Getting Closer...but not close enough!

Well, Jameya had her final medical done for immigration last week ( all good!) and it was sent back to the embassy...now we basically have to wait for them to issue that darn visa and off we go. We are REALLY hoping for August 10th - the 3rd would be great too because Leah's bday is on the 4th, and what a bday present that would be: "Happy birthday...now go and get that beautiful daughter of yours!!!!!!!!" So for the next few Fridays, we will be sitting very close to the phone and will post as soon as we know anything.

AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

I hope the title can describe how we are feeling right now! It has been almost 12 weeks since the court decision on April 30th ( and almost 5 months since we got the proposal), and we thought that we would have gone and been back by now with our little baby girl....but as you can see we are still here :( I think the past 3 weeks have been the hardest, knowing that we should be there but we can't just because of one tiny little piece of paper from the Canadian Embassy in Ethiopia. Every moment of everyday Jameya is on our minds...really she is. SO many questions run around in our minds: What will it be like to hold her for the first time...what will she look like....what does her laugh sound like...what kind of personality does she have...what will the LONG plane ride be like on the way home?!?!? It's so hard to be SO FAR away from her, and not having any control over this entire situation. (And as we all know....Leah likes to have some control!)
Just thought we could vent a bit on the blog instead of venting to each other! It's somehow therapeutic to write our feelings down...and one day when we have Jameya here we hope that these feelings will be a long lost memory......

Answer to a few questions

Hey everyone, just letting you know we are still awaiting Jameya's visa. Leah is finished work now and spending some down time at her family's cabin trying to relax before we get the word that we can fly to Ethiopia. We have been getting a few questions from people and thought that if they are asking them, there are probably a lot of other people asking the same questions so I thought I would answer a few.
1. If Leah is not working why doesn't she go to Ethiopia and wait? At least there she could be with Jameya?
Trust me, if it were possible for Leah to go to Ethiopia and spend her days waiting with Jameya she would be on the first plane out of here. Unfortunately, due to orphanage, and to a lesser extent, canadian immigration rules, we are not allowed to see Jameya until the visa is issued. There are a lot of reasons behind this, but it would take forever to mention them.
2. Whats the hold up?
As any of you know who have been trying to get a passport recently, things do not happen very quickly. We are just waiting for Candian Immigration to go through all of our adoption papers and all of Jameya's papers in order to issue her a Canadian Visa. Unfortunately there is no exact time lines and basically when they get it done it will be done. We are now hoping that July will be the lucky month.

Leah and I would like to thank everyone for being so supportive and can't wait to introduce Jameya to such a great group of family and friends.

Take Care

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAMEYA!

Today is our little one's 4 month birthday....so happy bday Meya! I thought for sure that we would have her before now....but hopefully soon. I woke up this morning to my cell phone beeping...I forgot that I had set up a reminder for July 3rd - it said "Meya is 4 months today!" Got a little teary eyed...but then I came and saw her pictures and realised that as soon as we get her we will be able to wish her happy birthdays for the rest of our lives!