Finally Matt's been fingerprinted!

Today Matt had his appt. Now we wait. Our adoption worker said it was taking about 8 weeks for immigration paperwork to come back. That puts us at the end of September. Then we get it notarized, state sealed and send everything off to Washington D.C. Then it comes back to the Bethany headquarters in Grand Rapids before being sent to Ethiopia. Sometime in October our dossier will be there, and they tell us it could be 12-15 months for a referral. Of course we hope it is sooner.
Pray for us that things move quickly.
Here is a picture of Isaac playing piano at my parents house. He loves to sit and play. I am sure lessons are in his future!

Fun up North!

My son loves the boat so it is a treat to go out with my parents when we are up north. This is a picture of him and my mom. We had fun with our cousins, they loved to get pulled behind the boat on tubes.
This past week I decided to quit the job I started a month ago. I thought I would enjoy working in the mental health field part-time again, but I really did not!!!! This will be my last week there and I am praying I get cut from the days I am scheduled. Wouldn't that be great??!! Thank God for teaching me things and meeting kind people while I was there.
I will be back to being a full-time stay at home mom. Oh, how I missed it! My son will be happy too, although he had great family members to stay with while I was away.
Yesterday was my birthday. I am 33 years old now, so is Matt, and Isaac is 3. Weird huh? I was really blessed with some wonderful gifts. And as with most birthdays it isn't over yet!
We are so happy to our adopting friends who's court dates went through on the first try! They will be traveling soon to Ethiopia to pick up there kids, Bereket, Levi and Ruby. Praise the Lord

I had to post this picture of Matt's huge Walleye caught on Batchawana Bay, Canada!
Also, I am reading a book entitled, There is no me without you, by Melissa Fay Greene.
If you are at all interested in Ethiopia, the world AIDS epidemic, are adopting from any African country or want to be deeply touched by one women's story read this book. I think it is life changing.

Yeah for Matt's Appointment

We finally got word today Matt has his Fingerprinting appt. on July 23rd. Wish we didn't have to wait so long, but when you reschedule you are at their mercy. Congratulations to those friends who are having their dossier sent to Ethiopia. You guys are very fortunate and now wait to receive word of your little one!
Isaac loves playing outside and enjoyed his time with Grandma and Grandpa.
Off to Canada later this week for fun in the water and lots of fishing.

Fun at Papa and Grandma's

As you can see Isaac picked up his first Mouse! He ran into the house to show my parents. Lots of fun at Grandma and Grandpa's house. We went boating twice, rode the gator and sat in the deer blind. We even got to see a mom and baby deer. So much fun!

Flower

Today Isaac has been telling us he would like to have a sister like our neighbor girl, and name her Flower. It is so sweet. I told him to talk to God about it because he decides. He told me, "I don't talk loud so maybe you should ask." He also said, "I have to lift my head way up so I can talk to him." Isn't it cute how little ones think they need to pray? I told him God would hear you even if you are quiet or laying down. He knows our thoughts in our head. I remember praying for a little brother for YEARS. And I have the best brother in the world!! Here is my brother and Isaac, he helps me a lot!
New referrals are coming in through Bethany, so wonderful for the waiting families.
I have my fingerprints taken tomorrow, one step closer.

Fingerprinting Appointment

Today we found out when our appointments are and guess what? Matt is out of town so he had to reschedule his. Pray it goes well. I am keeping mine! After that our adoption worker said it will be 2-3 months before we have the piece of paper we need to finally send our Dossier to Ethiopia!!