Thursday, May 24, 2007

New Update, No info

Hey everyone. Just a little update with basically no info. At this moment in time we are just waiting for all of Jameya's Visa paperwork to be completed. The one frustrating part is that we have no idea where they are at in the process. We were told that it would be up to 8 weeks to get this completed which would be around June 22nd, but we can get no updates of where we are in the process and if it is going according to plans or delayed. I guess there have been some issues with our agency recently where people have planned to go down at the eight week mark and when they have got down there the paperwork is not completed and after two weeks they have had to come home without their child. To prevent this from happenning they are basically not saying anything until all the paperwork is completed and then informing us. The problem with this is that you can't just hop a plane the next day to Ethiopia and if you do travel right away the price is astronomical. Also if you do go down there and the paperwork is not completed you are not even allowed to go into the orphanage to see your child. (Does not make sense to me as Jameya is legally our child now) So Leah and I are planning to go down on the 29th of June which would be 9 weeks but it would be a lot more comforting if we knew that even if we had to stay down there longer that at least we would be able to spend it with Jameya. The last thing is that we have not received any info on Jameya since we got the last pictures and do not even know how she is doing. Needless to say We can't wait until this final part of the process is finished so we can finally begin our life as a family. If we get anymore info we will update right away.

Thursday, May 3, 2007

SHE'S OURS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

On Monday, April 30th Jameya became OFFICIALLY OURS!! We got the call in the morning to tell us that everything went well in the court, and that Jameya's birth mother came and signed all the papers. We are very lucky, because we only needed one court date. We are planning on leaving in the next 8 weeks....the sooner the better!!!! Will keep all of you updated. And thanks to all of your nice emails, cards and messages that you have sent us..they mean so much, and we have kept them all for Jameya to see how much she was loved before she even arrived in Canada! Thanks again...we love you all.....