Better

Things are going really well now that Jacob is over his pneumonia. He is such a happy, content baby. We are working on eating cereal and sweet potatoes. He doesn't seem to really like the idea of eating off a spoon. The first time we tried, he would open his mouth for the spoon. Now he closes it. Oh well, eventually he will catch on. He is gaining weight though and he is starting to sit up without support. Plus, last night, he went to sleep around 10:15 and didn't wake up until 7:30 to eat!! It was his first night sleeping all the way through. And even after that, when he was changed and done with his bottle, he went back to sleep until almost 10:00. I think we are officially on Michigan time. :-)

4th of July

For the 4th, we went over to my sisters house and cooked out. We had a great time!!! Jacob enjoyed himself also on his first holiday home with his family.

Home

We have been home for a few days now and everything is going well. Jacob has has pneumonia but he seems to be feeling better now. His breathing is definately much better. It is so nice to be home. The trip was great and we learned a lot. I'm really glad we had the opportunity to go, but there truly is no place like home. Small things like being able to rinse your tooth brush in the sink and watching baseball.
Anyway, No matter what, the trip was totally worth it. We came home with our son. He is awesome! I still can't believe that he is finally home. It just seems to good to be true. And now, we have all the time in the world to shower him with love!

June 24, 2008

Here we are on gotcha day!!! I can't believe that we finally together. Our little guy is so happy. Even with bronchitis and an ear infection he smiles and laughs!. I can't wait until we are home.

Countdown!!

I am counting down now. Less than 24 hours until we pick up our son! We will go to the orphanage at 3 p.m. local time. We just got back from the Alaba/Awassa trip not to long ago. Man, am I ready for a shower. We had a great time! We got to see a coffee farm, monkeys, lemures and hippos!

Our First Family Picture

Here is our first picture with our son. I wish we could have spent more time with him. It was amazing to see his face in person and hold him in our arms. We will be going to pick him up on Tuesday. We will not be back in time to do it on Monday.

We're Here!

I can't believe that we are actually here. We will get to meet our son this afternoon but we won't be picking him up for good until Moday or Tuesday. Hopefully it will be Monday. Anyway, we are just glad that we get to see him before then!!