Medical Physicals Done!

We both had our physicals done today which included all the normal physical "stuff" , bloodwork, urinalysis, etc. The Dr. fills out a form provided by our agency and we have to get it notorized next Mon/Tues when the blood results are back. Very exciting to have that done and checked off the list. I think that Tuesday we will officially be done on our end and that makes me so happy! Hoping to get a date for our homestudy visit on Monday or Tuesday as well.  Then we send everything off to Immigration and we can work on getting this dossier done as well:)
John and I were just talking about the process and how lengthy and DETAILED it is! Which in the end is a good thing because it makes the Ethiopian adoption process that much safer for the children. The process, however, isn't my worry....

I ask that you please pray (waaaay in advance) for John and I (I am SO worried about this and I am trying not to be, but....not there yet)...once we have our child (via paper) and go to Ethiopia for court, we have to come home for sometimes months WITHOUT our child and then go back once he is officially approved on his end to go to court and bring him home. I know by this point I will just have to deal with it and be ok with it, but it just seems so sad to me...to meet him and then leave him.  They just changed this law recently..in the past it was ONE trip for 7 days. I really want to bring him home the first time! waaaaa waaaa waaa. Ok, enough whining about that:)

We got our first book in the mail today "E is for Ethiopia" to start reading to the kids! I want to start teaching them all about the culture and we can all learn about it together. The kids do not know about the adoption yet, as I don't think they could grasp the concept of time and Tyler especially is a little worrier and he would be really upset that his brother couldn't come home now! So further in the process when the time is right we will let them in on it...but I want to start educating them now and praying for not just their brother but ALL of the children who need homes and loving families.

We had our pictures taken today with Evin, a friend who we met 8 years ago in our newlywed class at The Peoples Church. She is an excellent photographer and took some very special pictures for us!

Eli was not at all happy about the process...as a matter of fact, he cried the entire session. Thankfully Evin wasn't bothered by it and just rolled with it...and thankfully John and I weren't phased either...this ain't our first rodeo with picture tantrums! This is an all consuming process right now...so I am posting pretty frequently but as time goes I will go ahead and warn, I am not the best blog updater! But I promise to do my best! :)