A Small Update!

We got an email from our agency today that stated they asked their Ethiopia staff if there was any specific reason MOWA has not written our statement the past 4 times and they said that it is just a coincedense. I don't know how to spell that!:) And that there is no specific reason! So hopefully they are all now aware we have been to court 4 times and will get the statement issued on the 21st!

Last Recital and Birthday Celebration!

So today was the last recital! It was such a blessing to watch 2 of my healthy babies up there dancing and having fun! Joe and I are so very blessed to have such great kids! Ella really enjoyed watching her brother and sister as well! Maya was so excited because she got flowers today!

After the recital we headed over to Mom and Dad's and my mom made me an awesome birthday dinner! Lasagna, veggies and french bread! YUM YUM! And she made me a delicious cake! My sister got me a really cool and sweet picture frame and pie plate for my pies I make and my adoption bracelet she got me hasn't come in yet! I can't WAIT to get it! Mom and Dad gave me cold hard cash!!!:) I am so blessed to have such an awesome loving family!

Here are some more pics of the recital and some of Max! It was a great day!

Happy Birthday to Me and Dance Recital!

Hi All,

Today is my birthday and I had a wonderful day. It started with the kids bringing me my gifts, which they did an awesome job. Then Joe gave me a really sweet card and some money to go shopping! Love it. Then I had Panera for breakfast. Headed to Maya's dance recital, which was so adorable! I think the girl was born to be a star. From there Joe, Max and I headed to Red Lobster and then we all 3 got pedi's, which was so much fun. Then we headed to Max's recital! He was the stud. So funny. Anyway, I got pics of Maya and I will post some of Max tomorrow! Have a great day. I am such a blessed girl to have such an awesome family!

What I feel like God is teaching me right now!

So this post may bore you and may make no sense to you. But I feel better when I write about my situation and what is going on. I have been listening to the song "While I'm Waiting" right now. I feel like it is my life song right now. I feel like God is trying to get me to the point where I wait and TRUST Him totally. It is easy to praise God and say how great He is when things are going great, but when things get hard then it is a little harder to believe He is good ALL the time. I feel like God is trying to teach me how to trust in Him and not waver in my faith during this time. To continually and faithfully praise Him even when life is hard. To love Him ALL the time and trust in Him all the time. And I have failed a few times during this trial. But God IS good and we WILL prevail. And we WILL bring our son home!

Melt Down!!!

So today was a busy day. I started my day getting the kids up and out to the Y. I had called the Dr. to see if they could get Ella in because she had been complaining of her ear hurting. They called and said they could see her at 9 so I had to miss my class at the gym and take her. She ended up having an inner ear infection! Poor girl. So from there we headed to the Central track so the kids could play and I could run the track and run the stairs! Wow was that a hard workout. I was so hot I had goose bumps. Not good! We then headed to Grammy's to swim and Max had safety town. The girls and I swam for about 4 hours. We came home took baths and headed to KC for my niece Ruby's 5th birthday! I can't believe she is already 5. That has gone fast!

On the way home I just had a melt down. I keep hearing of families that are passing court on the first time and I am just wondering what is wrong with us that we've been 4 times and can't pass. I sent an email out to our agency asking some questions. This whole thing is just crazy. I also learned that the MOWA will be out of the office all next week and they return to work the day of our court date which basically means unless God intervenes, we will be pushed off yet again! I just had to let myself cry. I have held it in for a long time and I just needed to let it go. Joe and I talked and I cried and Joe said we need to persevere. That God is allowing this for some reason.

Please pray for me, I am struggling and trying really hard to have a good attitude about all of this! Please pray that God would intervene and that MOWA will write our statement in the next 2 days! Thank you! Ali

#5 Anyone???

So we found out that we didn't pass again! We have another court date on the 21st and Holt is looking into it! I pray a miracle happens and we get through before our court date!

Still Waiting!

I just got an email from our agency that said they are still waiting to hear from Ethiopia. I think I'm going to end up 200 pounds after this wait! I am so doing the nervous eating thing! I need to stop! We are praying that this is a good thing and we will get good news this week! Thank you for praying!