I haven't updated in FOREVER. Shame on me! We had initially planned to adopt young siblings. We worried about the chid care costs for two infants or toddlers and changed our request last fall to one child up to 18 months. Time went by, and I kept thinking of the older waiting children. During the wait I ordered three waiting child videos. The third video arrived May 19. I watched again, feeling compassion for the waiting children. I was almost through watching the tape when I found our children. Yep. There they were. The last two children interviewed on the third waiting child video. It sounds crazy, but I knew they were ours.
I had Kevin watch the video and the interview with Tsion and Meheret. He was really interested, too. In fact, he called AAI right then and asked for their files. The social worker suggested that we wait for a baby, but we wanted to know more about THESE TWO children. We just knew.
After reviewing their records, we felt strongly that we were meant to parent these children. On May 23 we officially decided that Tsion and Meheret were to be our children. Fast forward.... July 28 we passed court on the FIRST try! We are traveling September 7-13 to meet our children and bring them home.
I'll post pictures of the kids' rooms, as the nursery has been converted into Tsion's room. The room formerly known as our office is now Meheret's. We feel like the wait and the worry were all part of the road to Tsion and Meheret. We are blessed!
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