Care Package Sent

Today we are sending out a care package to our baby boy in Ethiopia. A couple traveling to get their child the end of this month said they will take it for us. So today I will send our package via UPS to Illinois and then they will take the package in their suit case to him. Below are pictures of what we have included. We are only allowed to send 2.5gallon zip lock bags with stuff in them. So I had to make it all fit. Below is Mercedes by the package, there is a note on the other side of the bag.Here are my 2 favorite outfits I am sending (the bib happens to be laying beside them). The one on the left says "Heaven Sent", which is so true. The one on the right has a monkey on the butt and one of the onsies that goes with the pants has a monkey and the other says "Mommy Loves Me" (I LOVE anything with monkeys for him).

Here is a picture of everything in the bag. It includes 6 onsies, 1 pair of shorts, 2 pants, 1 sleeper, 1 bib, 4 pairs of socks, 1 pair of jingle booties, a rattle thingy, a baby photo album, and a blanket.

Here is the baby photo book we are sending. We know he isnt old enough to "read" it, but we hope the nannies will show him the pictures of our faces and some of our family's faces.

Here is the first 2 pages in the photo album.

Potential Good News

Our agency told us today that they have been told the the Ethiopian courts are not closing this year for their rainy season like normal from August-September. If it really happens it is great news for us because.... I think our court date will fall somewhere between end of August or early September! If we pass the first time we could be going to pick up Bennett a few months earlier than we had expected!


Please pray 1. For courts to stay open, 2. For the safe travel for everyone that needs to go to court during the rainy season, 3. For us to pass court the first time.

Day at Zoo

Me and my sister, Christa, took our little cousins, Mackenzie and Lynnsey, to the Louisville Zoo. We had a great time with them. We fed the giraffes and the lorikeets. We also played in the splash park.

Below is where the goats started fighting while we were cornered by them. Christa captured the fear on our faces during this photo haha.

Dossier is on way to ETHIOPIA

Today our agency let us know that our dossier is on its way to Ethiopia. They have sent it out via FedEx!

Also......this picture below is from our agency's website, We finally got a airplane in our "Progress Meter" section and we have moved to step 4 out of 10 (step 9 is traveling to Ethiopia so sounds like we are moving right along :)

We found this awesome baby book for adopted babies today at Borders. It will be great that Bennett will have a baby book that can have important things about him and our journey to him just like any pregnancy baby book. I plan on making a scrapbook/lifebook also but this was too sweet to pass up!

Mercedes Acting Like A Big Sister Already

She helps try on booties Brian's mom bought Bennett. She is also wearing her "It's A Boy" shirt ! Here she helps me try out the baby sling me and Brian bought for cheap the other day in preparation for our trip to Ethiopia. She stayed in it for about 10 mins and didn't seem to mind at all, haha.

Our documents are in Flordia!!!

Well our documents are done in washington DC and now they are in Flordia at our adoption agency, and I think they are being sent off to Ethiopia tonight via FedEx. YAY!!! Just one step closer.

Dossier is Headed to Washington DC

Tonight, at 10:56pm, we sent off our dossier package UPS to Washington DC!