Once again, I've been delinquent in my posts, but let me bring you up to date because a lot has been happening.
For starters, everyone keeps asking me, "What's his name?". I think it's "legal" for me to post the name we're giving him, so I'll tell you all that his name will be Caleb. We have decided to keep part of his African-given name as his middle name (can't post any part of that on here - sorry).
Secondly, we spent nearly the first two weeks after his referral with no new information, other than his picture. We were beginning to get discouraged wondering if he was really going to be ours when we received his "official" paperwork (referral papers, health information, etc.). We spent a little bit of time compiling all the pieces of our dossier. Then we went another two weeks without hearing a thing. Let me just say that it is unbelievably hard to be patient, especially now that we have his picture. We look at it, hug it, kiss it, talk to it, but that's enough -We want HIM!!
The good news is that things are moving along. We spent a week on the Outer Banks. It was great family time, but we found ourselves talking a lot about Caleb. Check out the completed family project in the picture below.
On the way home from our vacation, we were told that we were not in court yet, didn't know when our case would to to court, etc. We were slightly discouraged, but still trusting God for his timing. Long story short, we got home and the very next day, we got a phone call saying the adoption was final. Now we begin a 30-day waiting period. I think the whole thing should be called a "waiting period"!
Continue to pray for us as we prepare for his arrival. We are hoping that he will be home in August, but that remains to be seen.
Above photo was taken while we were talking about Caleb on the beach one day during our vacation. We decided to put our thoughts into action playing in the sand. :)
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