COURT DATE!!!!!

WE JUST GOT OUR COURT DATE!!!! I was fixin' the kiddos lunch and that "special ringer", the one that only goes off when our adoption agency calls, rang on my cell phone and I started screaming, "It's Macy, It's Macy!". So then Aidan says - "Oh, I wanna talk to her!". Sweet boy!

Jason and I were getting bummed over the weekend because we knew that Ethiopian courts closed on Friday, and we still hadn't heard any news about a court date. Which means we wouldn't even be assigned one until October (when we thought courts would be reopening), and then we wouldn't be traveling to meet our sweet girl until the end of October, at the earliest. WELLLLLLL.....courts actually reopen at the end of September, and our court date is SEPTEMBER 30th!!!! We have been told that we need to be IN Addis (capital of Ethiopia) by the evening of Sunday, September 26th. The next day we will travel 8 hours to Ajuuja, where Macy's orphanage is, spend two days with her there, then travel back to Addis on the 29th, and have court on the 30th! Whooop whooop whooooopie! I asked when our caseworker thought we would be returning to pick her up, and she said that if everything goes as planned, (court doesn't get delayed) then we should be back in Addis for our Embassy appointment on either November 2nd or 16th. WHOOOP WHOOOP! My girl should be home for her 3rd birthday!

So folks, here's the deal. We DO NOT have enough money to travel to Ethiopia two times. So, if you have told us "We are going to wait closer to your travel date to donate money" - NOW IS THE TIME!!!! We need to raise several more thousand dollars before we lay our eyes on our little Ethiopian princess! I am also going to talk with our travel agent about how/if people can donate airline miles to get us to Africa. I'll let you know what I find out.

I am still booking lots of photo appointments! Spread the word! That's a great way to donate to our cause, and get some portraits in return! $80 for the session, an edited cd with all of your images, and the copyrights to everything on the cd. Give me a shout if you'd like to set something up!

Thank you SOOO much for sharing in our joy! The Humphreys couldn't be happier!!!