Because we will soon (fingers crossed) have our file in Ethiopia I have decided to change this blogs access. If you would like to continue to read about my family please email me your name, email address and website (if applicable) so I can send you the password details.
Just got an update on the Ethiopian program...we are couple #2.
guess who is going to be Godmother to this precious bundle...ME!!!
This dear sweet boy has captured all of our hearts. My boys are enamoured, they are asking when will be going to see Baby next. Well since they are back to school tomorrow I have a feeling I will be paying a little visit on my own...then I won't have to share him...well other than with his Mummy who is pretty keen on him. Now I need to decide on the perfect christening present. My first thought is to have an Ethiopian cross charm made for him in yellow gold and attach it to a baby name bracelet, any other suggestions?
I ordered a ok I will tell the truth I got 2 baby slings from here on the advice of Courtney from Storing Up Treasures, Baby M's Mummy has one of them to try out and I have had Emmett in mine. I need more practice but I should have it worked out by the time I need it.
Had a great dinner with the girls from our adoption group last week. It is so wonderful to see these girls, they are a real inspiration and we were able to celebrate so great news...suffice to say I will be making another trip to the airport soon!!!
Our friends are home with their baby son. He is so beautiful, we will be visiting later in the week, it will be hard not to pick him up for a cuddle (although he seems to have firmly attached to both Mum and Dad in a very short time). Seeing them arrive home was wonderful. Dear sweet baby M put his hand out to me and I was able to welcome him to Australia with a kiss on the hand, a very Ethiopian tradition. I can't believe how clucky this little one has made me. I have been imagining what it will be like when Brad and I arrive home with our little one and meet family and friends. First things first we have to get that file to Ethiopia!!
We are in the middle of a number of home improvements. The only thing is I am beginning to worry that we like to start things but don't seem to finish them in a timely fashion. The changes will certainly make it a little more comfortable around here. Realistically we won't have our renovation completed by the time our new babies join us so we do need to improve things so when they do come we will all fit!
Lots of activity and projects to keep us busy.
I am making progress on the file preparation. Got the letter from our doctor last week, the deacon from our church parish is preparing our reference, our personal references are done and I have retyped the Power of Attorney ready to be signed, sealed and notarised. Our letter to the Ethiopian authorities and the Australian representative are also done. I will keep you posted.
This week I will be at the airport to welcome home dear friends who are in Ethiopia right now picking up their baby son. Can't wait to see them and him.
Could the reader from sunflower and daisy 4 email me. I would like to visit your blog but can't without an invitation. Of course this is only if you want to invite me, which you may not want to do.
Teresa...Thanks for your email. When you start writing in English again please let me know. Best wishes. Leisa
Officially couple #5 now. Won't be long until the file goes. Have got the information to begin preparing it.
Where on earth have the last two months of my life gone? Usual readers will know it always takes me a while to get back to blogging after the Christmas holidays and because I am working, very busy, blah, blah, blah it has taken me even longer to get around to posting our latest news.
I will upload our Canadian Christmas pics soon (it was a dream come true - just a perfect winter wonderland), but the first thing to mention is we have moved down the queue again. We are now couple # 7 and unofficially we are couple # 2 so when the files eventually leave (you will remember the 4 allocations in December well the files will go when those couples travel to pickup their sweeties) we will be so much closer to sending our own file. Just 2 more allocations needed and Ethiopia will know about us. If you are doing the math and the numbers don't add up I can't elaborate but my queue positions are correct. Hooray.
I will be here... yes actually here, this is where we are staying!!!
Yesterday I braved Garden City (just a big shopping centre here in Brissy) I have to say I got a good park so we all thanked the parking gods. We visited Santa and had our photo done, I got the last minute stockings etc that I needed for our trip and we bought comics for the boys to read on the plane...comics what would you expect to pay for 9 comics (2 each for the boys and one for Brad - he is an Archie fan)? Did you say $69...I bet you didn't. I almost fell over backwards. What is the world coming to when comics are so expensive.
My friend Robyn says this all the time, it perfectly describes how I feel...There has been another Queensland allocation - that's 4 so far and who knows there may be unannounced allocations so the news could even be better. We had our reassessment interview last night. All is well, it really was just a chance to catch up, talk about the last 2 years and discuss any changes we have made since his last meeting with us. We talked about the children's age and decided that since we will be due for another reassessment before my age restricts our approval we will make our decision then, we really don't know what will happen with the program and with the way the allocations have just been we may get our file to Ethiopia and be matched before our assessment is due.
The meeting went really well and we are relaxed and comfortable with our SW but why did our new kitchen table not arrive in time (the camp table had to be used instead!!), why did William spill a whole bottle of curry powder on the floor just as we sat down to start talking and why did Emmett decide to stamp his foot while standing next to me demanding a chocolate. Why...because our SW was there.
One week today until we are on the plane to Banff...This is the contrast in the weather forecast
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