Still waiting......

Just spoke with our agency and the couple who had their court date two weeks before us is leaving this weekend....so it looks like we should be going in 2 weeks (around Friday the 13th....maybe it will be a lucky day for us!) So keep your fingers crossed that it will be then...cause we know that we can't wait any longer than that to get our little Jameya!! And now that Leah is off work we know that she is going to get more and more antsy everyday that she can't go :) When we hear anything more we will let you all know. Thanks for all your messages of love and support! It will all be worth it in the end....but these two weeks will probably feel like the longest two weeks that we will ever have to go through in our lives....

NO VISA - NO ETHIOPIA - NO JAMEYA :(

Still waiting for Jameya's visa to arrive...the second it does we will be on a flight to go get her! We hope that it will come on the next few Friday's... We are guessing the 6th of July. But we have guessed and been wrong before...so who knows. WE JUST WANT TO GET THERE and HOLD HER!!! At least we have some new photos of her...(which makes it both a little harder and a little easier). We will keep you all posted.

More Pics

We just received a couple more pictures and wanted to post them for everyone. It looks to me like she wants to come home.

Hey everyone,
We just received another picture of Jameya. She would be around 13 weeks old here. It is nice to finally see another picture and know she is doing well. Just wanted to share this with everyone. We will update, when we learn more.

Getting Closer

Well the count down is on. We were told it would be about 8-10 weeks from the court decision to the time when Jameya's visa is ready. Officialy that is on Monday. The diplomatic pouch from Nairobi to Ethiopia comes once a week on Fridays. So starting next Friday the 22nd, there is a possibilty that her visa will arrive. As soon as we get the call we will book a flight to Ethiopia, probably on the following tuesday. The last few weeks have been the hardest as we know it is getting closer, but we have no idea how the process is going and whether or not there are any delays. There is a possibilty of getting some updated pictures soon. So if we get any we will post them right away. Hopefully soon we will all get to meet her and take our own pictures. Keep your fingers crossed.

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.

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.....