No objection....

Since we got the proposal we have had to do a couple of things...on March 15th we signed the official consent form...which meant that we "accepted" the proposal. That was so strange...we were signing to say that "yes" we want her...our DAUGHTER!!! Then just last Thursday (the 22nd) we received our letter of NO OBJECTION...this means that we can bring Jameya into Canada and that Immigration has "no objection" of allowing us to adopt a child from another country and bringing her into Canada. Now we have to wait for her to receive her passport in Ethiopia...then we can legally come here using the passport and the letter. Believe me....I will be making numerous copies of that letter....it is like her Canadian passport. Jason will not be responsible for keeping that one (considering that he loses his bank card EVERY month!) Now that we have received this letter it feels "real". We are ready to tell everyone that we have a daughter.....and that sounds so incredibly amazing. Will post soon (as promised with the pictures of our little Meme) :)

The Details.....

Oh yeah....we forget to tell you the important details. She was 4kg when she was born (so about 8.5 pounds or so) and 19 inches long. AND she is VERY HEALTHY!!! We took her medical report to our doctor, and he couldn't believe that all the numbers and percentages were exactly where they should be. She also tested negative for everything. We are very lucky that her mother was so careful during the pregnancy and that she is healthy. We will post pictures ASAP of our little Jameya......

IT'S A GIRL!

IT'S A GIRL!!!! Mimi Jameya Sanford was born on March 3rd. 2007 in Northern Ethiopia. We got the phone call on March 12th at 3:30pm. She was named Mimi by either the medical clinic or the orphanage....we want to keep that as her first name....someone chose that name for her and we don't want to take it away from her. After months and months of looking up Ethiopian names on the internet (ie. Wuba, Haregoing, Tisket, Meskret and so on) she is named MIMI!! We are going to use her middle name though..Jameya. Nicknames already created! MJ (thanks Murph!) Meya, Meme (Leah's personal favourite) and Sanny! Hopefully the hockey boys won't start calling her Shags! We plan to go to Ethiopia in the next 10-12 weeks. We will keep everyone posted when we get any news. We are right now waiting for her little cute photos. We are SO excited and thanks to so many of you for all your well wishes. Look out....here comes another Sanford....but with a little (well.....maybe a lot!) more colour:)