lilia is loving all the leaves and has jumped in them a bunch.   And she has a new FAVORITE show.  Dinosaur train is out, and Dino Dan is in!  Lee and I really miss dinosaur train though, and are sad to see it go.  I just love this picture of Lilia and it might be one of my favorite ones ever of her!  I look at her and think.......you are the most beautiful girl God ever made.  Inside and out.  We are lucky!!  Our good friends have a one-year-old who was pulling Lilia's hair today and she told me about it.  I told her she might have to get used to it because her baby brother might pull her hair.  She said, "Is he gonna pull it all out?"  It is gonna be a transition for us all, but especially for her I think.  I know she will be an awesome big sister, though.

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Court Date!!!!

| at 2:33 PM

We are going to meet our son!!  We heard today that we have a court date for December 16th.  We will be back home in time for Christmas.  Yay!!

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Pumpkin Patch- Still Waiting for a Court Date! (10/23/10)

| at 7:49 AM





We went to our favorite pumpkin patch last weekend at Anderson Farms and Lilia had a great time.  It has been freezing in years past but this year it was really hot!  She loves the barrel ride and the tractor ride out to the pumpkin patch.
We are waiting still for a court date.  We have moved up on the list to #13 and are really hoping for late November, but wouldn't be surprized if it wasn't until December.  Either way, it is coming soon and we can't wait!!
Lilia and I are going to her first girl scout meeting today with her Daisy troop.  She is still loving gymnastics and is looking forward to skiing and sledding this winter.  Pray for a quick court date!

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Sick little guy :( (10/10/10)

| at 6:28 AM

  Please say a prayer for our little son!  We got word this week that he is sick with a respiratory infection and is on antibiotics.  There is also a mumps outbreak where he is at.  We wish we could be there to hold and comfort him, but w e know that the Lord is with him.
Court dates are coming along, and there are 16 people in front of us right now.  We are hoping for late November, but thinking it will be December.

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It's a Boy!!

| at 9:01 PM

Finally!
We have a baby boy!  He is the most beautiful, sweet baby boy there is.  He is 2 1/2 months old, has big brown eyes, and the cutest little lips! The best part is............he's ours!!  We are so excited and can't wait for this next step in our lives.  If all goes well, court will reopen in Ethiopia on Tuesday.  There are 26 patient families ahead of us waiting for a court date.  We really don't have a good idea of when our court date will be.  We are hoping for October, but it will most likely be later I think.  Whenever it is, we will be bringing home a little peanut!  I so wish we could post his picture or some more info about him, but we are under confidentiality regulations until we officially pass court.  So you will just have to picture him in your minds.  He is so sweet and God is so good.  It's all because of HIM!  Step out in faith and He will meet you there to carry you through.  This is the best weekend ever!!
Lee's little football team won again and are officially in the playoffs, and within one game of clinching the conference champion title.  Go Sabercats!!

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6 months and counting (9/20/10)

| at 7:17 AM

6 months DTE (dossier to Ethiopia).  Our paperwork arrived in Ethiopia 6 months ago and the wait began.  Originally, we were told 4-6 months before we got a referral.  4 months came and went, 5 months came and went, now 6 months came and went.  We know all too well that the world of adoption is not cut and dry, there are no guarantees of anything.  But we have learned the one guarantee is that we serve a sovereign God who has his hand in our lives, and that in the end, he will work everything out for the good.  So we are still waiting for the call to come.  Courts re-open in a week, so if that is what they are waiting for, we are almost there.  Pray for patience and peace as we wait!
We are doing great otherwise.  Lee is having fun doing the Colorado Rangers and I am so proud of him! Football is in full swing, and his little team is 5-0 and kicking some butt this year.  Our little nephew is playing on Lee's team, and he is so proud of him!!  It makes our lives super busy, but it is something we love to do together.  Lilia is reading more and more every day and is doing great in school.  She is still in gymnastics and is having fun!  I just got back from an awesome women's retreat at Estes Park.  We are truly blessed, and can't wait to add 1 more to all the craziness around here!

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| at 11:59 AM

We have been #1 for 44 loooooooooooong days.  I contacted our agency and asked what is going on.  I was assured there is no problem with anything.  For some reason, there are no baby boys available right now in the orphanage.  Our agency has its own that holds about 65, and the children have to be in there to get referred out.  Apparently, there are either no baby boys in there, or their paperwork isn't ready.  Whatever it is, it stinks!  NEVER thought we would still be waiting after 6 1/2 weeks at #1.  Christmas seems close, and the thought that he will be home by then is probably wishful thinking at this point.  Even so, God is in control, and whatever his timing is, it will be perfect.
Lilia is great.  She is happy with school and her new friends she has made.  She seems to be doing well, and I can tell her reading has gotten better just since the beginning of school.  I am so proud of her!
The next post better be good news!!

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Picture Day~ 9/2/10

| at 10:26 AM



Lilia had her kindergarten pictures today.  Of course, she didn't care at all what she wore, how her hair was done, if her hair was done, if she had food on her face, etc.  I sent her with a brush in her backpack and told her to tell her teacher it was in there just in case she needed her hair fixed.  She looked at me like I was nuts.  So I took these pictures in front of the house just in case the school ones don't turn out!
Still #1.  4 1/2 weeks at #1.  The wait continues, but we are holding on to the fact that God has him in his arms keeping him safe until we can get to him.  Sure would be nice to know who "him" is! 

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8/25/10 ~ My little Kindergartener!

| at 7:10 PM



My litte girl started kindergarten this past Monday.   I asked her how it went and she said, "It was terrific!"  She has already made a few friends and is having her first play date tomorrow at the park after school.  She doesn't say a lot about what she did at school except recess, and playing in the sand, swinging, etc.  She is going 1/2 day in the morning.  She is getting so big!
We are still #1.  Never ending #1.  Eternal #1.  The only time in life a person could get tired of being #1.   It is gonna be soon, I hope.  Or I am going to keep losing a lot of sleep!!

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Waiting.....for the phone to ring! 8/20/10

| at 7:41 PM

We have been #1 for 18 days.  18 loooooooong days.  Every time the phone rings, my heart starts to race and then I look at the caller ID and think.....darn.  It isn't the call I want!  I keep saying, surely it will be today!  But it hasn't been yet.  The agency office was closed today, so another weekend without a call.  It has GOT to be next week!
One of my bestest friends and I spent yesterday putting up wainscoting in our little boy's room.  It made the time go fast, and it looks great!  I have 2 more sides of the crib bumber to sew, paint the wainscoting, put the crib up, then it is done!  The rest of the sewing is done.  I hope he likes his little helicopter room!
Lilia met her kindergarten teacher today and seemed to like her.  She seems really sweet.  She starts school on Monday and is excited!  I am a little nervous.  Even though she went to preschool, it still feels like her first day of school.  I hope I don't cry!  Hopefully my next post will be that we have a little one!

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